The Sanskrit term Anuśāsaka can be transliterated into English as Anusasaka or Anushasaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

anusāsaka : (m.) adviser.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Anusāsaka, (fr. anusāsati) adviser, instructor, counsellor J.II, 105; Miln.186, 217, 264. Cp. anusatthar. (Page 44)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Anuśāsaka (अनुशासक).—a. One who directs, instructs, governs or punishes; कवि पुराणमनु- शासितारम् (kavi purāṇamanu- śāsitāram) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 8.9 ruler; एष चोरानुशासी राजेति भया- दुत्पतितः (eṣa corānuśāsī rājeti bhayā- dutpatitaḥ)

See also (synonyms): anuśāsin, anuśāstṛ, anuśāsitṛ.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Anuśāsaka (अनुशासक).—mfn.

(-kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) Ruling or one who governs or directs. E. anu and śāsaka what governs.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Anuśāsaka (अनुशासक):—[=anu-śāsaka] [from anu-śās] mfn. one who governs, instructs, directs or punishes.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Anuśāsaka (अनुशासक):—[tatpurusha compound] m. f. n.

(-sakaḥ-sikā-sakam) Ruling, govern-ing, directing. E. śās with anu, kṛt aff. ṇvul.

context information

Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Anuśāsaka (ಅನುಶಾಸಕ):—[noun] a man who instructs, legislates; a legislator; he who awards punishment.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Sasaka, Anu.

Ends with: Rahonushasaka.

Full-text: Anusatthar, Anushastri, Atthadhamma, Anushasin, Anushasitri.

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