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निरृति is the goddess of poverty and corruption, one of the ''dikpāla'' (Guardians of the directions), representing the southwest (or—according Monier-Williams’s ''Sanskrit-English Dictionary''—the south). The name ' has the meaning of "absence of ṛta, lawless". The masculine form of the name, ', is a name of Adharma. Nirṛti is mentioned in a few hymns of the Rigveda, mostly to seek protection from her or imploring for her departure. In one hymn (X.59), she is mentioned several times. This hymn, after summing up her nature, also asks for her departure from the sacrificial site. In the Atharva Veda (V.7.9), she is described as having golden locks. In the Taittiriya Brahmana (I.6.1.4), Nirṛti is described as dark, dressed in dark clothes and her sacrificial shares are dark husks. In the Shatapatha Brahmana (X.1.2.9), she is associated with pain and as the southwest quarter is her region, pain is associated with the southwest. But elsewhere in the same text (V.2.3.3.) she is mentioned as living in the south, the direction of the kingdom of the dead.〔Kinsley, David (1987, reprint 2005). ''Hindu Goddesses: Visions of the Divine Faminine in the Hindu Religious Tradition'', Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, ISBN 81-208-0394-9, p.13〕〔Bhattacharji, Sukumari (2000). ''The Indian Theogony: Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva'', New Delhi: Penguin, ISBN 0-14-029570-4, pp.80-1〕 ==Meditative mantra or Dhyana== " Alakshmim krishnavarnamcha krodhanam kalahapriyam . Krishnavastram paridhanam lauhavaranabhushitam. Vagnasanasham dwibhujam sharkaraghrishtachandanam samarjanisabyastahastam dakshina hastasurpakam. Tailavyangitagatramcha gardhavaroham bhaje." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nirṛti」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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