ni-√ 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.]