(p. 688) praśasti praise; a short laudatory hymn: a eulogium, a panegyric. 21)

(p. 802) bhaṭṭa one of a class of heralds professionally singing or reciting family panegyrics; a panegyrist; a learned man, a scholar, a pundit; a teacher, a master. ̃পল্লি n. a village or locality inhabited by a large number of pundits. ভট্টাচার্য n. a title of some Brahmans. ভট্টারক n. a learned man, a scholar, a king, a prince; the sun. পরমভট্টারক n. a title of honour applied to a king, His Majesty or Your Majesty. 34)

(p. 1030) stābaka one who hymns or sings in praise of; a panegyrist; a eulogizer; a (cringing) flatterer, an adulator. 23)