1. The lower part or bottom of a vessel. 2. A receptacle, storehouse, or treasury. 3. A store or hoard of wealth. 4. Any of nine divine treasures belonging to Kuvera. 5. A medicinal plant. 6. A kind of perfume.
निधि (nidhi) [Printed book page 0487-b] 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.
—Nidhi-gopa, as, m. guardian of treasure.
—Nidhi-nātha, as, m.
or
nidhi-prabhu, us, m. or
nidhīśvara (°dhi-īś°), as, m. ‘lord of treasures,’ an epithet of Kuvera.
—Nidhi-pa, as, m. guardian of treasure; [cf.
nidhi-pā.]
—Nidhi-pati, is, m. ‘lord of treasures,’
an epithet of Kuvera; N. of a rich merchant.
—Nidhipati-datta, as, m., N. of a merchant.
—Nidhi-pā, ās, Ved., or
nidhi-pāla, as, m.
guardian of treasure.
—Nidhi-pālita, as, m., N.
of a merchant.
—Nidhi-mat, ān, atī, at, Ved. pos-
sessing treasure, forming a store.
—Nidhīśa or
ni- dhīśvara (°dhi-īś°), as, m. ‘lord of treasures,’ an
epithet of Kuvera.
—Nidhy-arthin, ī, inī, i, treasure
seeking.
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