Nityanaimittika, Nitya-naimittika: 7 definitions
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Nityanaimittika means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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.
In Hinduism
Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)
Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama TextsNityanaimittika (नित्यनैमित्तिक) refers to the “regular and occasional (worship disabilities)” is the name of the eleventh chapter of the Agastyasaṃhitā (agastya-brahma-saṃvāda edition), an ancient Pāñcarātra Āgama text dealing with typical Pāñcarātra concepts such as the Vyūhas.—[Cf. the chapter nityanaimittika-prāyaścitta-vidhi]:—The rules in this chapter cover a variety of shortcomings, in each case giving the type of defect first, followed by the appropriate remedial steps to be taken. [...]
Pancaratra (पाञ्चरात्र, pāñcarātra) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Narayana is revered and worshipped. Closeley related to Vaishnavism, the Pancaratra literature includes various Agamas and tantras incorporating many Vaishnava philosophies.
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarynityanaimittika (नित्यनैमित्तिक).—a (S) Constant and occasional.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishnityanaimittika (नित्यनैमित्तिक).—a Constant and occasional.
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 dictionaryNityanaimittika (नित्यनैमित्तिक).—an occasional act regularly recurring, or any ceremony constantly performed to accomplish a particular object, e. g. (a parvaśrāddha).
Derivable forms: nityanaimittikam (नित्यनैमित्तिकम्).
Nityanaimittika is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms nitya and naimittika (नैमित्तिक).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryNityanaimittika (नित्यनैमित्तिक).—n.
(-kaṃ) Any act or ceremony which though occasional is of irregular recurrence, as Sraddhas at fixed lunar periods. E. nitya, and naimittika occasional; also nityanaimittikakarmman .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryNityanaimittika (नित्यनैमित्तिक):—[=nitya-naimittika] [from nitya] n. (with or [scilicet] karman) any regularly recurring occasional act or ceremony or any rite constantly performed to accomplish some object (as Śrāddhas at fixed lunar periods), [Horace H. Wilson]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryNityanaimittika (नित्यनैमित्तिक):—[nitya-naimittika] (kaṃ) 1. n. A constantly occurring ceremony.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Nitya, Naimittika.
Starts with: Nityanaimittikakshauranirnaya, Nityanaimittikaprayashcitta, Nityanaimittikaprayashcittavidhi.
Full-text: Pujadravya, Laya, Karma, Dravya, Acarya, Prayashcittavidhi, Sadhaka, Nitya, Lokadharmini, Niradhikara, Sadhikara, Prakrita, Atyantika, Agama, Shraddha, Naimittika, Pararthapuja.
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Taittiriya Upanishad Bhashya Vartika (by R. Balasubramanian)
Verse 1.126 < [Book 1 - Śīkṣāvallī]
Jivanandana of Anandaraya Makhin (Study) (by G. D. Jayalakshmi)
The concept of Kāla and Karma < [Chapter 5 - Advaitic principles in Jīvanandana Nāṭaka]
Analysis of Kāla and Karma (Time and Action) < [Chapter 6 - Dramatic aspects of the Jīvanandana Nāṭaka]
Act VI (Summary) < [Chapter 3 - Summary of the Play Jīvānandana Nāṭaka]
The Markandeya Purana (Study) (by Chandamita Bhattacharya)
Shrimad Bhagavad-gita (by Narayana Gosvami)
Verse 18.2 < [Chapter 18 - Mokṣa-yoga (the Yoga of Liberation)]
Verse 18.66 < [Chapter 18 - Mokṣa-yoga (the Yoga of Liberation)]
The Markandeya Purana (by Frederick Eden Pargiter)
Canto XXX - Madālasā’s Exhortation (continued)
Canto XXXIV - Alarka’s Education: The exposition of Virtuous Custom
The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)