निरृति

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Puranic Encyclopaedia

Wife of the Deva called Adharma. She had three sons called Bhaya, Mahābhaya and Antaka. These Rākṣasas are known as Nairṛtas. [Ādi Parva, Chapter 66, Verse 54] .
NIRṚTI I   A Deva. The Purāṇas contain the following information about him.
(i) He is one of the Aṣṭadikpālas (guards of the eight quarters). He is in charge of the south-western corner. (See under Aṣṭadikpālas).
(ii) He is one of the Ekādaśarudras. [Ādi Parva, Chapter 66, Verse 2] .
(iii) Brahmā was his grand-father and Sthāṇu his father. [Ādi Parva, Chapter 66, Verse 2] .
(iv) He attended the birth-day celebrations of Arjuna. [Ādi Parva, Chapter 129, Verse 63] .
(v) In temples his idols are installed with sword in hand and seated on an ass. [Agni Purāṇa, Chapter 51] .

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

निर्-°ऋति  f.  f. ( नि॑र्-) dissolution, destruction, calamity, evil, adversity, [RV.] &c. &c. (personified as the goddess of death and corruption and often associated with मृत्यु, अ-राति &c., [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; variously regarded as the wife of अ-धर्म, mother of भय, महा-भय and मृत्यु [ [MBh.]] or as a daughter of अ-धर्म and हिंसा and mother of नरक and भय [ [MārkP.]]; binds mortals with her cords, [AV.]; [Br.] &c.; is regent of the south [ [AV.]] and of the asterism मूल [ [Var.]])

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the bottom or lower depths of the earth (as the seat of putrefaction), [AV.]; [VS.]; [ŚBr.]
निर्-°ऋति  m.  m. death or the genius of death, [BhP.]

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N. of a रुद्र, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [Pur.]
नि-कृति   of one of the 8 वसुs, [Hariv.] ( v.l.)

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Shabda-Sagara

निरृति  mfn.  ( -तिः-तिः-ति) Free from violence, tyranny, &c.
 m.  ( -तिः) A demi-god and ruler of the south-west quarter: see नैरृति
 f.  ( -तिः) 1. Misfortune, calamity.
2. Security, prosperity, immunity from tyranny or violence.
E. निर् implying reverse, ऋति good fortune, &c.

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