निरृति — {nir-ḍṛti} ({nír-}), f. dissolution, destruction, calamity, evil, adversity &c. &c. (personified as the goddess of death and corruption and often associated with Mṛityu, A-rāti &c.##variously regarded as the wife of A-dharma, mother of Bhaya, Mahā-bhaya and Mṛityu [] or as a daughter of A-dharma and Hiṃsā and mother of Naraka and Bhaya {cf. MārkP.}##binds mortals with her cords &c##is regent of the south {} and of the asterism Mūla {cf. Var.})##the bottom or lower depths of the earth (as the seat of putrefaction)##m. death or the genius of death##N. of a Rudra##of one of the 8 Vasus (v. l. {ni-kṛti})##{-gṛhīta} ({nír-ṛ}), mfn. seized by Nir-ṛiti##{-pāśá} m. the fetters of Nir-ṛiti