आनुषक्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

আনুষক্ (Assamese script)
ᬆᬦᬸᬱᬓ᭄ (Balinese script)
আনুষক্ (Bengali script)
𑰁𑰡𑰲𑰬𑰎𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀆𑀦𑀼𑀱𑀓𑁆 (Brahmi script)
အာနုၑက် (Burmese script)
આનુષક્ (Gujarati script)
ਆਨੁਸ਼ਕ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌆𑌨𑍁𑌷𑌕𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦄꦴꦤꦸꦰꦏ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂄𑂢𑂳𑂭𑂍𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಆನುಷಕ್ (Kannada script)
អានុឞក៑ (Khmer script)
ອານຸຩກ຺ (Lao script)
ആനുഷക് (Malayalam script)
ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠨᡠᢢᠠᡬ (Manchu script)
𑘁𑘡𑘳𑘬𑘎𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠠᢗᠨᠤᢔᠠᢉ (Mongolian script)
𑦡𑧁𑧔𑧌𑦮𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐁𑐣𑐸𑐲𑐎𑑂 (Newa script)
ଆନୁଷକ୍ (Odia script)
ꢃꢥꢸꢰꢒ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆄𑆤𑆶𑆰𑆑𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖁𑖡𑖲𑖬𑖎𑖿 (Siddham script)
ආනුෂක් (Sinhalese script)
𑩐𑩛𑩯𑩒𑪀𑩜 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚁𑚝𑚰𑚊𑚶 (Takri script)
ஆநுஷக் (Tamil script)
ఆనుషక్ (Telugu script)
อานุษกฺ (Thai script)
ཨཱ་ནུ་ཥ་ཀ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒂𑒢𑒳𑒭𑒏𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨀𑨊𑨝𑨃𑨯𑨋𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hānušákš (“one by one”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁onu-sékʷ-s, from *h₁énu (“after”) + *sekʷ- (“to follow”). Compare अनु (anu) and सच् (sac). Cognate with Avestan 𐬁𐬥𐬎𐬱𐬵𐬀𐬑𐬱 (ānušhaxš, “one after the other”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑː.nu.ʂɐ́k/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɑː.n̪u.ʂɐk/

Adverb

आ॒नु॒षक् • (ānuṣák)

in a continuous order; one after the other; one by one
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.21.2:
  त्वं हि मानु॑षे॒ जने ऽग्ने॒ सुप्री॑त इ॒ध्यसे॑ ।
  स्रुच॑स् त्वा यन्त्य् आनु॒षक् सुजा॑त॒ सर्पि॑रासुते ॥
  tváṃ hí mā́nuṣe jáné ʼgne súprīta idhyáse.
  srúcas tvā yanty ānuṣák sújāta sárpirāsute.
  For, Agni, kindled amongst people, you are well-pleased.
  Ladles (full of clarified butter) come to you one after the other, O highborn one, O eater of clarified butter.

References

Monier Williams (1899), “आनुषक्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 141, column 2.