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nidhāनिधाni-√ 1. dhā P. Ā. -dadhāti, -dhatte, to put or lay down, deposit, lay up, preserve (Ā. for one's self); to intrust, commit, present to (dat. or loc.); put into, fix in (loc., or loc. with antár, or antar ifc.), [RV.] &c. &c.; put or lay before a person (dat.), [KenUp.]; (with bhūmau [[Hit.]] or avaṭe [[R.]]) to bury; (with śirasi, rarely °sā) to esteem highly, [R.]; [Kālid.]; [Pañc.]; (with dṛśam) to fix the eyes upon (loc.), [Kathās.]; (with manas) to fix or direct the thoughts upon or towards i.e. resolve, determine to (dat.), [Hariv.]; (with manasi, °sā, or hṛdaye) to keep in mind, bear in mind, remember, lay to heart, [Kāv.]; [Pur.]; (with hṛdayam) to give one's heart to (loc.); (with ātmānam) to intrust one's self to (loc.), [Kathās.]; (with kriyām) to take pains with (loc.), [Hit.]; (with karmaṇi) to appoint a person to a work, [Rājat.]; to keep down, restrain, [Kāv.]; [Pur.]; to end, close, [ŚBr.] : Pass. -dhīyate, to be put or laid down &c.; to be contained or situated or absorbed in, to rest in (loc.), [RV.]; [AV.] &c. &c.: Caus. -dhāpayati, to cause to be put or laid down &c., [Vait.]; [R.]; [Hcat.] ; to cause to be deposited or preserved, [Mn. viii, 30]; to lay up, preserve, [Car.]; to appoint, [BhP.] : Desid. -dhitsate, to intend to put down &c., [Naiṣ.] : Intens. nídedhyat (?), to settle down, [VS.]; [MaitrS.]
ni-°dhā́ f. a net or snare, [RV.]
nidhāvनिधाव्ni-√ 2. dhāv Ā. dhāvate, (aor. adhāviṣṭa), to rub into one's person, [TS.] ; to press one's self on, cling to (loc.), [RV.]
nidhānīनिधानीni-°dhā́nī f. N. of a formula, [TBr.]; [ĀpŚr.]
nidhānaनिधानni-°dhā́na n. putting or laying down, depositing, keeping, preserving, [KātyŚr.]; [MBh.] &c.
laying aside (cf. daṇḍa-n°)
placing (the sacrificial fire), [KātyŚr.]
place for depositing anything, receptacle (rarely m.; ifc. f(I). ; cf. garbha-n°), [RV.] &c. &c.
a place of cessation or rest, [W.]
anything laid up, a store, hoard, treasure (esp. the treasure of Kubera), [Mn.]; [Mṛcch.]; [Ragh.] &c. (-tā f., [Jātakam.])
ni-°dhā́na mfn. containing anything (gen.) in itself, [TĀr.]
nidhātṛनिधातृni-°dhātṛ́ m. one who lays down i.e. imprints or leaves (a footmark), [RV. v, 30, 2.]
nidhāyaनिधायni-°dhāya ind. having fixed or placed in or on
with manasi, fixing or laying up in the mind
reflecting, [Hit.]
nidhānyaनिधान्यni-°dhānyà mfn. fit for being laid or put down, [RV.]
nidhāpyaनिधाप्यni-°dhāpya ind. (fr. Caus.) having caused to be placed or fixed in, having installed or appointed, [MW.]
nidhātosनिधातोस्ní-°dhātos (ní-), abl. inf. (with ā) to the end, until death, [RV.]
nidhāyamनिधायम्ni-°dhāyam See ghṛta-n°.
nidhānīkṛनिधानीकृni-°dhā°nī-√ kṛ to pile up, [Hcar.]
nidhānakaनिधानकni-°dhānaka mfn. g. ṛśyādi.
nidhānatāनिधानताni-°dhāna—tā f., [Jātakam.]
nidhāneśaनिधानेशni-°dhā°neśa m. ‘lord of treasure’, a Yakṣa, [Śatr.]
nidhāpakaनिधापकni-°dhāpaka m. (fr. Caus.) one who causes a weapon to be put down (?)
burnt timber
charcoal
the castor oil plant, [W.]
nidhāpatiनिधापतिni-°dhā́—pati (°dhā́-), m. possessor or bearer of snares, [ib.]
nidhārayaनिधारयni-dhārayá See ni-dhṛ.
ni-°dhārayá mfn. establishing or having established (acc.), [RV. viii, 41, 4.]
nidhātavyaनिधातव्यni-°dhātavya mfn. to be put down or deposited or concealed or delivered or directed towards, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
nidhānakumbhaनिधानकुम्भni-°dhāna—kumbha m. a pot or jar containing a treasure, [Sāh.]