noun adjective

1. (n.) conformity, accordance DN.ii.83 = DN.iii.100; MN.i.69 (dhamm˚ logical conclusion of) SN.ii.58; DN.iii.226 (anvaye ñāṇaṃ); Pv.ii.11#3 (tassa kammassa anvāya, variant reading BB anvaya & anvāya; accordingly according to = paccayā Pv-a.147); Pv-a.228 (anvayato adv. in accordance).
2. (adj.) following, having the same course, behaving according to, consequential, in conformity with (-˚) DN.i.46 (tad˚); MN.i.238 (kāyo citt acting in conformity to the mind, obeying the mind) Snp.254 (an˚ inconsistent); Iti.79 (tass˚)
   ■ dur˚ spelt durannaya conforming with difficulty, hard to manage or to find out Dhp.92 (gati = na sakkā paññāpetuṃ Dhp-a.ii.173); Snp.243, Snp.251 (= duviññāpaya Snp-a.287 dunneyya ibid. Snp.293).

Vedic anvaya in diff. meaning; fr. anu + i, see anveti & anvāya