Nityakarma

Nityakarma (Sanskrit: नित्यकर्म, romanized: Nityakarma) refers to obligatory Vedic duties that are prescribed for daily practice in Hinduism.^[1][2] Nityakarma is among the three ritual actions classified by the Mimamsa philosophy, along with nisiddhakarma and kamyakarma.^[3] It is also featured in the Shaiva Siddhanta philosophy.^[4]

Description

According to Parasara, the six activities are regarded to be nityakarmas:^[5]

• Snana (bathing)
• Sandhyavandanam (morning and evening prayers)^[6]
• Recitation of the Vedas
• Veneration of ancestors
• Homam (offerings to fire)^[7]
• Tarpana (worship of the gods)^[8]

See also

• Kamyakarma
• Shrauta

References

1. Grimes, John A. (1 January 1996). A Concise Dictionary of Indian Philosophy: Sanskrit Terms Defined in English. SUNY Press. p. 211. ISBN 978-0-7914-3067-5.
2. Besser-Jones, Lorraine; Slote, Michael (20 February 2015). The Routledge Companion to Virtue Ethics. Routledge. p. 94. ISBN 978-1-135-09668-7.
3. Cush, Denise; Robinson, Catherine; York, Michael (21 August 2012). Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Routledge. p. 505. ISBN 978-1-135-18979-2.
4. Flood, Gavin; Flood, Professor of Hindu Studies and Comparative Religion Gavin (July 2020). The Oxford History of Hinduism: Hindu Practice. Oxford University Press. p. 245. ISBN 978-0-19-873350-8.
5. Monier-Williams, Sir Monier (1891). Brāhmanism and Hindūism: Or, Religious Thought and Life in India, as Based on the Veda and Other Sacred Books of the Hindūs. J. Murray. p. 158. ISBN 978-81-7755-873-9.
6. Sinha, Jadunath (1 January 2016). Indian Philosophy Volume 1. Motilal Banarsidass. p. 872. ISBN 978-81-208-3651-8.
7. Uskokov, Aleksandar (22 September 2022). The Philosophy of the Brahma-sutra: An Introduction. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 104. ISBN 978-1-350-15003-4.
8. Madan, T. N. (3 November 2010). The T.N. Madan Omnibus: The Hindu Householder. Oxford University Press. p. 386. ISBN 978-0-19-908831-7.