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Results for उपनिधि

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

उपनिधिupanidhi1 A deposit, pledge, property entrusted to another. प्रादायोपनिधिं राजा पाण्डुः स्वर्गमितो गतः Mb.1. 126.3.
1. 1 A deposit, pledge, property entrusted to another. प्रादायोपनिधिं राजा पाण्डुः स्वर्गमितो गतः Mb.1. 126.3.
2. (In law) A sealed deposit; Y.2.25; आधिश्चोपनिधिश्चोभौ न कालात्ययमर्हतः Ms.8.145,149; Compare Medhātithi: यत् प्रदर्शितरूपं सचिह्नवस्त्रादिना पिहितं निक्षिप्यते; also Compare Y.2.65 and Nārada quoted in Mit.
3. Pretext, guise; उपनिधिभिरसुखकृत्स परमनिरयगो भृशमसुखम- नुभवति दुष्कृतकर्मा Mb.12.321.31.
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

उपनिधिupanidhi[upa-nidhi] m. (sealed) deposit.

[upa-nidhi] masculine (sealed) deposit.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

उपनिधिupanidhim. a deposit, pledge, property put under the care of a creditor, friend &c. (generally a sealed deposit, but…
1. masculine gender a deposit, pledge, property put under the care of a creditor, friend etc. (generally a sealed deposit, but also any article intrusted to a friend which he may use whilst in his keeping) Mn. viii, 145, etc. Ya1jn5. ii, 25 MBh.
2. masculine gender a ray of light Lexicographers
3. masculine gender Name of a son of Vasu-deva वसु-देव VP.
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