आनुषक्

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”).

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

आ॒नु॒षक् • (ānuṣák)

1. 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.