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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 धारणा

  1. धारणाdhāraṇā1 The act of holding, bearing, supporting, preserving, &c.
    1. 1 The act of holding, bearing, supporting, preserving, etc.
    2. The faculty of retaining in the mind, a good or retentive memory; धीर्धारणावती मेधा Ak.
    3. Memory in general.
    4. Keeping the mind collected, holding the breath suspended, steady abstraction of mind; (परिचेतुमुपांशु धारणाम्). R.8.18; Ms.6.72; Y.3. 21 (धारणेत्युच्यते चेयं धार्यते यन्मनो तया).
    5. Fortitude, firmness, steadiness.
    6. A fixed precept or injunction, a settled rule, conclusion; इति धर्मस्य धारणा Ms.8.184; 4.38;9.124.
    7. Understanding, intellect; Y.3.73.
    8. Continuance in rectitude, propriety, decorum.
    9. Conviction or abstraction.
    10. A kind of योगाङ्ग; देशबन्धश्चित्तस्य धारणा Yogadarśana.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -आत्मक Adjective one who easily composes himself.

    • -योगः deep devotion.

    • -शक्तिः Feminine a retentive memory.

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Headwords under ध

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