श्रीमद्भगवद्गीताBhagavad Gītā · in the light of Sri Aurobindo, home

कोशःDictionaries

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary. Look up any word of the Gita in Devanagari, IAST or Harvard-Kyoto, or browse the headwords letter by letter.

Entry धर

  1. धरdharaa.(-रा, -री f.) [धृ-अच्] (Usually at the end of comp.) Holding, carrying, bearing, wearing, containing…

    (-रा, -री Feminine) धृ-अच् (Usually at the end of comp.) Holding, carrying, bearing, wearing, containing, possessing, endowed with, preserving, observing, etc.; as in अक्षधर, अंशुधर, गदाधर, गङ्गाधर, महीधर, असृग्धर, दिव्याम्बरधर etc.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -रः

      1. A mountain; a hill-fort. शिवस्य यस्य हस्तेऽद्य धरौ सिंहपुरंदरौ Śiva. B.15.17. उत्कं धरं द्रष्टुमवेक्ष्य शौरिमुत्कन्धरं दारुक इत्युवाच Śi.4.18; धरसंस्थः Ki.15.12.
      2. A flock of cotton.
      3. A frivolous or dissolute man (विट).
      4. The king of the tortoises; id est, that is Viṣṇu in his Kūrma incarnation.
      5. Name of one of the Vasus.
      6. A sword.
    • -रम् poison.

Browse by letter

Headwords under ध

Part 1 of 3 ध – धारणकAll parts
  1. ध – धारणक
  2. धारणा – धृत्वन्
  3. धृत्वरी – ध्वृ