Nityakarma

{{Short description|Obligatory Vedic duties in Hinduism}}

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Nityakarma ({{Langx|sa|नित्यकर्म|translit=Nityakarma}}) refers to obligatory Vedic duties that are prescribed for daily practice in Hinduism.{{Cite book |last=Grimes |first=John A. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qcoUFYOX0bEC&dq=nityakarma+obligatory&pg=PA211 |title=A Concise Dictionary of Indian Philosophy: Sanskrit Terms Defined in English |date=1996-01-01 |publisher=SUNY Press |isbn=978-0-7914-3067-5 |pages=211 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last1=Besser-Jones |first1=Lorraine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YqzABgAAQBAJ&dq=nityakarma+obligatory&pg=PT94 |title=The Routledge Companion to Virtue Ethics |last2=Slote |first2=Michael |date=2015-02-20 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-09668-7 |pages=94 |language=en}} Nityakarma is among the three ritual actions classified by the Mimamsa philosophy, along with nisiddhakarma and kamyakarma.{{Cite book |last1=Cush |first1=Denise |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kzPgCgAAQBAJ&dq=nityakarma+obligatory&pg=PA505 |title=Encyclopedia of Hinduism |last2=Robinson |first2=Catherine |last3=York |first3=Michael |date=2012-08-21 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-18979-2 |pages=505 |language=en}} It is also featured in the Shaiva Siddhanta philosophy.{{Cite book |last1=Flood |first1=Gavin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fxT0DwAAQBAJ&dq=nityakarma+rituals&pg=PA245 |title=The Oxford History of Hinduism: Hindu Practice |last2=Flood |first2=Professor of Hindu Studies and Comparative Religion Gavin |date=July 2020 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-873350-8 |pages=245 |language=en}}