अनुष्टुभ्

Traditionally explained as अनु- (anu-, “after”) +‎ स्तुभ् (stubh, “to praise; to utter a joyful sound”, root), literally “following in praise”, referring to the way it follows the three-pāda (8-syllable unit) गायत्री (gāyatrī) with its four pādas.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ.nuʂ.ʈúbʱ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐˈn̪uʂ.ʈubʱ/

अनुष्टुभ् • (anuṣṭúbh) stem, f

1. (prosody) the Anuṣṭubh (a category of poetic measures characterised by 32-syllable verses)
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.130.4:

     अ॒ग्नेर्गा॑य॒त्र्य॑भवत्स॒युग्वो॒ष्णिह॑या सवि॒ता सं ब॑भूव।
     अ॒नु॒ष्टुभा॒ सोम॑ उ॒क्थैर्मह॑स्वा॒न्बृह॒स्पते॑र्बृह॒ती वाच॑मावत्॥

     agnérgāyatryàbhavatsayúgvoṣṇíhayā savitā́ sáṃ babhūva.
     anuṣṭúbhā sóma ukthaírmáhasvānbṛ́haspáterbṛhatī́ vā́camāvat.

     Closely was Gāyatrī conjoined with Agni, and closely Savitā combined with Usnih.
     Brilliant with Ukthas, Soma joined Anuṣṭubh: Bṛhaspati's voice by Bṛhati was aided.

• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “अनुष्टुभ्”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• “अनुष्टु॑भ्” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 22, column 2.
• Monier Williams (1899) “Anu-shṭúbh”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 40/1.