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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

अनुष्ठानम्anuṣṭhānam1 Doing, performance, practice, execution, accomplishment &c.; obeying, acting in conformity to; उपरुध्यते…
1. 1 Doing, performance, practice, execution, accomplishment etc.; obeying, acting in conformity to; उपरुध्यते तपोऽनुष्ठानम् Ś.4. practice of religious austerities; कोऽपि वधोपायश्चिन्त्यो यस्यानुष्ठानेन Pt.1; नानुष्ठानैर्विहीनाः स्युः कुलजा विधवा इव Pt.2.95; धर्मे स्वयमनुष्ठानं कस्यचित्तु महात्मनः H.1.99; शास्त्रानुष्ठानं वा Kau. Atmanepada 1.6.
2. Commencing, undertaking, engaging in; यदि समुद्रेण सह वैरानुष्ठानं कार्यम् Pt.1.
3. Commencement or course of conduct, procedure, course of action; कथं न्याय्यमनुष्ठानं मादृशः प्रति- षेधतु Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)5.21.
4. Practice of religious rites or ceremonies, any religious rite or ceremony; किंत्वनुष्ठाननित्यत्वं स्वातन्त्र्यमपकर्षति Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)1.8; Mv.4.33.
Derived forms and compounds
- -नी Performance, doing etc.
- -शरीरम् 'the body of action'; (according to the Sāṅkhya doctrine) the intermediate body between the सूक्ष्म or subtle and the स्थूल or gross body.
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