[pra-nidhâna] neuter application, em ployment; exertion, endeavour; respectful behaviour, towards (locative); submission to the will of (--˚); profound meditation; vehement desire (Buddhistic term); vow (Buddhistic term); -nidhâyin, adjective em ploying (emissaries); -nidhi, masculine spying; sending out (of emissaries); request; spy, emissary; -nidhî-bhû, become a spy in the service of (--˚); -nidheya, future participle passive to be applied; to be sent out as a spy; -nipatana, neuter falling down before any one, prostration; -nipâta, masculine prostration, reverent salutation; humble submission to (genitive); -nipâtin, adjective prostrating oneself, submitting; -nî́, masculine leader; (á)-nîta, perfect passive participle √nî: â, feminine; also equal for plural water fetched (on the morning of the rite), holy water: -karu, masculine pot for the holy water, -pranáyana, neuter vessel for fetching the holy water; (á)-nîti, feminine; also equal for guidance; leading away.
Source: Macdonell
