nityaka , nt. , constant provision, regular food : yan tu brāhmaṇānāṃ rājakule nityakaṃ … taṃ pi na vartati Mv i.309.18 ; na śakyaṃ brāhmaṇehi rājño nityakaṃ pratīcchituṃ 310.4 ; pl. , either subst. or perh. adj. , contrasting with nimittika , q.v. : bhaktais tarpaṇair yavāgūpānair nityakair nimittikair ( regular food and food for special occasions ; but both words may be understood as adjectives with the adjoining nouns) dīpamālābhiḥ kaṭhina-cīvarair dānapradānāni dattvā Av ii.13.5 .