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    Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 108, col. 1.
    anustaraṇī Tatpur. f. (-ṇī) The cow which is immolated at

    the funeral rites; sacrificing her is supposed to enable the

    defunct to cross the river of the hell. E. stṛ with anu, kṛt

    aff. lyuṭ.

    Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 17, col. 1.
    anustaraṇī anu-stáraṇī, f. cow killed at funeral
    sacrifices, with whose pieces the corpse
    is covered limb for limb; -smaraṇa, n. recollection;
    -syūta-tva, n. passing through (-°)
    as a thread; -svāra, m. nasal sound of a
    vowel (gr.).

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

    p. 41, col. 1.
    anu-stáraṇī f. the cow sacrificed at the funeral ceremony, TS. &c.

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    vol. 5, p. 993.
    anustáraṇī TS. 6, 1, 6, 7. 6, 7, 1. 7, 1, 6, 4.

    Renou Vocabulaire du rituel védique

    p. 13.