anuṣṭhānaṃ1 Doing, performance, practice, execution, accomplishment &c.; obeying, acting in conformity to; uparudhyate tapo'nuṣṭhānaṃ Ś. 4 practice of religious austerities; ko'pi vadhopāyaściṃtyo yasyānuṣṭhānena Pt. 1; nānuṣṭhānairvihīnāḥ syuḥ kulajā vidhavā iva Pt. 2. 95; H. 1. 103. 2 Commencing, undertaking, engaging in; yadisamudreṇa saha vairānuṣṭhānaṃ kāryaṃ Pt. 1. 3 Commencement or course of conduct, procedure, course of action; kathaṃnyāyyamanuṣṭhānaṃ mādṛśaḥ pratiṣedhatu U. 5. 21. 4 Practice of religious rites or ceremonies, any religious rite or ceremony; kiṃtvanuṣṭhānanityatvaṃsvātaṃtryamapakarṣati U. 1. 8; Mv. 4. 33. —nī Performance, doing &c. Comp.—śarīraṃ ‘the body of action’; (according to the Sāṃkhya doctrine) the intermediate body between the sūkṣma or subtle and the sthūla or gross body.