Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

anuṣṭhāna अनुष्ठान – practice; performance; observance

substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary substantive neuter

practice; performance; observance

Cappeller 1891 substantive neuter

Original text · English · substantive neuter

anuṣṭhāna ·n. performing, practice.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive neuter

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Anu-ṣṭhāna, am, n. commencing, undertaking; doing or engaging in any work, performance, religious practice; acting in conformity to; (ī), f. performance, action.

Petersburger 1855 substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

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anuṣṭhāna (wie eben) 1〉 n. a〉 das sich-an-Etwas-Machen, Beginnen: yadi tvayāvaśyameva samudreṇa saha vigrahānuṣṭhānaṃ kāryam PAÑCAT. 79,22. = karmārambhaḥ ŚKDR. — b〉 das Obliegen, Ausüben, Vollbringen: palāyanamapyaśakyāna̱ṣṭhānam HIT. 18,15, v. l. dharme svayamanuṣṭhānaṃ kasyacittu mahātmanaḥ Selbstausübung auf dem Gebiete der Tugend ist nur dem einen oder andern Edlen eigen HIT. I, 98. nānuṣṭhānairvihīnāḥ syuḥ kulajā vidhavā iva PAÑCAT. II, 103. Das obj. im gen.: asya nityamanuṣṭhānaṃ samyakkuryādatandritaḥ M. 7,100. tatkarmaṇāmanuṣṭhānam YĀJÑ. 3,156. geht im comp. voran: uparudhyate tapo 'nuṣṭhānam ŚĀK. 57,13. PAÑCAT. 188,12. śāstrānanuṣṭhāna Vernachlässigung der Lehrbücher HIT. 4,13. — 2〉 f. ˚nī Ausführung, Handlung KAUŚ. 81. Vgl. utthāpanī.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

anuṣṭhāna 1〉b〉 *Z. 4 lies anuṣṭhānai˚ und vgl. Spr. 2909. śāstrānu˚ das Obliegen RĀJA-TAR. 5,374. ananuṣṭhāna KAP. 1,8.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

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anuṣṭhāna — 1〉 n. das Obliegen, Verrichten, Ausführen Chr. 244,2. Chr. 254,4. Chr. 282,20. Chr. 283,22. GAUT. 8,16. — 2〉 f. ī Ausführung, Handlung.

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anuṣṭhāna 1〉 auch das Jmd (Gen.) zu Diensten Stehen MBH. 13,33,2. [Nachtrag, Band 1]

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anuṣṭhāna I. 1. [Nachtrag, Band 7]

Apte 1890 substantive neuter

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anuṣṭhānaṃ 1 Doing, performance, practice, execution, accomplishment &c.; obeying, acting in conformity to; uparudhyate tapo'nuṣṭhānaṃ Ś. 4 practice of religious austerities; ko'pi vadhopāyaściṃtyo yasyānuṣṭhānena Pt. 1; nānuṣṭhānairvihīnāḥ syuḥ kulajā vidhavā iva Pt. 2. 95; H. 1. 103. 2 Commencing, undertaking, engaging in; yadi samudreṇa saha vairānuṣṭhānaṃ kāryaṃ Pt. 1. 3 Commencement or course of conduct, procedure, course of action; kathaṃ nyāyyamanuṣṭhānaṃ mādṛśaḥ pratiṣedhatu U. 5. 21. 4 Practice of religious rites or ceremonies, any religious rite or ceremony; kiṃtvanuṣṭhānanityatvaṃ svātaṃtryamapakarṣati U. 1. 8; Mv. 4. 33. — nī Performance, doing &c. Comp. — śarīraṃ ‘the body of action’; (according to the Sāṃkhya doctrine) the intermediate body between the sūkṣma or subtle and the sthūla or gross body.

Cappeller 1887 substantive neuter

Original text · German · substantive neuter

anuṣṭhāna n. das Obliegen, die Verrichtung.

Burnouf 1866 substantive neuter

Original text · French · substantive neuter

anuṣṭhāna anuṣṭhāna n. (sthā) l'action de se tenir derrière, de suivre, d'obéir, de donner ses soins.

Occurrences in source texts (4)

DYS 1 occurrence
DYS 43–49: False Yogis 1 occurrence

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PYS 1 occurrence
PYS 2.27–29: Aṣṭāṅga as a Path to Liberation 1 occurrence

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SiSa 2 occurrences
SiSa 3.88-3.91: Padmāsana 1 occurrence

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SiSa 5.234-5.252: Tripurā-Mantra 1 occurrence

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