प्रस्तु [ prastu ] [ pra-√ stu ] P. [ -stauti ] ( in Lit. RV. also Ā. [ -stavate ] , with act. and pass. sense , and 1. sg. [ -stuṣe ] ) , to praise before (anything else) or aloud Lit. RV. ; to sing , chant (in general , esp. said of the Prastotṛi) Lit. Br. Lit. Lāṭy. Lit. ChUp. ; to come to speak of introduce as a topic Lit. Prab. Lit. Hit. Lit. BhP. ; to undertake , commence , begin Lit. Mālav. Lit. Dhūrtas. Lit. Bhaṭṭ. ; to place at the head or at the beginning Lit. Sarvad. : Caus. [ -stāvayati ] , to introduce as a topic , suggest Lit. MBh. Lit. Mālatīm.