Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

nitya नित्य – eternal; permanent; always

adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary adjective

eternal; permanent; always

Cappeller 1891 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

nítya ·a. inner, interior, indigenous, own; constant, continual, eternal (nitya °-- & n. adv.); abiding or persevering in, devoted to (--°); regular, essential, necessary, obligatory. Abstr. °tāÅ f., °tvaÅ n.

Monier-Williams 1872 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

nitya nitya, as, ā, am (fr. ni), own (Ved.); continual, perpetual, regularly repeated, constant, uninterrupted, endless, eternal, everlasting; invariable, regular, fixed, regularly prescribed, inevitable, not op- tional, (opposed to kāmya &c.); necessary, obligatory, essential; ordinary, usual, (opposed to naimittika, unusual, produced by an unusual cause); constantly dwelling in, perpetually engaged in, (often at the end of a comp., e. g. araṇya-nitya, constantly dwelling in a forest; tapo-nitya, engaged in constant penance); (with samāsa) a necessary compound which cannot be resolved without losing its meaning, because the separate ideas have merged in one, as in Jamad-agni; (with svarita) = jātya, the primary or independent Svarita, as opposed to the secondary or dependent; (as), m. the ocean; (ā), f. an epithet of Durgā; a Śakti or form of Durgā; an epithet of the goddess Ma- nasā; (am), n. constant and indispensable rite or act; (am), ind. always, ever, daily, constantly, continually, perpetually, everlastingly, eternally; na nityam, not always, never, (in Manu VI. 8. nityam an-ādātā = never a receiver.)

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine

nítya (von 1. ni) P. 4,2,104, Vārtt. 3. 1〉 adj. f. ā a〉 eigen (Gegens. araṇa) NIR. 3,2. sūnu ṚV. 1,66,1. toka ṚV. 2,2,11. ṚV. 7,88,6. pati ṚV. 1,71,1. sadana ṚV. 1,148,3. hi̱nvantyaśva̱maràṇa̱ṃ na nityàm ṚV. 3,53,24. ṚV. 5,85,7. nityàsya rā̱yaḥ patàyaḥ syāma ṚV. 7,4,7. — b〉 stätig, immerwährend, ununterbrochen; durchgängig, ewig P. 4,2,104, Vārtt. 3. AK. 1,1,1,61. AK. 1,3,2,22. AK. 3,4,7,34. TRIK. 3,3,314. H. 1453. H. 1471. H. an. 2,370. MED. y. 33. HALĀY. 1,125. jā̱nanne̱va jā̀na̱tīrnitya̱ ā śàye ṚV. 1,140,7. ṚV. 1,141,2. yaṃ va̱rdhayā̀nti pu̱ṣṭayàśca̱ nityā̀ḥ ṚV. 2,27,12. ṚV. 4,4,7. āhavanāni ṚV. 7,1,17. ṚV. 8,31,5. vā̱cā nityàyā ṚV. 8,64,6. nityo dakṣiṇāgniḥ KĀTY. ŚR. 4,13,4. nityodaka KĀTY. ŚR. 20,4,14. nityodakin ŚĀṄKH. GṚHY. 4,11. vṛtti M. 2,206. anadhyāya M. 4,107. nityakālam M. 2,58. M. 2,73. damo dānaṃ kṣamā burddhrīrdhṛtisteja uttamam . nityānyāsanmahāsattve śāntanau MBH. 1,3969. MBH. 12,162. BHĀG. P. 1,16,30. anitye nityabuddhayaḥ BHĀG. P. 9,18,41. yasminnitye tate tantau dṛḍhe srāgiva tiṣṭhati MBH. 12,1610. tasminsadasi nityāstu vyāsaśiṣyāḥ MBH. 14,2640. nityotsavasamājāḍhyā R. 1,5,14. BHARTṚ. 2,39. yadi nityamanityena — labhyeta HIT. I, 42. ŚVETĀŚV. UP. 6,13. M. 1,11. KAP. 1,12. JAIM. 1,18. SUŚR. 1,312,9. SUŚR. 1,312,11. Häufig als letztes Glied eines comp. ununterbrochen sich an einem Ort aufhaltend, — in Etwas verharrend: araṇya˚ MBH. 1,4475. vana˚ MBH. 3,10430. MBH. 14,1274. jāhnavītīra˚ MBH. 13,4915. dharma˚ MBH. 1,2334. MBH. 1,4148. MBH. 14,74. HARIV. 7176. R. 2,37,19. R. 2,58,15. dhyāna˚ MBH. 3,15486. satya˚ MBH. 13,1563. śastra˚ MBH. 1,4029. adhyātma˚ BHAG. 15,5. yajñādhyayana˚ R. 1,6,14. ādāna˚ M. 11,15. dharmanityā pāṇḍava te viceṣṭā MBH. 5,767. nityam adv. stets, ununterbrochen, beständig, immer gaṇa svarādi zu P. 1,1,37. HALĀY. 4,13. taṃ tvā̱ dama̱ ā nityàmi̱ddham ṚV. 1,73,4. KĀTY. ŚR. 3,2,10. KĀTY. ŚR. 3,6,11. KĀTY. ŚR. 9,13,31. M. 1,108. M. 2,1. INDR. 5,61. HID. 4,10. BHĀHMAṆ. 3,6. N. 6,9. N. 7,2. R. 1,1,26. R. 1,6,18. HIT. 4,12. mityamarogitā HIT. Pr. 18. mit einem partic. praet. pass. componirt: Accent eines solchen comp. P. 6,2,61. nityadhṛta ŚĀṄKH. ŚR. 2,17,6. nityānugṛhīta ĀŚV. GṚHY. 1,9. ˚yukta M. 3,75. M. 6,8. M. 9,326. ˚pramudita SUND. 1,31. ˚śaṅkita Spr. 435. ˚jāta BHAG. 2,26. ˚muktatva KAP. 1,163. — ˚saṃnyāsin BHAG. 5,3. ˚snāyin HIT. 19,1. na nityam nicht immer M. 4,204. niemals TAITT. PRĀT. 1,4. TAITT. PRĀT. 2,4. M. 1,104. M. 3,71. M. 4,136. M. 5,169. M. 8,185. nityamanādātā niemals nehmend M. 6,8. — c〉 ständig, nothwendig, wesentlich, zur Sache gehörig, unumgänglich (Gegens. kāmya, naimittika u. s. w.): nitye saṃyājye ŚAT. BR. 13,4,2,13. ŚAT. BR. 13,5,1,9. ŚĀṄKH. ŚR. 9,20,12. ŚĀṄKH. ŚR. 13,10,6. ŚĀṄKH. BR. 23,4. LĀṬY. 1,2,14. LĀṬY. 4,6,8. LĀṬY. 8,7,10. ĀŚV. ŚR. 9,1. Schol. zu KĀTY. ŚR. 37,21. KĀTY. ŚR. 39,3. KĀTY. ŚR. 338,15. ˚vrata GOBH. 3,2,42. ŚĀṄKH. GṚHY. 2,6. karman, kriyā, kṛtya M. 11,203. AK. 2,7,48. RĀJA-TAR. 1,125. BHĀG. P. 7,15,11. MĀRK. P. 16,41. fgg. MĀRK. P. 30,1. MĀRK. P. 30,24. fg. MĀRK. P. 31,60. ˚yātrā Verz. d. B. H. No. 1235. Verz. d. B. H. No. 1236. ˚homādividhi Verz. d. B. H. 1065. ˚dāna Verz. d. B. H. 1022. ˚dānādipaddhati MACK. Coll. I, 32. nityābhiṣekavidhi MACK. Coll. I,159. dvayorvibhāṣayormadhye vidhirnityaḥ VOP. 2,5. samāsa ein nothwendiges Compositum, ein Compositum, welches nicht aufgelöst werden kann, ohne dass die Bedeutung zerfiele, P. 6,1,169. Schol. zu P. 2,1,3. pratyaya. Suffix PAT._zu_P. 5,4,7. vom svarita so v. a. jātya der primäre im Gegens. zum begleitenden, secundären TS. PRĀT. 2,8. Einl. zu NIR. LXIII. — 2〉 m. das Meer RĀJAN._im_ŚKDR. — 3〉 f. ā a〉 Bein. der Durgā, ŚABDAR._im_ŚKDR. BRAHMAVAIV. P._in_Verz. d. Oxf. H. 25,a (54). — b〉 Bez. einer Śakti TANTRAS._im_ŚKDR. — c〉 Bein. der Göttin Manasā ŚABDAR. — Vgl. a˚, ātma˚, tapo˚.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

