What is "nadi"

thumb|300px|right|The archaeological site of Monte Verde in picture is in a zone of ñadi soils. The term ñadi is used to refer to a specific type of soil or as a phytogeographic zone of Southern Chile. The soil type called ñadi in edaphology is defined by the presence of an impermeable layer, usually called "fierrillo". In phytogeography ñadis are located in the Chilean Central Valley of Los Lagos Region, specifically between the moraines or the last glaciation ( Llanquihue glaciation) and those of the penultimate glaciation ( Santa María glaciation).

( Sanskrit नाडी nāḍī = tube, pipe; Tamilnaadi) நாடி = nerve, blood vessel, pulse: pronounced with long vowel sounds and a retroflex 'd') is a term for the channels through which, in traditional Indian medicine and spiritual science, the energies of the physical body, the subtle body and the causal body are said to flow. Within this philosophical framework, the nadis are said to connect at special points of intensity called nadichakras.

Nadi or NADI may refer to:

Nadi Open is a former electoral division of Fiji, one of 25 open constituencies that were elected by universal suffrage (the remaining 46 seats, called communal constituencies, were allocated by ethnicity). Established by the 1997 Constitution, it came into being in 1999 and was used for the parliamentary elections of 1999, 2001, and 2006. It was located in the western part of the main island of Viti Levu.

The 2013 Constitution promulgated by the Military-backed interim government abolished all constituencies and established a form of proportional representation, with the entire country voting as a single electorate.