Pāli Dictionary

anusāsati

anuprefixsāsaroottisuffix

Part of speech

verb

Synonyms

vadati, deseti, ajjhāvasati, ovadati, āṇāpeti, vāceti, pasāsati

general

  • advises; instructs; teaches; admonishes

  • Dhp 77

    ovadeyya-anusāseyya, asabbhā ca nivāraye, satañ'hi so piyo hoti, asataṃ hoti appiyo.

  • SN 22.1

    ovadatu maṃ, bhante, bhagavā, anusāsatu maṃ, bhante, bhagavā, yaṃ mam'assa dīgharattaṃ hitāya sukhāyā'ti.

  • orders; commands; disciplines; punishes

  • governs; rules; administers

  • DN 19

    ekam'antaṃ nisinnaṃ kho, bho, jotipālaṃ māṇavaṃ rājā disampati etadavoca, anusāsatu no bhavaṃ jotipālo, mā no bhavaṃ jotipālo anusāsaniyā paccabyāhāsi. pettike taṃ ṭhāne ṭhapessāmi, govindiye abhisiñcissāmī'ti.

  • judges; adjudicates; decides

  • DN 14

    atha kho, bhikkhave, bandhumā rājā atthakaraṇe nisinno vipassiṃ kumāraṃ aṅke nisīdāpetvā atthe anusāsati. tatra sudaṃ, bhikkhave, vipassī kumāro pitu-aṅke nisinno viceyya viceyya atthe panāyati ñāyena.

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 1

anusāsaiti
  1. anusāsa

    advice; teaching; instruction; admonition (to)

  2. iti

    thus; in this way; so; like this

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