नित्य [nitya] a. a. [नियमेन नियतं वा भवं नि-त्य-प्; cf.
[P.IV.2.14.] Vārt.]
(a.) Continual, perpetual, constant, everlasting, eternal, uninterrupted; यथा त्वमसि दुर्धर्षो धर्मनित्यः प्रजाहितः
[Rām.7.37.8;] यदि नित्यमनित्येन लभ्यते
[H.1.48;] नित्यज्योत्स्नाः प्रतिहततमोवृत्तिरम्याः प्रदोषाः Me. (regarded by Malli. as an interpolation);
[Ms.2.26.] (b) Imperishable, indestructible; पृथिवी द्विविधा नित्याऽनित्या च
[Tarka K.] Invariable, regular, fixed, not optional, regularly prescribed (opp. काम्य).
Necessary, obligatory, essential.
Ordinary, usual (opp. नौमित्तिक).
(At the end of comp.) Constantly dwelling in, perpetually engaged in or busy with; जाह्नवीतीर˚, अरण्य˚, आदान˚, ध्यान˚ &c.
-त्यः The ocean.
स्या An epithet of the goddess Durgā.
A plough-share.-त्यम् An indispensable or inevitable act.
-त्यम् ind. Daily, constantly, always, ever, perpetually, enternally.-Comp.
-अनध्यायः invariable suspension of Vedic studies; नित्यानध्याय एव स्याद् ग्रामेषु नगरेषु च
[Ms.4.17.] -अनित्य a. eternal and perishable.
-अनुबद्ध a. a. always approached or resorted to.
-अनुवादः a bare statement of fact; स्याज्जुह्वप्रतिषेधान्नित्यानुवादः
[MS.4.1.45.] -अभियुक्तa. One who is completely absorbed in yogic practices.-ऋतु a. regularly recurring at the seasons.
-कर्मन् n. n.,-कृत्यम्, क्रिया any daily and necessary rite, a constant act or duty, as the five daily Yajñas. -कालम्ind. always, at all times; ब्राह्मेण विप्रस्तीर्थेन नित्यकालमुपस्पृशेत्
[Ms.2.58,73.] -गतिः air, wind.
-जात a. a. constantly born; अथ चैनं नित्यजातं नित्यं वा मन्यसे मृतम्
[Bg.2.26.] -दानम् daily alms-giving.
-नियमः an invariable rule.-नैमित्तिकम् an occasional act regularly recurring, or any ceremony constantly performed to accomplish a particular object, e. g. (a पर्वश्राद्ध).
-पुष्ट a. a. always well-supplied.
प्रलयः the constant dissolution of living beings.
sleep.
-बुद्धिः a. a. considering anything as constant or eternal.
-भावः eternity.
-मुक्तः the Supreme Spirit.
-युक्त a. a. always busy or intent upon.-युज् a. having the mind always fixed upon one object; दृग्भिर्हृदीकृतमलं परिरभ्य सर्वास्तद्भावमापुरपि नित्ययुजां दुरापम्
[Bhāg.1.82.4.] -यौवना (ever youthful) an epithet of Draupadī.
-व्रतम् a perpetual observance (lasting for life).
-शङ्कित a. a. perpetually alarmed, ever suspicious.
-समः the assertion that all things remain the same;
[Sarva. S.] -समासः 'a necessary compound', a compund the meaning of which cannot be expressed by its constituent members used separately (the separate ideas having merged in one); e. g. जमदग्नि, जयद्रथ &c.; इवेन नित्यसमासः &c.