कर्तव्य kartavya

Hindi is also shown in Latin characters, using an adapted form of ISO 15919 transliteration.

How to read the transliteration

This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919On this site
cch
śśh
ṣṣh
r̥r̥i

A few reading pointers:

  • ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
  • ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
  • A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

sa · n. · m.

Earlier definition

Definition

Duty.
To be done, to be accomplished.

Usual translation

  1. activity

Origin of the definition

कर्त्तव्य karttavya kartavvy (nm) duty; (a) proper/fit to be done, what ought to be done; ~च्युत fallen/deviated from duty; ~निष्ठ/परायण dutiful; hence ~निष्ठता/परायणता (nf); ~मूढ़/विमूढ़ perplexed as to the proper course of action, placed in a dilemmatic state.

Usage in the murlis

Murlis of the day (and original sakar)

470 occurrences

In 339 on 2386 murlis

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Avyakts

742 occurrences

In 320 on 1112 murlis

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Mamma

186 occurrences

In 46 on 122 murlis

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Created
Monday 8 March 2021
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Tuesday 26 March 2024