Anushastra, Anuśastra: 6 definitions
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Anushastra means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Anuśastra can be transliterated into English as Anusastra or Anushastra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAnuśastra (अनुशस्त्र).—[anugataṃ śastraṃ śastrārthe prayuktam] Anything used (for the time being) instead of a regular instrument, such as a finger-nail; a secondary weapon or instrument.
Derivable forms: anuśastram (अनुशस्त्रम्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAnuśastra (अनुशस्त्र).—n.
(-straṃ) A supplementary or subsidiary weapon or instrument. E. anu, and śastra a weapon.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAnuśastra (अनुशस्त्र):—[=anu-śastra] n. any subsidiary weapon or instrument, anything used in place of a regular surgical instrument (as a finger-nail), [Suśruta]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAnuśastra (अनुशस्त्र):—[tatpurusha compound] n.
(-stram) (In Medicine.) A subsidiary in-strument or surgical means in general, used either in want of the proper instrument or when the patient is afraid of the latter; as such are named: bambu (tvaksāra), crystal, glass (kāca), ruby (kuruvinda), leeches, fire, alkali (kṣāra), the finger nail, and several plants (gojī, śephālikā, śākapatra, karīra, bālāṅguli). E. anu and śastra.
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