Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

nityatva नित्यत्व – permanence

substantive neuter

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AYI dictionary substantive neuter

permanence

Derived from

  1. nitya नित्य adjective — eternal; permanent; always
  2. tva त्व suffix — suffix -tva forming abstract neuter nouns: -ness; -ity; being
Monier-Williams 1872 substantive neuter

Original text · English · substantive neuter

—Nitya-tva, am, n. invariableness, per- petuity, eternity; endurance; inevitableness, neces- sity.

Petersburger 1855 substantive neuter

Original text · German · substantive neuter

nityatva (wie eben) n. 1〉 das Sichgleichbleiben, Beständigkeit; ewige Dauer KĀTY. ŚR. 1,8,18. SUŚR. 1,147,5. BHĀG. P. 3,27,17. BHĀG. P. 7,3,10. sadā sanā ca nityatve HALĀY. 5,101. adhyātmajñāna˚ das ununterbrochene Verharren in (eig. nom. abstr. von adhyātmajñānanitya) BHAG. 13,11. — 2〉 Nothwendigkeit, Unumgänglichkeit KĀTY. ŚR. 4,2,29. KĀTY. ŚR. 5,3,5. KĀTY. ŚR. 25,8,21. PAT._zu_P. 1,2,6.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive neuter

Original text · German · substantive neuter

nityatā f. und nityatva n. — 1〉 Beständigkeit, das Sichgleichbleiben, stetes Verharren, ewige Dauer. — 2〉 am Ende eines Comp. Nom. abstr. zu nitya 1〉d〉. — 3〉 Nothwendigkeit, Unumgänglichkeit.

Apte 1890 substantive neuter

Original text · English · substantive neuter

nityatā, -tvaṃ 1 Invariableness, constancy, continuance, eternity, perpetuity. 2 Necessity. 3 Perseverance.

Occurrences in source texts (1)

PYS 1 occurrence
PYS 4.9–11: Continuity of Saṃskāras 1 occurrence

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