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Entry नैष्ठिक

नैष्ठिकnaiṣṭhikaa.(-की f.)
1. (-की Feminine)
2. Final, last, concluding; विदधे विधिमस्य नैष्ठिकम् R.8.25.
3. Decided, definitive, conclusive (as a reply.); एषा नो नैष्ठिकी बुद्धिः Mb.1.37.29.
4. Fixed, firm, constant; शान्तिमाप्नोति नैष्ठिकीम् Bg.5.12; भक्तिर्भवति नैष्ठिकी Bhāg.1.2.18.
5. Highest, perfect; मोदेन वां कामसुखैर्मदाद् वा यो नैष्ठिकं श्रोष्यति नास्य धर्मम् Bu. Ch.1.82.
6. Completely familiar with or versed in.
7. Vowing perpetual abstinence and chastity.
8. Obligatory; न चैतन्नैष्ठिकं कर्म त्रयाणां भूरिदक्षिण Mb.12.63.23.
Derived forms and compounds
- -कः [निष्ठा मरणं तत्पर्यन्तं ब्रह्मचर्येण तिष्ठति तिष्ठति निष्ठा-ठक्] A perpetual religious student who continues with his spiritual precept or even after the prescribed period, and vows life-long abstinence and chastity; निवेदितो नैष्ठिकसुन्दरस्तया Ku.5.62; Compare नैष्ठिको ब्रह्मचारी तु वसेदाचार्यसंनिधौ Y.1.49 and उपकुर्वाण also.
In the Gita5·12

युक्तः कर्मफलं त्यक्त्वा शान्तिमाप्नोति नैष्ठिकीम् ।

yuktaḥkarmaphalaṁ tyaktvā śāntimāpnoti naiṣṭhikīm, — By abandoning attachment to the fruits of works, the soul in union with Brahman attains to peace of rapt foundation in Brahman, but the soul not in… 5·12
- नैष्ठिकीम्naiṣṭhikīmaccusative singular of the feminine form of the adjective naiṣṭhika (definitive, fixed, perfect, of rapt foundation in Brahman).
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