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    See also anuśastram, anuśastraṃ.


    Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 36.
    anuśastra n. (-straṃ) A supplementary or subsidiary weapon or instrument.

    E. anu, and śastra a weapon.

    Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 105, col. 1.
    anuśastra Tatpur. n. (-stram) (In Medicine.) A subsidiary in-

    strument or surgical means in general, used either in want

    of the proper instrument or when the patient is afraid of

    the latter; as such are named: bambu (tvaksāra), crystal,

    glass (kāca), ruby (kuruvinda), leeches, fire, alkali (kṣāra),

    the finger nail, and several plants (gojī, śephālikā, śā-

    kapatra, karīra, bālāṅguli). E. anu and śastra.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1st ed.)

    p. 40, col. 1.
    anuśastra anu-śastra, am, n. anything used

    in place of a regular surgical instrument, as a finger-

    nail or bambu; any subsidiary weapon or instrument.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    p. 39, col. 2.
    anu-śastra n. any subsidiary weapon or instrument, anything used in place of a regular surgical instrument (as a finger-nail), Suśr.

    Śabdasāgara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 30, col. 1.
    anuśastra

    n. (-straṃ) A supplementary or subsidiary weapon or instrument.
    E. anu, and śastra a weapon.

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    vol. 1, p. 222.
    anuśastra (1. anu + śastra) n. Gegenstand, welcher die Stelle eines chirurgischen Instrumentes vertreten kann (Stücke von Krystall oder Glas, Blutegel u. s. w.) SUŚR. 1, 28, 5. 31, 10. 32, 1.

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    vol. 1, p. 57, col. 3.
    anuśastra n. ein die Stelle eines chirurgischen Instruments vertretender Gegenstand.