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Results for नियति

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

नियतिniyatif.Restraint, restriction.
1. Restraint, restriction.
2. Destiny, fate, luck, fortune (good or bad); (sometimes personified as a goddess, the sister of Āyati, both being daughters of Meru and wives of Dhātṛi and Vidhātṛi); नियति- बलान्नु Dk.; नियतेर्नियोगात् Śi.4.34; Ki.2.12;4.21.
3. A religious duty or obligation; नियतिः कारणं लोके नियतिः कर्मसाधनम् । नियतिः सर्वभूतानां नियोगोष्बिह कारणम् ॥ Rām.4.25. 4.
4. Self-command, self-restraint.
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

नियतिniyati[ni-yati] f. fixed order of things, necessity, destiny; Fate.

[ni-yati] feminine; also equal for fixed order of things, necessity, destiny; Fate.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

नियतिniyatif. the fixed order of things, necessity, destiny, fate S3a1n3khBr. S3vetUp. MBh. &c. (sometimes personified as…
1. feminine the fixed order of things, necessity, destiny, fate S3a1n3khBr. S3vetUp. MBh. etc. (sometimes personified as a goddess, Niyati नियति and A1yati आयति being regarded as daughters of Meru मेरु and wives of Dha1tr2i धातृ and Vidha1tr2i विधातृ BhP. VP.)
2. feminine restraint, restriction
3. feminine religious duty or obligation
4. feminine self-command, self-restraint Lexicographers
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