anuṣṭhānam1 Doing, performance, practice, execution, accomplishment &c.; obeying, acting in conformity to; uparudhyate tapo'nuṣṭhānam Ś.4. practice of religious austerities; ko'pi vadhopāyaścintyo yasyānuṣṭhānena Pt.1; nānuṣṭhānairvihīnāḥ syuḥ kulajā vidhavā iva Pt.2.95; dharme svayamanuṣṭhānaṃ kasyacittu mahātmanaḥ H.1.99; śāstrānuṣṭhānaṃ vā Kau. A.1.6. -2 Commencing, undertaking, engaging in; yadi samudreṇa saha vairānuṣṭhānaṃ kāryam Pt.1. -3 Commencement or course of conduct, procedure, course of action; kathaṃ nyāyyamanuṣṭhānaṃ mādṛśaḥ prati- ṣedhatu U.5.21. -4 Practice of religious rites or ceremonies, any religious rite or ceremony; kiṃtvanuṣṭhānanityatvaṃ svātantryamapakarṣati U.1.8; Mv.4.33. -nī Performance, doing &c. -Comp. -śarīram 'the body of action'; (according to the Sāṅkhya doctrine) the intermediate body between the sūkṣma or subtle and the sthūla or gross body.