The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

˚pasa'kamati go up to, ˚rodati cry for, ˚socati mourn for. -- II. Witb verbs denoting a state or condition: (a)
literal: along, at, to, combined with. Often resembling E. be -- or Ger. be -- , also Lat. ad -- and con -- .
Thus often transitiving or simply emphatic. E. g. ˚kamp! com -- passion, ˚ki**a be -- set, ˚ga*h!ti take pity
on, ˚g!yati be -- singen, ˚jagghati laugh at, belaugh, ˚ddaya pity with, ˚masati touch at, ˚yuñjati order along,
˚yoga devotion to, ˚rakkhati be -- guard, ˚litta be -- smeared or an -- ointed, ˚vitakheti reflect over, ˚sara con
-- sequential; etc. -- (b) applied: according to, in conformity with. E. g. ˚k(la being to will, ˚chavika
befitting, ˚ñ!ta permitted, al -- lowed, ˚mati con- sent, a -- greement, ˚madati ap -- preciate, ˚r(pa = con --
form, ˚vattin acting according to, ˚ssavana by hearsay, ˚s!sati ad -- vise, com -- mand etc. -- III. (a) (fig.)
following after = second to, secondary, supplementary, inferior, minor, after, smaller; e. g. ˚dhamma lesser
morality, ˚pabbaj! discipleship, ˚pavattaka ruling after, ˚bh!ga after -- share, ˚majjha mediocre, ˚y!gin
assisting in sacrifice, ˚vyañjana smaller marks, etc.; cp. pa&i in same sense. -- (b) distributive (cp. A. a.)
each, every, one by one, (one after one): ˚dis! in each direction, ˚pañc!ha' every 5 days, ˚pubba one after
the other. -- IV. As one of the contrasting ( -- comparative) prefixes (see remarks on ati & cp. !3) anu often
occurs in reduplicative cpds. after the style of khuddânukhuddaka "small and still smaller", i. e. all sorts of
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small items or whatever is small or insignificant. More freq. combns. are the foll.: (q. v. under each
heading) padânupada', pubbânupubbaka, ponkhânuponkha', buddhânubuddha, v!dânuv!da, se&&hânuse&&hi.
-- V. As regards dialectical differences in meanings of prefixes, anu is freq. found in P!li where the Sk.
variant presents apa (for ava), abhi or ava. For P. anu = Sk. (Ved.) apa see anuddhasta; = Sk. abhi see anu --
gijjhati, ˚br(heti, ˚sandahati; = Sk. ava see anu -- kantati, ˚kassati2, ˚ki**a, ˚g!hati, ˚bujjhati ˚bodha, ˚lokin,
˚vajja. Note (a) anu in compn. is always contracted to ˚ânu˚, never elided like adhi = ˚dhi or abhi = ˚bhi.
The rigid character of this rule accounts for forms isolated out of this sort of epds. (like mahânubh!va), like
!nupubbikath! (fr. *pubb!nupubba˚), !nubh!va etc. We find !nu also in combn. with an -- under the
influence of metre. -- (b) the assimilation (contracted) form of anu before vowels is anv˚.
Anu
Anu2 (adj.) subtile; freq. spelling for a*u, e. g. D i.223 Sdhp 271, 346 (anu' th(la'). See a*u.
Anukankhin
Anukankhin (adj.) [fr. anu + k!nk+] striving after, longing for J v.499 (piya˚).
Anukantati
Anukantati [anu + kantati2] to cut Dh 311 (hattha' = ph!leti DhA iii.484).
Anukampaka
Anukampaka & ˚ika (adj.) [fr. anukampati] kind of heart, merciful, compassionate, full of pity ( -- ˚ or c.
loc.) D iii.187; S i.105 (loka˚), 197; v.157; A iv.265 sq.; It 66 (sabba -- bh(ta˚); Pv i.33 (= k!runika PvA
16), 53 (= atthak!ma, hitesin PvA 25), 88; ii.14 (= anugga*hataka PvA 69), 27; ThA 174; PvA 196 (satth!
sattesu a.).
Anukampati
Anukampati [anu + kampati] to have pity on, to com- miserate, to pity, to sympathise with (c. acc.) S i.82,
206; v.189. Imper. anukampa Pv ii.16 (= anuddaya' karohi PvA 70) & anukampassu Pv iii.28 (=
anugga*ha PvA 181). Med. ppr. anukampam!na Sn 37 (= anupekkham!na anugayham!na Nd2 50); PvA 35
(ta'), 62 (pitara'), 104. -- pp. anukampita (q. v.).