नि a.-√
1.धाP. Ā. -दधाति,
-धत्ते, 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
अन्त॑र्, or
अन्तर्ifc. ),
[RV.] &c. &c.;
put or lay before a person (
dat. ),
[KenUp.] ;
(with
भूमौ [
[Hit.] ] or
अवटे [
[R.] ]) to bury;
(with
शिरसि, rarely
°सा) to esteem highly,
[R.] ;
[Kālid.] ;
[Pañc.] ;
(with
दृशम्) to fix the eyes upon (
loc. ),
[Kathās.] ;
(with
मनस्) to fix or direct the thoughts upon or towards
i.e. resolve, determine to (
dat. ),
[Hariv.] ;
(with
मनसि,
°सा, or
हृदये) to keep in mind, bear in mind, remember, lay to heart,
[Kāv.] ;
[Pur.] ;
(with
हृदयम्) to give one's heart to (
loc. );
(with
आत्मानम्) to intrust one's self to (
loc. ),
[Kathās.] ;
(with
क्रियाम्) to take pains with (
loc. ),
[Hit.] ;
(with
कर्मणि) to appoint a person to a work,
[Rājat.] ;
to keep down, restrain,
[Kāv.] ;
[Pur.] ;
to end, close,
[ŚBr.] :
Pass. -धीयते, to be put or laid down &c.;
to be contained or situated or absorbed in, to rest in (
loc. ),
[RV.] ;
[AV.] &c. &c.:
Caus. -धापयति, 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. -धित्सते, to intend to put down &c.,
[Naiṣ.] :
Intens. नि॑देध्यत् (?), to settle down,
[VS.] ;
[MaitrS.] नि-°धा f. bf. a net or snare,
[RV.]