anusamayaḥ1 Regular or proper connection, as of words. -2 Doing several details with reference to several things or persons. This can be done in more ways than one and hence we have three varieties of anusamaya (a) padārthānusamaya i. e. doing one thing with reference to all, then doing the second in the same way and so on. (b) kāṇḍānusamaya i. e. doing the whole mass of details with reference to one thing first, then doing the same with the second and so on. This is also known as ekajātīyānusamaya. (c) samudāyānusamaya i. e. doing a group of details forming a composite whole (samudāya) with reference to one, then doing it with reference to the second and so on. It may be noted that when several details are to be performed with reference to one thing or person, the details are in close proximity with the pradhāna and hence the problem of aṅgapradhānapratyāsatti does not arise in such cases. But when several things are to be performed with respect to several things or persons, this aṅgapradhānapratyāsatti can be achieved by following the padārthānusamaya, which, therefore, is to be preferred to the other two words. (This is known as the padārthānusamayanyāya.) But when padārthānusamaya is found not practicable, the second mode i. e. the kāṇḍānusamaya or ekajātīyānusamaya should be adopted, provided that among the details to be performed, there are none which together form a composite whole. (This is known as kāṇḍānusamayanyāya.) If, however, there are among the details to be performed some details which form one or more composite wholes, they should be performed together with the first thing or person, then with the second, and so on. Thus in such cases the samudāyānusamaya should be adopted. (This is known as samudāyānusamayanyāya.)