Anushasya, Anuśāsya, Anu-shasya: 4 definitions
Introduction:
Anushasya means something in Buddhism, Pali, 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 Anuśāsya can be transliterated into English as Anusasya or Anushasya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on AgricultureAnuśāsya (अनुशास्य) or Adhyanuśāsya refers to “having instructed”, according to the Vajratuṇḍasamayakalparāja, an ancient Buddhist ritual manual on agriculture from the 5th-century (or earlier), containing various instructions for the Sangha to provide agriculture-related services to laypeople including rain-making, weather control and crop protection.—Accordingly [after Sāgara taught the Nāga-vow mantra], “Then the Bhagavān, having encouraged the Nāga kings, and having established them in the vow, and having instructed (adhyanuśāsya) Vaiśramaṇa the Great King, departed.—The Sending forth of Rain called Entry into the Residence of Vaiśramaṇa Nāga Vow has ended”.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAnuśāsya (अनुशास्य):—[=anu-śāsya] [from anu-śās] mfn. to be instructed.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAnuśāsya (अनुशास्य):—[tatpurusha compound] m. f. n.
(-syaḥ-syā-syam) To be instructed, directed, ruled. E. śās with anu, kṛtya aff. yat.
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 corpusAṇusasya (ಅಣುಸಸ್ಯ):—[noun] one of the classes of microcosmic unicellular algae with flinty shells in two halves, fitting like box and lid; diatom.
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Anuśāsya (ಅನುಶಾಸ್ಯ):—[adjective] fit to be punished; fit to be treated harshly or injuriously.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Ends with: Adhyanushasya.
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