anuṣaṃgaḥ1 Close adherence or attendance; connection, conjunction, association; sānuṣaṃgāṇi kalyāṇāni U. 7 good things closely follow one another (come close upon one another). 2 Coalition, commixture. 3 Connection of word with word. 4 A word or words repeated from the context to supply an ellipsis. 5 Necessary consequence, inevitable result. 6 Connection of a subsequent with a previous act. 7 Incidental mention or relation (prasaṃga). 8 Yearning, eager longing. 9 Compassion, pity, tenderness. 10 (In Nyāya) Connecting together the upanaya or application and nigamana or conclusion by the use of the pronoun idaṃ (upanayavākyasthasya ayamiti padasya nigamanavākye ākarṣaṇaṃ). 11 The nasals connected with certain roots ending in consonants; P. VII. 1. 59 Sk.