niḍi | निडि | niDi
ni-˚ḍi/ | नि-˚डि/ | m. setting down or serving up (food, &c.), RV. i, 183, 4 &c.
the bottom of the Ukhā, ŚBr.
a place for deposits or storing up, a receptacle (esp. apāṃ niḍi | अपां निडि |, r˚ of waters, the ocean, sea, also N. of a Sāman; kalānāṃ n˚ | कलानां न्˚ |, the full moon), MBh.; Kāv. &c.
a store, hoard, treasure, RV. &c. &c. (in later language esp. the divine treasures belonging to Kubera, nine of which are enumerated, viz. Padma, Mahāpadma, Śaṅkha, Makara, Kacchapa, Mukunda, Nanda, Nīla and Kharva, they are also personified as attendants either of Kubera or of Lakṣmī; cf. niḍi-datta | निडि-दत्त | and -pālita | -पालित | below)
the sea, L.
(with dEva | द्Eव |) the science of chronology, ChUp. vii, 1, 2 (Śaṃk.)
N. of a partic. medic. plant (= jīvikā | जीविका |), L.
a kind of perfume (= nalikā | नलिका |), L.
ni-ḍi/ | नि-डि/ | See under ni-ḍā | नि-डा |.
the bottom of the Ukhā, ŚBr.
a place for deposits or storing up, a receptacle (esp. apāṃ niḍi | अपां निडि |, r˚ of waters, the ocean, sea, also N. of a Sāman; kalānāṃ n˚ | कलानां न्˚ |, the full moon), MBh.; Kāv. &c.
a store, hoard, treasure, RV. &c. &c. (in later language esp. the divine treasures belonging to Kubera, nine of which are enumerated, viz. Padma, Mahāpadma, Śaṅkha, Makara, Kacchapa, Mukunda, Nanda, Nīla and Kharva, they are also personified as attendants either of Kubera or of Lakṣmī; cf. niḍi-datta | निडि-दत्त | and -pālita | -पालित | below)
the sea, L.
(with dEva | द्Eव |) the science of chronology, ChUp. vii, 1, 2 (Śaṃk.)
N. of a partic. medic. plant (= jīvikā | जीविका |), L.
a kind of perfume (= nalikā | नलिका |), L.
ni-ḍi/ | नि-डि/ | See under ni-ḍā | नि-डा |.