nidhi निधि – setting down or serving up food &c. (Ved.)

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nidhí ·m. setting down or serving up (of food etc.); receptacle, vessel, (hidden) treasure.

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Ni-dhi, is, m. setting down or serving up food &c. (Ved.); the lower part or bottom of the Ukhā (Ved.); a place where anything is laid or deposited, a receptacle, (apāṃ nidhiḥ, the receptacle of waters, the ocean, sea; also N. of a Sāman; sometimes nidhi alone stands for ‘the ocean’); a place for storing up, a storehouse, treasury, granary, a nest, &c.; (figuratively) a treasure-house of good qualities, a man endowed with many good qualities; a treasure, store, hoard, any collection of wealth or valuables; a divine treasure belonging to Kuvera, (nine of which are enumerated, viz. the Padma, Mahā-padma, Śaṅkha, Makara, Kacchapa, Mukunda, Nanda, Nīla, and Kharba; their nature is not exactly defined, though some of them appear to be precious gems; according to the Tāntrika system they are personified and worshipped as demi-gods, attendant either upon Kuvera who is sometimes called Nidhīnam adhi- paḥ, ‘lord of the Nidhis,’ or upon Lakṣmī, the goddess of prosperity); N. of a particular medicinal plant, commonly Jīvikā; a kind of perfume (= nalikā); daivo nidhiḥ, ‘the divine treasure,’ N. of a particular philosophical doctrine.

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nidhi ni-dhi. See above.

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nidhí (von 1. dhā mit ni) m. P. 3,3,92, Sch. 1〉 Aufstellung, Aufwartung (von Speisen u. s. w.): ime vā̀ṃ ni̱dhayo̱ madhū̀nām ṚV. 1,183,4. ṚV. 5,43,8. ṚV. 7,67,7. ṚV. 7,69,3. parì tvāsate ni̱dhibhi̱ḥ sa̱khāyàḥ ṚV. 10,179,2. ba̱rhi̱ṣyèṣu ni̱dhiṣù pri̱yeṣù ṚV. 10,15,5. — 2〉 Untersatz an der Ukhā ŚAT. BR. 6,2,2,25. ŚAT. BR. 6,5,2,1. ŚAT. BR. 6,2,2,3. ŚAT. BR. 6,2,2,22. — 3〉 Aufbewahrungsort, Behälter: samudraṃ nidhimambhasām MBH. 1,1124. nidhirapām das Meer (apāṃ nidhiḥ N. eines Sāman Ind. St. 3,202) BHARTṚ. 3,20. saṃsāravārām PRAB. 103,14. sarvāmbhonidhi das Meer ARJ. 6,6. nach RĀJAN._im_ŚKDR. bedeutet nidhi auch ohne weiteren Beisatz Meer. kṣoṇīmimāmoṣadhivīrudhāṃ nidhim BHĀG. P. 5,18,28. saṃpūrṇaśāradakalā˚ so v. a. Vollmond DHŪRTAS. 91,15. tapasaḥ MBH. 13,1028. tapasām R. GORR. 1,67,3. guṇasaṃpadām R. SCHL. 1,1,5. catuḥṣaṣṭeḥ ka lāyāḥ DHŪRTAS. 68,14. tapo˚ RAGH. 5,55. saubhāgyalakṣmī˚ BHARTṚ. 1,71. atharva˚ RAGH. 1,59. prema˚ ŚRUT. 12, v. l. ŚRUT. 17. prajñā˚ PAÑCAT. 132,14. chandojñāna˚ (nach der richtigen Lesart) PAÑCAT. II, 34. sattva˚ BHĀG. P. 1,3,26. BHĀG. P. 3,16,24. ānanda˚ BHĀG. P. 2,1,39. ojo˚ BHĀG. P. 3,28,24. nidhimiva harṣanidhānam GĪT. 5,13. Vgl. ambho˚, kṣīra˚, toya˚, tapo˚. — 4〉 verborgenes Gut, Schatz AK. 1,1,1,67. AK. 3,4,2,19. TRIK. 1,1,79. H. 192. H. 193. HALĀY. 1,82. adribudhnaḥ ṚV. 10,108,7. pa̱ṇī̱nām ṚV. 2,24,6. ṚV. 10,138,4. ṚV. 10,108,2. e̱ṣa vèda nidhī̱nām ṚV. 8,29,6. ṚV. 1,116,11. ā̱virni̱dhīṃràkṛṇodu̱sriyā̀ṇām ṚV. 10,68,6. a̱mṛtàsya ṚV. 10,186,3. AV. 10,7,23. ni̱dhiṃ bibhràtī bahu̱dhā guhā̱ vasù (die Erde) AV. 12,1,44. AV. 18,4,41. TS. 5,6,6,1. TS. 5,6,6,2. hiraṇya˚ CHĀND. UP. 8,3,2. — M. 7,82. fg. M. 8,35. fg. M. 8,37. fgg. MBH. 5,4782. nidhīnāmadhipaḥ (Kuvera) HARIV. 2467. HARIV. 6004. BHARTṚ. 3,5. BHARTṚ. 3,31. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 44 (43), 12. nidhikṛnna dātā BṚH. 12,14. PAÑCAT. II, 12. HIT. Pr. 34. śīlanidhiḥ sphīto damayantyāḥ surakṣitaḥ N. 24,32. yena yamasya nidhinā carāmi angeblich anvertrautes Gut TAITT. ĀR. 2,33; vgl. aber AV. 6,117,1. wo balinā gelesen wird. — 5〉 daivo nidhiḥ CHĀND. UP. 7,1,2. CHĀND. UP. 7,1,4 Bez. einer best. Lehre: ŚAṂK. nimmt jedes für sich und erklärt nidhi durch mahākālādinidhiśāstram. — 6〉 eine best. Heilpflanze (ein Schatz), = jīvikā ŚABDAC._im_ŚKDR. — 7〉 ein best. Parfum, = nalikā RĀJAN._im_ŚKDR.

