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[न. त.]

1. Unrighteousness, irreligion, impiousness, wickedness, injustice; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedदण्डनम् Ms.8.127 unjust punishment; अधर्मेण unjustly, in an improper way; यश्चाधर्मेण पृच्छति Ms.2.111; an unjust act; a guilty or wicked deed; sin; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedचारिन् committing unjust or unrighteous deeds; so denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedआत्मन् of an irreligious spirit; तदा कथम्denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied भीरुः Ś.5; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedमय full of wickedness or sin; for definitions etc. of धर्म and अधर्म See Tarka K. Parasmaipada19. (धर्म and अधर्म are two of the 24 qualities mentioned in Nyāya, and they pertain only to the soul. They are the peculiar causes of pleasure and pain respectively. They are imperceptible, but inferred from reasoning and from transmigration.)
2. Name of a Prajāpati or of an attendant of the sun.

1. masculine gender unrighteousness, injustice, irreligion, wickedness
2. masculine gender demerit, guilt
3. masculine gender Name of a Praja1pati प्रजापति (son of Brahma1 ब्रह्मा, husband of Hin6sa1 हिंसा or Mr2isha1 मृषा)
4. masculine gender Name of an attendant of the sun
5. (in compound)