आह्निक [āhnika] a. a. (-की f.) [अह्नि भवः, अह्ना निर्वृत्तः साध्यः ठञ्]
Daily, diurnal, performed every day or on a day; संग्रामाद्वयपयातव्यमेतत्कर्म ममाह्निकम्
[Mb.6.19.27.] आह्निकः स्वाध्यायः daily course of study; ˚आचारः daily observances.
Employed or occurring every day (as a teacher, servant, or fever).
कम् Any religious rite or duty which is to be performed every day at a fixed hour; अत्राह्निकं सुरश्रेष्ठो जपते
[Mb.] Anything to be performed daily, such as taking meals, bathing &c.; प्रभाते काल्यमुत्थाय कृत्वाह्निकमरिंदमः
[Rām.7.82.5.] कृताह्निकः संवृत्तः
[V.4;] समुद्रे कृताह्निकः
[Mv.5.] Daily food.
Daily work or occupation, what may be read on one day.
A division of a work (such as that of the Mahābhāṣya).
-चन्द्रिका, -दीपिका, -प्रदीप, -मञ्जरी &c. N. of works.