anu-ṣṭhā (√ sthā) to stand near or by; to follow out; to carry out, attend to; to perform, do, practise; to govern, rule, superintend; to appoint: Pass. -ṣṭhīyate, to be done; to be followed out: Desid. -tiṣṭhāsati, to be desirous of doing, &c.
anu-ṣṭhā́ mfn. standing after i.e. in succession, [RV. i, 54, 10.]
anu-ṣṭhāna—śarīra n. (in Sāṃkhya phil.) the body which is intermediate between the liṅga- or sūkṣma- and the sthūla-śarīra (generally called the adhiṣṭhāna-śarīra, q.v.)