As a deity name
Name 683 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
स्तोता · adj
स्तुति करनेवाला । उपासना करनेवाला । प्रार्थना करनेवाला — Śabdasāgara
स्तोता · noun · masculine
विष्णु का एक नाम — Śabdasāgara
स्तोता · stotā · s.m.
Praiser, encomiast, panegyrist; flatterer (syn. stut-kār) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 639
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
praising, worshipping
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (4)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "stotā" is the nominative of "stotṛ" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
stotṛ mfn. praising, worshipping, RV.; AV.
stotṛ m. N. of Viṣṇu, MBh.
Alternative readings
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