Anrita, ṛt, Āṛt: 20 definitions
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Anrita means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit terms ṛt and Āṛt can be transliterated into English as Anrta or Anrita, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopediaṛt (अनृत).—Son born to Hiṃs by Adharma. (Viṣṇu Purṇa)
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translationṛt (अनृत) refers to “untruth�, which is considered as having evil influences (vyasana), according to the Śivapurṇa 2.1.17. Accordingly, “[...] who is he that is not broken up by the evil influences (vyasana) of hunting (ṛg), wine (madya), slander (貹śܲԲⲹ), untruth (ṛt), theft (caura), gambling (durodara) and prostitutes ()? The wicked fellow (Guṇanidhi) used to lay his hands on whatever he could see in the house, a cloth, a base metal etc. and take it to the gambling den, there to lose the same to his brother gamblers (ūٲ)�.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index1a) ṛt (अनृत).�(as opposite to satya) when falsehood is tolerated.1 Bali shrinks from it.2 No ٲ첹 on five occasions: Jest or fun, speaking to women, for a marriage, when life is in danger, and when deprived of his wealth.3
1b) Son of Hiṃs and Adharma; father of Bhaya and Naraka.*
- * Brahmṇḍa-purṇa II. 9. 63; Vyu-purṇa 10. 39.

The Purana (पुरा�, purṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by VarahamihiraĀṛt (आनृत) refers to “lying�, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhit (chapter 15) (“On the Բṣaٰ—Ęaٱ’�), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “[...] Those who are born on the lunar day of Mṛgaśirṣa will delight or deal in perfumes, dress, pearls, flowers, fruits, precious stones, wild beasts, birds and deer; will be Somayajis or singers; will be lascivious; will be good writers or painters. Those who are born on the lunar day of Ārdr will delight in killing, torturing, lying (ṛt), in adultery, thieving, cheating and tale-bearing; will deal in pod-grains, black magic, sorcery and exorcism. [...]�.

Jyotisha (ज्योति�, dzپṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy� or “Vedic astrology� and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
: SOAS University of London: Protective Rites in the Netra Tantraṛt (अनृत) refers to “false� (as opposed to Satya—‘true�), according to the Netratantra of Kṣemarja: a Śaiva text from the 9th century in which Śiva (Bhairava) teaches Prvaī topics such as metaphysics, cosmology, and soteriology.—Accordingly, [verse 19.84-85, while describing the ritual that protect the king and his kingdom]—“The tradition is secret and confers happiness and the best of all fortune. The pleased and pious adepts strive to obtain the favor of [Mṛtyujit]. They are liberated from all suffering. What I say is true, not false (satya�te satya� me na ṛt� vaca�)�.

Shaiva (शै�, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.
Vedanta (school of philosophy)
: Wikisource: Ashtavakra Gitaṛt (अनृत) refers to �(that which is) unreal�, according to the Aṣṭvakragīt (5th century BC), an ancient text on spirituality dealing with Advaita-Vednta topics.—Accordingly, [as Aṣṭavakra says to Janaka]: “[...] You are the one witness of everything, and are always totally free. The cause of your bondage is that you see the witness as something other than this. [...] You are unconditioned and changeless, formless and immovable, unfathomable awareness and unperturbable, so hold to nothing but consciousness. Recognise that the apparent is unreal (ṛt), while the unmanifest is abiding [skramṛt� viddhi nirkra� tu niścalam]. Through this initiation into truth you will escape falling into unreality again. [...] �.

