स्तोम

स्तोम

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬲ᭄ᬢᭀᬫ (Balinese script)
• স্তোম (Assamese script)
• স্তোম (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰿𑰝𑰺𑰦 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑁆𑀢𑁄𑀫 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍋𑌮 (Grantha script)
• સ્તોમ (Gujarati script)
• ਸੑਤੋਮ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦱ꧀ꦠꦺꦴꦩ (Javanese script)
• ស្តោម (Khmer script)
• ಸ್ತೋಮ (Kannada script)
• ສ຺ໂຕມ (Lao script)
• സ്തോമ (Malayalam script)
• 𑘭𑘿𑘝𑘻𑘦 (Modi script)
• ᠰᢐᠣᠸᠠᠮᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• ᠰᢠᠣᠮᠠ (Manchu script)
• သ္တောမ (Burmese script)
• 𑧍𑧠𑦽𑧜𑧆 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑑂𑐟𑑀𑐩 (Newa script)
• ସ୍ତୋମ (Oriya script)
• ꢱ꣄ꢡꣂꢪ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑇀𑆠𑆾𑆩 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖿𑖝𑖺𑖦 (Siddham script)
• ස්තෝම (Sinhalese script)
• స్తోమ (Telugu script)
• สฺโตม (Thai script)
• སྟོ་མ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑓂𑒞𑒼𑒧 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From स्तु (stu) +‎ -म (-ma).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /stɐw.mɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪t̪oː.mɐ/

Noun

स्तोम • (stóma) m

1. praise, eulogy
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 05.085.02

     stómāsas tvā vicāriṇi práti ṣṭobhanty aktúbhiḥ
     prá yā́ vā́jaṃ ná héṣantam perúm ásyasy arjuni

     To thee, O wanderer at will, ring out the lauds with beams of day,
     Who drivest, like a neighing steed, the swelling cloud, O bright of hue.

2. a fundamental form of chant in Vedic ritual consisting of 7 parts
3. mass, quantity, multitude

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of स्तोम (stóma)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	स्तोमः stómaḥ	स्तोमौ stómau	स्तोमाः / स्तोमासः¹ stómāḥ / stómāsaḥ¹
Vocative	स्तोम stóma	स्तोमौ stómau	स्तोमाः / स्तोमासः¹ stómāḥ / stómāsaḥ¹
Accusative	स्तोमम् stómam	स्तोमौ stómau	स्तोमान् stómān
Instrumental	स्तोमेन stómena	स्तोमाभ्याम् stómābhyām	स्तोमैः / स्तोमेभिः¹ stómaiḥ / stómebhiḥ¹
Dative	स्तोमाय stómāya	स्तोमाभ्याम् stómābhyām	स्तोमेभ्यः stómebhyaḥ
Ablative	स्तोमात् stómāt	स्तोमाभ्याम् stómābhyām	स्तोमेभ्यः stómebhyaḥ
Genitive	स्तोमस्य stómasya	स्तोमयोः stómayoḥ	स्तोमानाम् stómānām
Locative	स्तोमे stóme	स्तोमयोः stómayoḥ	स्तोमेषु stómeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “स्तोम”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1259.
• Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “स्तोम”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “स्तोम”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press