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nidhi 3〉 kalānām so v. a. Vollmond NAIṢ. 22,55. guṇa˚ der Inbegriff aller Vorzüge Spr. 5262.

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nidhí m. — 1〉 Aufstellung, Aufwartung (von Speisen u. s. w.). — 2〉 der Untersatz an der Ukhā. — 3〉 Aufbewahrungsort, Behälter, in übertragener Bed. so v. a. Inbegriff. apām der Behälter aller Gewässer, das Meer; auch Name eines Sāman. kalānām so v. a. Vollmond. — 4〉 *das Meer. — 5〉 nach ŚAṂK. die Kenntniss der Zeitrechnung. — 6〉 *eine best. Heilpflanze. — 7〉 *ein best. wohlriechender Stoff.

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nidhi III. die Bed. verborgenes Gut, Schatz ist ausgefallen. [Nachtrag, Band 7]

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nidhiḥ [ni-dhā-ādhāre ki] 1 Abode, receptacle, reservoir; jala˚, toya˚, taponidhi &c. 2 A store-house, treasury. 3 A treasure, store, hoard, (for the nine treasures of Kubera, see navanidhi). 4 The ocean. 5 An epithet of Viṣṇu. 6 A man endowed with many good qualities. Comp. — īśaḥ, -nāthaḥ an epithet of Kubera.

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nidhí m. das Hinstellen, Auftragen (von Speise u. trank); Aufbewahrungsort, Behälter, Schatz, Hort; Inbegriff von (—˚); mit apām Sammelplatz der Wasser = Meer.

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nidhi nidhi m. (dhā) lieu où l'on met qqc. en réserve; dépôt, trésor; caisse ou coffre-fort, etc. Le dépôt des eaux, l'océan. Au pl. les trésors de Kuvera. nidhinātha et nidhīśa m. (īś) Kuvera.