nitya [vgl. [4:146]] Zu den Bedeutungen unter 1,c hätte noch regelmässig sich wiederholend, gewöhnlich (im Gegens. zu naimittika durch eine besondere Veranlassung hervorgerufen, ausserordentlich) hinzugefügt werden können. (revision)

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nitya 1〉a〉 = nija = sva (svayam) in nityodita von selbst aufgegangen Spr. 1995. — b〉 pralaya BURNOUF_in_BHĀG. P. I, XLVIII. — c〉 füge regelmässig sich wiederholend, gewöhnlich hinzu. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 266,b,42.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

nitya definirt PAT. a. a. O. 1,14,a. — 2〉 ṣaṇṇāmātmani nityānām in dem Selbst befindlich Spr. (II) 6617.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive masculine

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine

nítya — 1〉 Adj. (f. ā) — a〉 eingeboren, innewohnend Spr. 6616. — b〉 eigen. — c〉 stetig, immerwährend, ununterbrochen, durchgängig, ewig. nityam und nitya˚ Adv. stets, ununterbrochen, beständig, immer, unter allen Umständen Chr. 236,31. Mit na nicht immer [Page3-203-b] und niemals. — d〉 am Ende eines Comp. ununterbrochen sich an einem Orte aufhaltend, — in Etwas verharrend, beständig einer Sache sich hingebend, gewohnt an CARAKA. 4,6. — e〉 ständig, regelmässig sich wiederholend, gewöhnlich, nothwendig, wesentlich, zur Sache gehörig, unumgänglich. samāsa m. ein nothwendiges Compositum, das sich nicht auflösen lässt, ohne dass die Bedeutung zerfiele. svarita m. der nothwendige, so v. a. primäre Svarita. — 2〉 *m. Meer RĀJAN. 14,7. — 3〉 f. ā — a〉 *Pflugschar GAL. — b〉 Bein. — α〉 er Durgā. — β〉 *der Göttin Manasā. — c〉 eine best. Śakti.

