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निरृति

   { nirṛti }
Script: Devanagari

निरृति

Puranic Encyclopaedia  | English  English |   | 
   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] .

निरृति

A Sanskrit English Dictionary | Sanskrit  English |   | 
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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निर् °ऋति
   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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निर् °ऋति
   N. of a रुद्र, [MBh.] ; [Hariv.] ; [Pur.]
नि-कृति   of one of the 8 वसुs, [Hariv.] (v.l.)
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नि कृति

निरृति

Shabda-Sagara | Sanskrit  English |   | 
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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निर् ऋति

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