f. 1 Decay, destruction, dissolution.

2 A calamity, evil, bane, adversity; sā hi lokasya nirṛ- tiḥ U. 5. 30.

3 An imprecation, a curse.

4 Death or destruction per- sonified, the goddess of death or destruction, the regent of the south- western quarter; Ms. 11. 119.

5 The bottom of the earth.