संस्‍कृतशब्‍दकोशः

अधीकारः

नियोग

duty

नियोग

कसकर बांधना, नियुक्ति, उपयोग, निवेदन, आज्ञा, आदेश, कर्तव्य, अवश्यभाव, दैवयोग, अवधारण, आवश्यकता, वह प्रथा, जिसके अनुसार एक विधवा अपने देवर से पुत्रोत्पत्ति के लिए संसर्ग करती है

fastening, use, order, commission, request, necessity, certainty, change, providence, custom of marrying a widow of deceased brother to his younger brother to get a son

Monier–Williams

नियोग — {ni-yoga} m. tying or fastening to (cf. {-pāśa} below)##employment, use, application##injunction, order, command ({āt}, or {ena} ind. by order of, ifc.), commission, charge, appointed task or duty, business (esp. the appointing a brother or any near kinsman to raise up issue to a deceased husband by marrying his widow) (esp. ix, 59 &c.) &c##necessity ({ena} ind. necessarily, certainly, surely ), obligation, fate, destiny##{-karaṇa} n. making a command, commanding 3-3, 161##{-kṛt} m. executing another's command##{-tas} ind. according to order or command##{-pāśa} m. the trace on a carriage (lit. string for tying {sc. the horses to it})##{-prayojana} n. the object of any appointment, authorized act or duty##{-vidhi} m. the form of appointing to any act or duty##{-saṃsthita} mfn. being in an office or commission##{-stha} mfn. being under another's command, obedient to (gen.)##{yogârtha} m. the object of an authorized act or appointment ix, 61 ; 62