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  About Śabdayoga Blog author Jayaraman Mahadevan   अनुशासनम्  - Anuśāsana         Etymology  अनु+शास्+ल्युट्   = अनुशासनम् anu+śās+lyuṭ = anuśāsanam   ·        The root word is śās. The meaning of the root is अनुशिष्टि - anuśiṣṭi - instruction. ·        The prefix is anu – that means to follow ·        lyuṭ   is the suffix that is added to convey the sense Bhāva (the act). This suffix is added by the rule ल्युट् च (अष्टाध्यायी ३.३.११५ ) - lyuṭ ca (aṣṭādhyāyī 3.3.115 ) Then the derivative sentence would be अनिशिष्यते इति अनुशासनम् - aniśiṣyate iti anuśāsanam - The act of instruction following (the tradition).   Lexicon - The lexicon amarakośa does not have this word.    Textual Occurrences   Yogasūtra There is just one occurrence of the term in this text अथ योगानुशासनम्   - atha yogānuśāsanam 1.1. It is interesting and educative to note the derivation of the term given in some of the saṃskṛta commentaries of yogasūtra – ·        अनुशिष्यते व्याख्यायत

  About Śabdayoga Blog author Jayaraman Mahadevan   अथ - Atha   Listen to the Explanation here   Etymology अर्थ + ड = अथ atha = artha + ḍa   ·        In this word artha is the root. The meaning of the root is   yācñā   - to beg ·        The suffix is ḍa. ·        This suffix is added to the root based on the rule of Vārttika on Sage Paṇini’s   Sūtra - anyeṣvapi dṛśyate (3.2.101) – the ‘r’ in the root gets deleted in the process of adding the suffix. “atha” is the resultant form. In this case, the addition of suffix to this root only gives a grammatically valid word form. The meaning of atha does not emerge from this process. The conventional usage of the term which is documented in the lexicons and such other sources throw light on the meaning of the term. Lexicon  The amarakośa has the following entry on the term –  मङ्गलानन्तरारम्भप्रश्नकार्त्स्न्येष्वथो अथ maṅgalānantarārambhapraśnakārtsnyeṣvatho atha (3.3.247)  The words atha and atho are used to indicate