निधि [ nidhi ] [ ni-dhí ] m. setting down or serving up (food , ) Lit. RV. i.183 , 4

   the bottom of the Ukhā Lit. ŚBr.

   a place for deposits or storing up , a receptacle (esp. [ apāṃ nidhi ] , [ r ] of waters , the ocean , sea , also N. of a Sāman ; [ kalānāṃ n ] , the full moon) Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv.

   a store , hoard , treasure Lit. RV. (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 Lakshmī ; cf. [ nidhi-datta ] and [ -pālita ] below)

   the sea Lit. L.

   ( with [ daiva ] ) the science of chronology Lit. ChUp. vii , 1 , 2 ( Lit. Śaṃk.)

   N. of a partic. medic. plant (= [ jīvikā ] ) Lit. L.

   a kind of perfume (= [ nalikā ] ) Lit. L.