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Entry धृति

धृतिdhṛtif.Taking, holding, seizing.
[धृ-क्तिन्]
1. Taking, holding, seizing.
2. Having, possessing.
3. Maintaining, supporting.
4. Firmness; steadiness, constancy.
5. Fortitude, energy, resolution, courage, self-command. भज धृतिं त्यज भीतिमहेतुकाम् Name4.15; Bg.16.3; Ki.6.11; R.8.66.
6. Satisfaction, contentment, pleasure, happiness, delight, joy; धृतेश्च धीरः सदृशीर्व्यधत्त सः R.3.1;16.82; न चक्षुर्बध्नाति धृतिम् V.2.8; Śi.7.1,14.
7. Satisfaction considered as one of the 33 subordinate feelings (in Rhetoric); ज्ञानाभीष्टागमाद्यैस्तु संपूर्णस्पृहता धृतिः । सौहित्यवचनोल्लास- सहासप्रतिभादिकृत् S. D.198,168; Compare Ki.1.36; R.3.1; Ms.1.116.
8. A sacrifice.
9. Name of metre; Nm.
10. consideration, care for; अनादृतस्यामरसायकेष्वपि स्थिता कथं शैलजनाशुगे धृतिः Ki.14.1.
11. Name of the numeral 18.
12. Name of one of the 16 kalās of the moon.
Derived forms and compounds
- -गृहीत Adjective armed with constancy and resolution.
- -मुष् Adjective destroying all composure, discomposing.
- -होमः a sacrifice included in the marriage-rites.
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