Naityaka: 9 definitions

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Naityaka means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Naityaka (नैत्यक).—a. (-kī f.),

-naityika a. (-kī f.)

1) Regularly recurring, constantly repeated.

2) To be performed regularly (and not on particular occasions); नैत्यके नास्त्यनध्यायः (naityake nāstyanadhyāyaḥ) Manusmṛti 2.16.

3) Indispensable, constant, obligatory.

-kam The food regularly offered to an idol (naivedya); यक्षिण्या नैत्यकं तत्र प्राश्नीत पुरुषः शुचिः (yakṣiṇyā naityakaṃ tatra prāśnīta puruṣaḥ śuciḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 3.84.15.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Naityaka (नैत्यक).—nt. (compare Pali nicca-bhatta, and Sanskrit naityaka, adj.), food regularly and permanently provided by laymen for monks and nuns: °kam Mahāvyutpatti 5762 = Tibetan rtag re (stag res) ḥkhor, constantly recurring; tayā °ka-samucche- daḥ (suspension of regular provision) kṛtaḥ Avadāna-śataka i.269.12; in Bhikṣuṇī-karmavācanā 23a.2, in a list of kinds of provisions included in atireka (lābha), q.v. (beyond regular piṇḍapāta); context of Mahāvyutpatti 5762 was surely the same.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Naityaka (नैत्यक).—mfn.

(-kaḥ-kī-kaṃ) Always, constant, indispensable. E. nitya, and vun aff.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Naityaka (नैत्यक).—and naityikaṃ naityika, i. e. nitya + ka or ika, adj. What must be done constantly or regularly (opposed to naimittika), [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 2, 105; 8, 86.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Naityaka (नैत्यक).—[adjective] constant, perpetual, regular.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Naityaka (नैत्यक):—[from naitya] mfn. to be always or regularly done (not occasionally; cf. naimittika), constantly repeated, invariable, obligatory, [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.

2) [v.s. ...] n. the food regularly offered to an idol, [Mahābhārata]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Naityaka (नैत्यक):—[(kaḥ-kī-kaṃ) a.] Ever, constant.

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Naityaka in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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