NIDHIS
mhcrxlc at dir.manchester-computing-centre.ac.uk
mhcrxlc at dir.manchester-computing-centre.ac.uk
Thu Oct 20 18:42:06 UTC 1994
> Re: Nidhi
>
> I remember reading in magical literature of the notion navanidhi,
> the 9 nidhis, and a ritual to get rich by finding them, but can't
> recall where I saw it. I have a vague feeling it might be a
> Jaina idea.
>
> Allen Thrasher
> thrasher at mail.loc.gov
>
Yes, this jogged my memory. It is indeed a Jaina idea. See: K.R. Norman,
"The Nine Treasures of a Cakravartin", _Indologica Taurinensia XI (1983)
pp. 183-193 for references to various contexts. There is some link to
naagas.
Lance Cousins
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