Nityatva: 8 definitions

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Nityatva means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit. 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

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

Nityatva (नित्यत्व):—Perpetual

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

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Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)

Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions

Nityatva (नित्यत्व) refers to “eternality”, according to the Īśvarapratyabhijñākārikā III.2.12.—Accordingly, “But when, through realizing [that the divine] qualities such as all-pervasiveness and eternality (nityatva) apply to oneself, by having the experience of the [real] “I” whose nature is [unqualified] freedom—[an experience] pointed out by the guru’s instruction and other methods that I have explained—[and] having therefore emerged as it were from [identification with] the objective knowables of the Void etc., and [as a result] abiding [in one’s real nature], then that is the [transcendent] state [called] the Fourth. [...]”.

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Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.

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In Jainism

Jain philosophy

Source: archive.org: Anekanta Jaya Pataka of Haribhadra Suri

Nityatva (नित्यत्व) refers to “changelessness”, as used in the Anekāntajayapatākā-prakaraṇa, a Śvetāmbara Jain philosophical work written by Haribhadra Sūri.—[Cf. Vol. I, P. 17, l. 8]—According to the Jainas absolute nityatva is a pure fiction. Nityatva which is possible is only relative. It is one which is in the midst of change. The Vedāntins thus are at one with the Jainas in so far as they trace sthiratva or anvitatva in the midst of change. But as they do not attach much value to this relative nityatva and lay more emphasis on the absolute nityatva than on the other, they may be classed with the Vaiśeṣikas who define nitya as “apracyutānutpannasthiraikasvabhāvam”.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Nityatva (नित्यत्व).—

1) Invariableness, constancy, continuance, eternity, perpetuity.

2) Necessity.

3) Perseverance.

Derivable forms: nityatvam (नित्यत्वम्).

See also (synonyms): nityatā.

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

Nityatva (नित्यत्व).—[nitya + tva], n. 1. Perpetuity, eternity, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 3, 27, 17. 2. Perseverance, in adhyātmajñāna-nitya + tva, [Bhagavadgītā, (ed. Schlegel.)] 13, 11.

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

Nityatva (नित्यत्व):—[=nitya-tva] [from nitya] n. idem, [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Bhagavad-gītā; Suśruta etc.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Nityatva 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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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Nityatva (ನಿತ್ಯತ್ವ):—

1) [noun] = ನಿತ್ಯತೆ [nityate].

2) [noun] (gram.) the occurance (as of a particular termination, inflexion etc.) that happens invariably.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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