Apte 1890 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · English · adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

nitya a. [niyamena niyataṃ vā bhavaṃ ni-tyap; cf. P. IV. 2. 104 Vārt.] 1 (a) Continual, perpetual, constant, ever-lasting, eternal, uninterrupted; yadi nityamanityena labhyate H. 1. 48; nityajyotsnāḥ pratihatamovṛttiramyāḥ pradoṣāḥ Me. (regarded by Malli. as ([Page 0621-a]) an interpolation); Ms. 2. 206. (b) Imperishable, indestructible; pṛthivī dvividhā nityā'nityā ca Tarka K. 2 Invariable, regular, fixed, not optional, regularly prescribed (opp. kāmya). 3 Necessary, obligatory, essential. 4 Ordinary, usual (opp. naimittika). 5 (At the end of comp.) Constantly dwelling in, perpetually engaged in or busy with; jāhnavītīra˚, araṇya˚, ādāna˚, dhyāna˚ &c. — tyaḥ The ocean. — tyā An epithet of the goddess Durgā. — tyaṃ An indispensable or inevitable act. — tyaṃ ind. Daily, constantly, always, ever, perpetually, eternally. Comp. — anadhyāyaḥ invariable suspension of Vedic studies; Ms. 4. 107. — anitya a. eternal and perishable. — ṛtu a. regularly recurring at the seasons. — karman n., — kṛtyaṃ, -kriyā any daily and necessary rite, a constant act or duty, as the five daily yajṇas. — gatiḥ air, wind. — dānaṃ daily alms-giving. — niyamaḥ an invariable rule. — naimittikaṃ an occasional act regularly recurring, or any ceremony constantly performed to accomplish a particular object, (e. g. a parvaśrāddha). — pralayaḥ sleep. — muktaḥ the Supreme spirit. — yauvanā (ever youthful) an epithet of Draupadī. — śaṃkita a. perpetually alarmed, ever suspicious. — samāsaḥ ‘a necessary compound’, a compound the meaning of which cannot be expressed by its constituent members used separately (the separate ideas having merged in one); e. g. jamadagni, jayadratha &c.; ivena nityasamāsaḥ &c.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

nítya eingeboren, innerlich, eigen, angehörig, stetig, beständig in, an o. bei (—˚) ewig, notwendig, wesentlich; obligatorisch (g.). nitya (˚— u. nityam Adv. stets, durchaus, beständig, immer.

Burnouf 1866 adjective

Original text · French · adjective

nitya nitya a. (ni; sfx. tya) perpétuel, qui dure toujours, éternel. — F. nityā surn. de Pārvatī et de Manasā. — Ac. nityam toujours; pour toujours. nityagati m. (gam) vent, air. nityajāta a. (jan) né pour toujours. Toujours soumis à la naissance, c-à-d. à la transmigration. nityalva n. (sfx. tva) continuité, perpétuité, éternité. nityadhā adv. (sfx. dhā) toujours. nityayauvana a. (yuvan) toujours jeune. nityaśas adv. (sfx. śas) toujours.

Derived words

  • anitya अनित्य adjective impermanent; transient
  • nityatva नित्यत्व substantive neuter permanence

Occurrences in source texts (19)

HTK 1 occurrence
HTK 10.9*2–11*1: Sītkā / Sītkārī and Śītalī 1 occurrence

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MAN 1 occurrence
Maṅgala Mantra 1 occurrence

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  • MAN MA 1.2 Segment 5

    Attested form: nityam Grammar of the segment: accusative singular neuter

PJH 1 occurrence
PJH 17-19: Simple Means (sukhopāyas) and Samādhi 1 occurrence

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  • PJH 19 Segment 9

    Attested form: nitya Grammar of the segment: karmadhāraya-compound

PYS 3 occurrences
PYS 2.3–9: Five Kleśas 2 occurrences

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PYS 4.9–11: Continuity of Saṃskāras 1 occurrence

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SiSa 8 occurrences
SiSa 1.1-1.3: Das eine Wissen 1 occurrence

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SiSa 1.10-1.16: Lehrmeinungen 1 occurrence

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SiSa 1.20-1.31: Karma und Erkenntnis 3 occurrences

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SiSa 1.45-1.50: Rückkehr zum Bewusstsein 1 occurrence

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SiSa 1.51-1.64: Selbst als Licht 1 occurrence

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SiSa 5.156-5.181: Sahasrāra 1 occurrence

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SVU 3 occurrences
SVU 1.7-1.12: Triad and Freedom 1 occurrence

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SVU 6.7–6.13: Lord of All Lords 2 occurrences

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VBT 2 occurrences
VBT 121–129: Devotion and Release 1 occurrence

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VBT 130–138: Name and Fourfoldness 1 occurrence

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