निरृति [ nirṛti ] [ ní r-ṛti ] f. ( [ ní r- ] ) dissolution , destruction , calamity , evil , adversity Lit. RV. ( personified as the goddess of death and corruption and often associated with Mṛityu , A-rāti Lit. RV. Lit. AV. Lit. VS. ; variously regarded as the wife of A-dharma , mother of Bhaya , Mahā-bhaya and Mṛityu ( Lit. MBh. ) or as a daughter of A-dharma and Hiṃsā and mother of Naraka and Bhaya ( Lit. MārkP. ) ; binds mortals with her cords Lit. AV. Lit. Br. ; is regent of the south ( Lit. AV. ) and of the asterism Mūla ( Lit. Var. ) )

   the bottom or lower depths of the earth (as the seat of putrefaction) Lit. AV. Lit. VS. Lit. ŚBr.

   [ nirṛti ] m. death or the genius of death Lit. BhP.

   N. of a Rudra Lit. MBh. Lit. Hariv. Lit. Pur.

   of one of the 8 Vasus Lit. Hariv. (v.l. [ ni-kṛti ] )