The Sanskrit term Anuśāsanī can be transliterated into English as Anusasani or Anushasani, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā

Anuśāsanī (अनुशासनी) refers to “admonitions”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “How then, son of good family, does the Bodhisattva who has attained memory never forget? Son of good family, the Bodhisattva attains memory (dhāraṇī) by purifying his memory. What then is the purification of memory? Son of good family, there are thirty-two purifications of memory. What are the thirty-two? [...] (9) adequatly grasping gentle speech according to admonitions (anuśāsanī); (10) never looking for the preachers’ mistakes, considering them as the teachings [of the Buddha]; (11) memorizing and reciting [the teachings]; (12) no laziness concerning the teaching; [...]”.

context information

Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

General definition (in Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-samgraha

Anuśāsanī (अनुशासनी) or Anuśāsanīprātihārya refers to the “miracle of instruction” and represents one of the “three kinds of miracles” (prātihārya) as defined in the Dharma-saṃgraha (section 133). The Dharma-samgraha (Dharmasangraha) is an extensive glossary of Buddhist technical terms in Sanskrit (e.g., anuśāsanī). The work is attributed to Nagarjuna who lived around the 2nd century A.D.

Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

anusāsanī : (f.) advice; instruction.

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

Anusāsanī, (f.) (fr. anusāsati, cp. anusāsana) instruction, teaching, commandment, order S.V, 108; A.II, 147; III, 87; V, 24 sq., 49, 338; J.V, 113; Th.2, 172, 180; Pv III, 7⁶; ThA.162; VvA.19, 80, 81.

context information

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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Anuśāsanī (अनुशासनी).—(= Pali anusāsanī, commoner than °na, as in [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit]; compare also °nā; in Sanskrit only °na, nt.), instruction, admonition; hard to distinguish from avavāda, q.v., with which it is often compounded; Lalitavistara 432.18 -mitrānu°; Mahāvastu i.277.12 = 279.21 = 281.19; 282.2; iii.51.17; 128.17; Gaṇḍavyūha 179.11; 223.16 sarvabodhisattvānuśāsanīṣu; 464.10 (cited Śikṣāsamuccaya 36.2); Śikṣāsamuccaya 2.6; 73.12 °nī-gāthāṃ; 184.3; 286.4 (Transl. for those who admonish; rather, admonitions or instructions); Jātakamālā 29.5, see prec.; anuśāsanī-prātihārya, one of three kinds of miracles performed by Buddhas (see prātihārya), Mahāvyutpatti (232—)234; Mahāvastu i.238.5; iii.137.17; 321.13; Dharmasaṃgraha 133; Gaṇḍavyūha 537.8 (in Pali also anusāsanī- pāṭihāriya).

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.

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Starts with: Anushasanika, Anushasanikaparva, Anushasaniya.

Full-text: Pratiharya, Anusasana, Patihariya, Anushasti, Anusasanipatihariya, Avavada, Ovada, Three Miracles, Tripratiharya, Three Kinds of Miracles.

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