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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. आधारādhāraSupport, prop, stay; इत्याधारानुरोधात्त्रिपुरविजयिनः पातु वो दुःखनृत्तम् (Some annotators explain आधार as…

    [आ-धृ घञ्; आध्रियन्तेऽस्मिन्क्रियाः इति Kāśi.)

    1. Support, prop, stay; इत्याधारानुरोधात्त्रिपुरविजयिनः पातु वो दुःखनृत्तम् (Some annotators explain आधार as local conditions); Mu.1.2.
    2. (Hence) Power of sustaining, aid, patronage, assistance; त्वमेव चातकाधारः Bh.2.5.
    3. A receptacle, reservoir; तिष्ठन्त्याप इवाधारे Pt.1.67; चराचराणां भूतानां कुक्षिराधारतां गतः Ku.6.67; अपामिवाधारमनु- त्तरङ्गम् Ku.3.48; तोयाधारपथाश्च वल्कलशिखानिष्यन्दरेखाङ्किताः Ś.1.14; आधारः क्षमाम्भसाम् K.44; Y.3.144,165.
    4. That which holds or contains, a vessel, recipient.
    5. A part, character (in dramas); भेदैः सूक्ष्मैरभिव्यक्तैः प्रत्याधारं विभज्यते Mv.1.3.
    6. A basin round the foot of a tree; आधारबन्धप्रमुखैः प्रयत्नैः R.5.6.
    7. A dike, dam, embankment.
    8. A canal.
    9. The sense of the locative case, location, comprehension; आधारोऽधिकरणम्; (आधार is of 3 kinds. औपश्लेषिक, वैषयिक, and अभिव्यापक see Sk. on ParasmaipadaI.4.45).
    10. Relation.
    11. A ray. Compare आधार आलवालेऽम्बुबन्धे च किरणेऽपि च Nm.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -आधेयभावः the influence, relation, or action of the support or recipient upon the thing received or supported; H.3.12.

    • -चक्रम् Name of a mystical circle on the posterior part of the body; Rasikaramaṇa.

    • -शक्तिः

      1. Feminine
      2. Māyā or illusion.
      3. the Supreme goddess.
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  2. आधारकādhārakaA foundation.

    A foundation.

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  3. आधारणम्ādhāraṇamHolding, supporting, sustaining.

    Holding, supporting, sustaining.

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. आधारādhāra[â-dhârá] m. support, prop, foundation; receptacle, reservoir; trench (round the foot of a tree); dyke, dam…

    [â-dhârá] masculine support, prop, foundation; receptacle, reservoir; trench (round the foot of a tree); dyke, dam; location or sphere of an action (grammatical term): --˚, adjective relating to; -tâ, feminine; also equal for state of a receptacle; - ͜ adheya-bhâva, masculine relation between the receptacle and what it contains.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. आधारādhāra&c. see under आ-√धृ .
    1. etc. see under आ-√धृ .
    2. masculine gender support, prop, stay, substratum
    3. masculine gender the power of sustaining, or the support given, aid, patronage AV. xii, 3, 48 MBh. Sus3r. Veda1ntas. etc.
    4. masculine gender that which contains (a fluid etc.), a vessel, receptacle Ya1jn5. Sus3r. Pan5cat. etc.
    5. masculine gender a dike, dam Ragh.
    6. masculine gender a basin round the foot of a tree Lexicographers
    7. masculine gender a reservoir, pond Lexicographers
    8. masculine gender (in philosophy and grammar) comprehension, location, the sense of the locative case
    9. masculine gender in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' belonging or relating to
    10. masculine gender the subject in a sentence (of which qualities etc. are affirmed)
    11. masculine gender Name of a lake
    12. masculine gender of an author.
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  2. आधारकādhārakaifc. a substratum Sus3r.

    in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' a substratum Sus3r.

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  3. आधारकारिकाādhārakārikāf. N. of a Ka1rika1 कारिका .

    feminine Name of a Ka1rika1 कारिका .

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  4. आधारचक्रādhāracakran. N. of a mystical circle on the posterior part of the body Rasik.

    neuter gender Name of a mystical circle on the posterior part of the body Rasik.

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  5. आधारणādhāraṇan. bearing, holding, supporting.

    neuter gender bearing, holding, supporting.

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  6. आधारताādhāratāf. the state of being a support, &c.

    feminine the state of being a support, etc.

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