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niyoga

niyoga noun: an ancient tradition of the Svayambhuva Manu sect in which a childless woman could appoint a man to help her bear a child.

Noun

niyoga (uncountable)

  1. An ancient tradition of the Svayambhuva Manu sect in which a childless woman could appoint a man to help her bear a child.

niyoga meaning in Hindi and Malayalam

niyoga in Hindi

niyoga, an ancient tradition of the Svayambhuva Manu sect in which a childless woman could appoint a man to help her bear a child
नियोग niyog

niyoga in Malayalam

niyoga
നിയോഗം niyōgaṁ

Origin of niyoga

From Sanskrit नियोग (niyoga).

Questions about niyoga

What does niyoga mean?
Niyoga means an ancient tradition of the Svayambhuva Manu sect in which a childless woman could appoint a man to help her bear a child.
What is niyoga in Hindi?
Niyoga in Hindi is नियोग (niyog). See Niyoga meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is niyoga?
Niyoga is a noun.

Words near niyoga in the dictionary

  1. nixtamals
  2. nixy
  3. Niya
  4. Niyati
  5. NIYC
  6. niyoga
  7. Niyogi
  8. Niyogis
  9. nizam
  10. Nizam-e-Mustafa
  11. Nizamabad

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: niyoga (page history and authors); नियोग (Hindi) (page history and authors); നിയോഗം (Malayalam) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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