Nastikavritti, Nāstikavṛtti, Nastika-vritti: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Nāstikavṛtti can be transliterated into English as Nastikavrtti or Nastikavritti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Nāstikavṛtti (नास्तिकवृत्ति).—a. leading the life of an atheist.
Nāstikavṛtti is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms nāstika and vṛtti (वृत्ति).
Nāstikavṛtti (नास्तिकवृत्ति).—[adjective] leading the life of or deriving one’s livelihood from, an atheist.
Nāstikavṛtti (नास्तिकवृत्ति):—[=nāstika-vṛtti] [from nāstika > na] mfn. leading the life of an atheist or receiving sustenance from an ath°, [Viṣṇu-smṛti, viṣṇu-sūtra, vaiṣṇava-dharma-śāstra]
Nāstikavṛtti (नास्तिकवृत्ति):—Adj. die Lebensweise eines Atheisten führend oder von einem Atheisten seinen Lebensunterhalt empfangend [Viṣṇusūtra 54,15.]
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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