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Stavan
स्तवनSay it STUH-vun
- Meaning today
- Praise, song of praise
- Original meaning
- "praising, praise; (plural) songs of praise" Monier-Williams, p. 1259
- Say it
- STUH-vun
- Written
- स्तवन
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Stavan meaning
Stavan (स्तवन) is a Hindu boy's name of Sanskrit origin.
Praising, praise; (plural) songs of praise
Also used to mean: song of praise
Stavan (स्तवन) is Sanskrit stavana, from the verb stu, "to praise", the same root that gives stotra and stuti, hymns of praise. Monier-Williams gives stavana as praising or praise, and in the plural as songs of praise, citing the Bhāgavata Purāṇa. Name lists give Stavan as "praise" or "song of praise", matching the dictionary. In Jain worship, too, a stavan is a devotional hymn, so the name sits comfortably in both Hindu and Jain families.
Source: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1899), p. 1259 · entry stavana · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Monier-Williams, stavana, p. 1259