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.]