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नीित nīti, vulg. nīt, and H. also नीतीnītī, s.f. Guidance, direction, management;—manner of conducting oneself, manners, conduct, propriety; right, or moral, or prudent behaviour; morality; prudence;—moral philosophy, ethics;—prudent counsel, policy; polity, political wisdom or science; political economy; state policy, statesmanship:—nītijna, vulg. nītigya, adj. & s.m. Knowing what is right in polity and in morals; sagacious, politic, prudent;—a moralist; a prudent statesman or soldier; a politician:—nīti-śāstra, vulg. nīt-śāstaror sāstar, s.m. The science of ethics, moral science; political science;—a treatise on the science of ethics, or of politics:—nīti-kathā, s.f. Any treatise on moral or political science, or on good government; a discourse on political economy;—a moral tale:—nīti-mat, or nītimant, or nīti-mān, adj. & s.m. (f. -matī), Knowing the rules of moral or prudent behaviour; moral; prudent; eminent for political wisdom;—one who knows the rules of moral or prudent behaviour, a moral person, etc.:—nītividyā, vulg. nīt-bidyā, s.f. Moral or political science, political economy:—nīti-yukti, s.f. The application or employment of prudence, or good policy, etc. (see nīti).