Vedanta (वेदान्�, vednta) refers to a school of orthodox Hindu philosophy (astika), drawing its subject-matter from the Upanishads. There are a number of sub-schools of Vedanta, however all of them expound on the basic teaching of the ultimate reality (brahman) and liberation (moksha) of the individual soul (atman).
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryṛt (अनृत).—n (S) Falsehood. 2 Attrib. False.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishṛt (अनृत).�n Falsehood, untruth. a False.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryṛt (अनृत).�a. [na. ta.]
1) Not true, false (words); °तं धनम् (ta� dhanam) Manusmṛti 4.17 wrongly got; प्रियं � नानृतं ब्रूयात् (priya� ca nṛt� brūyt) 4.138.
-tam Falsehood, lying, cheating; deception, fraud; सत्यानृत� अवपश्यञ्जनानाम� (satynṛte avapaśyañjannm) ṻ岹 7.49.3; अनृत� जीवितस्यार्थ� वदन्� स्पृश्यतेऽनृतै� (ṛt� jīvitasyrthe vadanna spṛśyate'nṛti�) Mahbhrata (Bombay) 7.19.47;1.74.15;8.69.65. ऋतानृत� (ṛtṛt) Manusmṛti 1.29; साक्ष्येऽनृत� वदन् (skṣye'nṛt� vadan) 8.97; oft. in comp.; पशु�, भूमि°, गो°, पुरुष� (paśu°, bhūmi°, go°, puruṣa°) giving false evidence in the matter of &c.; Manusmṛti 9.71.; cf. also : पञ्च कन्यानृत� हन्त� दश हन्त� गवानृत� � शतमश्वानृत� हन्त� सहस्रं पुरुषानृते (pañca kanynṛte hanti daśa hanti gavnṛte | śatamaśvnṛte hanti sahasra� puruṣnṛte) || ʲñٲԳٰ (Bombay) 3.18. अनृत (ṛt) personified is the son of अधर्� (adharma) and हिंस� (ṃs), husband and brother of निकृति (Ծṛt), father of भय, नर�, माया (bhaya, naraka, my) and वेदन� (岹). Viṣṇu P.
2) Agriculture, 'सेवाश्ववृत्तिरनृतं कृषि� (sevśvavṛttirṛt� kṛṣi�)' इत� कोशात् (iti kośt); आमिष� यच्च पूर्वेषा� राजस� � मल� भृशम� � अनृत� ना� तद� भूतं क्षिप्ते� पृथिवीतल� (miṣa� yacca pūrveṣṃ rjasa� ca mala� bhṛśam | ṛt� nma tad bhūta� kṣiptena pṛthivītale) || Rm.7.74.16. (opp. satya); Occupation of a Vaiśya (ṇiⲹ); सत्यानृत� तु वाणिज्यं ते� चैवापि जीव्यत� (satyṛt� tu ṇiⲹ� tena caivpi jīvyate) Manusmṛti 4.5.
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Āṛt (आनृत).�a. (-ī f.) [अनृत� शीलमस्� अण� (ṛt� śīlamasya a�)] Always telling lies, untruthful.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionaryṛt (अनृत).—n.
(-ٲ�) 1. Falsehood. 2. Agriculture. E. an neg. ṛt truth.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionaryṛt (अनृत).—I. adj. untrue, [峾ⲹṇa] 3, 53, 18; unjust, [Բśٰ] 4, 170. Ii. n. 1. untruth, [峾ⲹṇa] 3, 53, 16; a lie,
� Cf. [Latin] ratus, irritus;
ṛt is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms an and ṛt (ऋत).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionaryṛt (अनृत).—[adjective] untrue, false. [masculine] a liar; [neuter] untruth, falsehood, fraud.
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ṛt (अनृत).—[adjective] untrue, false. [masculine] a liar; [neuter] untruth, falsehood, fraud.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) ṛt (अनृत):—[=an-ṛt] mf()n. not true, false
2) [v.s. ...] n. falsehood, lying, cheating
3) [v.s. ...] agriculture, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) Āṛt (आनृत):—mf(ī)n. ([from] an-ṛt [gana] chattrdi, [Pṇini 4-4, 62]), untruthful, lying, false.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionaryṛt (अनृत):—[tatpurusha compound] I. 1. m. f. n.
(-ta�-t-tam) Untrue. 2. n.
(-tam) Untruth, falsehood. (In the mythology of the Purṇas ṛt is the son of Adharma (vice) and Hiṃs (violence), and the brother of Nikṛti (immorality); they intermarry and have two sons, Bhaya (fear) and Naraka (hell) and twins to them, two daughters, My (deceit) and Vedan (torture) who became their wives.—In the 峾ⲹṇa ṛt is the name of one of the mystical weapons delivered to Rma by Viśvmitra.) E. a neg. and ṛt. Ii. n.
(-tam) Agriculture. E. According to the native comm. the etym. would be the same as before; their account for the meaning ‘agriculture� however is not very plausible, some explain it: ‘because agriculture is like falsehood� or ‘because agriculture cannot be carried on without falsehood�, another refers ṛt in this sense to the radical � ‘to hurt� and explains it as a [bahuvrihi compound] ‘that from which injury does not arise�. The etym. of this meaning and its probable connection with pramṛt used in the same sense by Manu will be discussed in the Preface.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionaryṛt (अनृत):—[a-nṛt] (ٲ�) 1. n. Falsehood. a. False.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)ṛt (अनृत) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: ṇiⲹ.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (saṃskṛtm), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryṛt (अनृत) [Also spelled anrt]:�(nm) untruth; falsehood, lie.
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusṛt (ಅನೃತ):�
1) [noun] that which is not true; a statement, etc. that does not accord with fact or reality; the condition or quality of being false; falsehood.
2) [noun] work of cultivating the soil, producing required crops; agriculture.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Partial matches: Rita, Nrita, An, A.
Starts with (+6): Anritabhashana, Anritabhisamdha, Anritabhisandha, Anritabhishamsana, Anritabhishasta, Anritadeva, Anritaduta, Anritadvish, Anritaka, Anritakatha, Anritakhyana, Anritam, Anritamaya, Anritamvada, Anritapashu, Anritapurvam, Anritasamgara, Anritasamhita, Anritasarvasva, Anritaspardhi.
Full-text (+53): Anritavac, Anritavadin, Satyanrita, Anritamaya, Anritadeva, Anritadvish, Gavanrita, Bhumyanrita, Anritavrata, Anritavadana, Anritakhyana, Anritabhashana, Anritapashu, Anritasamgara, Anritakatha, Anritin, Anritasarvasva, Anritasamhita, Anritam, Ananrita.
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Tattvartha Sutra (with commentary) (by Vijay K. Jain)
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