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anusāsanī

fem nom sg of anusāsanī (noun); fem nom pl of anusāsanī (noun); fem acc pl of anusāsanī (noun); fem voc sg of anusāsanī (noun); …

1. advice; instruction; teaching

Built from

• anu — prefix · along, after
  Marks the word as following or trailing behind; here, instruction that one follows or adheres to.
• sās — root · command, teach
  The core sense of giving instruction or directive; akin to Sanskrit śāsayati.
• anī — ending · feminine agent noun
  Nominative singular feminine -ī/-nī ending that makes an abstract noun; 'she who commands' becomes 'commandment' or 'teaching'.

Analysis. anu- (along, following) + sāsanī (from √sas, to command); literally 'following instruction' or 'that which instructs along'

Etymology. anu- + √sas (command, teach). The root √sas is cognate with Sanskrit śāsayati (commands) and may share Indo-European ancestry with Latin saxum (hard rock, implying firmness and authority). The prefix anu- captures the sense of following after or alongside one's teaching.

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

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