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anusāsa

nt voc sg of anusāsa (noun); imp 2nd sg of anusāsati (verb); masc voc sg of anusāsanta (prp); nt voc sg of anusāsanta (prp)

1. anusāsa (nt): advice; teaching; instruction; admonition (to)
2. anusāsati (pr): advises; instructs; teaches
3. anusāsati (pr): orders; commands; metes out; punishes
4. anusāsati (pr): manages; rules; governs
5. anusāsanta (prp): advising; instructing; teaching
6. anusāsati (pr): judges; adjudicates; decides
7. anusāsanta (prp): ruling; commanding; governing

Etymology. anu + √sās + a; from √sās 'order, instruct'; Sanskrit anuśāsana [anuśās]

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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