धाdhā(a) to close, shut; ध्वनति मधुपसमूहे श्रवणमपिदधाति Gīt.5; so कर्णौ-नयने-पिदधाति (b) to cover, hide, conceal…
- (a) to close, shut; ध्वनति मधुपसमूहे श्रवणमपिदधाति Gīt.5; so कर्णौ-नयने-पिदधाति (b) to cover, hide, conceal; प्रायो मूर्खः परिभवविधौ नाभिमानं पिधत्ते Ś. Til.17. (v.l.); प्रभावपिहिता V.4.2; Śi.9.76; Bk.7. 69.
- to hinder, obstruct, bar; भुजंगपिहितद्वारं पातालमधि- तिष्ठति R.1.8. (The following verse illustrates the use of धा with some prepositions: अधित कापि मुखे सलिलं सखी प्यधित कापि सरोजदलैः स्तनौ । व्यधित कापि हृदि व्यजनानिलं न्यधित कापि हिमं सुतनोस्तनौ Name4.111; or, better still, the following verse of Jagannātha: निधानं धर्माणां किमपि च विधानं नवमुदां प्रधानं तीर्थानाममलपरिधानं त्रिजगतः । समाधानं बुद्धेरथ खलु तिरोधानमधियां श्रियामाधानं नः परिहरतु तापं तव वपुः ॥ G. Latin18).
Derived forms and compounds
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धा dhā
- 3 Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada) (दधाति, धत्ते, दधौ-दधे, अधात्-अधित धास्यति-ते, धातुम्, हित; -Passive धीयते; -caus. धापयति-ते; -Desiderative धित्सति-ते)
- To put, place, set, lay, put in, lay on or upon; विज्ञातदोषेषु दधाति दण्डम् Mb.; निःशङ्कं धीयते (Vartious reading for दीयते) लोकैः पश्य भस्मचये पदम् H.2.132.
- To fix upon, direct (the mind or thoughts etc.) towards (with Dative or Locative); धत्ते चक्षुर्मुकुलिनि रणत्कोकिले बालचूते Māl.3.12; दधुः कुमारानुगमे मनांसि Bk.3.11;2.7; Ms.12.23.
- To bestow anything upon one, grant, give, confer, present (with Dative, Genitive, or Locative); धुर्यां लक्ष्मीमथ मयि भृशं धेहि देव प्रसीद Māl.1.3; यद्यस्य सोऽदधात्सर्गे तत्तस्य स्वयमाविशत् Ms.1.29.
- To hold, contain; तानपि दधासि मातः Bv.1.68; Ś.4.4.
- To seize, take hold of (as in the hand); धनुररिभिरसह्यं मृष्टिपीडं दधाने Bk.1.26;4.26;
- To wear, put on, bear; गुरूणि वासांसि विहाय तूर्णं तनूनि...... धत्ते जनः काममदालसाङ्गः Rs.6.13,16; धत्ते भरं कुसुमपत्रफलावलीनाम् Bv.1.94; दधतो मङ्गलक्षौमे R.12.8;9.4; Bk.17.54.
- To assume, take, have, show, exhibit, possess; (usually Ātm.); काचः काञ्चनसंसर्गाद्धत्ते मारकतीं द्युतिम् H. Pr.35; शिरसि मसीपटलं दधाति दीपः Bv.1.74; R.2.7; Amaru. 27.7; Me.38; Bh.3.46; R.3.1; Bk.2.1;4.16,18; Śi.9.3;1.86; Ki.5.5.
- To hold up, sustain, bear up; गामधास्यत्कथं नागो मृणालमृदुभिः फणैः Ku.6.68.
- To support, maintain संपद्विनिमयेनोभौ दधतुर्भुवनद्वयम् R.1.26.
- To cause, create, produce, generate, make; मुग्धा कुड्मलिताननेन दधती वायुं स्थिता तत्र सा Amaru.72.
- To suffer, undergo, incur; दधती रतेन भृशमुत्सुकताम् Śi.9.2, 32,66.
- To perform, do.
- Vedic To bring, convey.
- To appoint, fix. [The meanings of this root, like those of दा, are variously modified according to the word with which it is connected; Exempli gratia, for example मनः, मतिम्, धियम्, etc. धा to fix the mind or thoughts upon, resolve upon; पदं धा to set foot on, to enter; कर्णे करं धा to place the hand on the ear etc.] -With अपि (the अ being sometimes dropped).
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व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धिः समाधौ न विधीयते ॥
- विधीयतेvidhīyatepassive 3rd person singular of the verbal root dhā (to establish, create, perform) with the prefix vi.
- आधायādhāyaindeclinable past participle or gerund form of the verbal root dhā (to hold) with the prefix ā (to repose, concentrate, constitute).
- विदधामिvidadhāmipresent 1st person singular of the verbal root dhā (to take or bring or help or direct or fix the mind or attention, to appoint, establish, constitute) with the prefix vi (to make, render).
- प्रणिधायpraṇidhāyaindeclinable past participle or gerund form of the verbal root dhā (to hold) with the prefixes pra and ni (to prostrate).
- आधत्स्वādhatsvaimperative 2nd person singular of the verbal root dhā (to hold) with the prefix ā (to repose, concentrate, constitute).
- समाधातुम्samādhātuminfinitive of the verbal root dhā (to put, place, set, lay in or on) with the prefixes sam and ā (to hold or fix together, set right, put on).
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