Nityakritya, Nityakṛtya, Nitya-kritya: 7 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Nityakṛtya can be transliterated into English as Nityakrtya or Nityakritya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishnityakṛtya (नित्यकृत्य).—n Settled employ- ment. The daily rites and ceremonies of Brahmans.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryNityakṛtya (नित्यकृत्य).—any daily and necessary rite, a constant act or duty, as the five daily Yajñas.
Derivable forms: nityakṛtyam (नित्यकृत्यम्).
Nityakṛtya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms nitya and kṛtya (कृत्य). See also (synonyms): nityakriyā.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryNityakṛtya (नित्यकृत्य).—n.
(-tyaṃ) Regular and necessary act or ceremony. E. nitya, and kṛtya to be done.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryNityakṛtya (नित्यकृत्य).—[neuter] kriyā [feminine] = nityakarman.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryNityakṛtya (नित्यकृत्य):—[=nitya-kṛtya] [from nitya] n. a regular and necessary act or ceremony, [Hitopadeśa]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryNityakṛtya (नित्यकृत्य):—[nitya-kṛtya] (tyaṃ) 1. n. Idem.
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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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Partial matches: Kritya, Nitya.
Full-text: Nityakarman, Nityakriya.
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