[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.1269 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1269 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1269 - **Language:** English ### [c5.1269](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1269) NIRRITI. ‘Death, decay.’ Death personified as a goddess; sometimes regarded as the wife and sometimes as the daughter of A-dharma. One of the Rudras. - [Previous: c5.1268](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1268) - [Next: c5.1270](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1270) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1269](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1269) · Pramāṇa