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Results for धारणा

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  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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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. धारणाdhāraṇā[dhâr-anâ] f. wearing (a dress); sup porting, assistance; repression; mental reten tion; memory; mental…

    [dhâr-anâ] feminine; also equal for wearing (a dress); sup porting, assistance; repression; mental reten tion; memory; mental concentration, sus pension of the breath, immovable abstraction; settled rule; understanding.

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  2. धारणान्वितdhāraṇānvita[dhârana ͜ anvita] pp. endowed with a good memory.

    [dhârana ͜ anvita] perfect passive participle endowed with a good memory.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. धारणाdhāraṇāf. (cf. ˚ण, col. 1) the act of holding, bearing, wearing, supporting, maintaining MBh. R.
    1. feminine (confer, compare that the rest of a word is to be suppliedण, column 1) the act of holding, bearing, wearing, supporting, maintaining MBh. R.
    2. feminine retaining, keeping back (also in remembrance), a good memory Kat2hUp. Gr2S. MBh. BhP.
    3. feminine collection or concentration of the mind (joined with the retention of breath) Mn. MBh. Sus3r. Ka1v. Pur. etc.
    4. feminine confer, compare MWB. 239 (that the rest of a word is to be suppliedणां-√धृ, to exercise concentration Ya1jn5.; that the rest of a word is to be suppliedणां गतः, having composed one's self R.)
    5. feminine understanding, intellect Ya1jn5. iii, 73
    6. feminine firmness, steadfastness, righteousness Lexicographers
    7. feminine fixed preceptor settled rule, certainty Mn. MBh.
    8. feminine plural the 8th to the 11th day in the light half of month Jyaisht2ha ज्यैष्ठ Var.
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  2. अङ्कधारणाaṅkadhāraṇāf. manner of holding the body, figure A1s3vS3r.

    feminine manner of holding the body, figure A1s3vS3r.

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  3. कालधारणाkāladhāraṇāf. "prolongation of time", a pause RPra1t.

    feminine "prolongation of time", a pause RPra1t.

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  4. गर्भधारणाgarbhadhāraṇāf. "pregnancy (of the sky)", N. of VarBr2S. xxii.

    feminine "pregnancy (of the sky)", Name of VarBr2S. xxii.

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  5. धारणात्मकdhāraṇātmakamf(इका)n. (˚ना*त्˚) that whose nature consists in bearing itself Su1ryas.
    1. mf(इका)neuter gender (that the rest of a word is to be suppliedना*त्that the rest of a word is to be supplied) that whose nature consists in bearing itself Su1ryas.
    2. mf(इका)neuter gender one who easily collects or composes himself Sus3r.
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  6. धारणाध्ययनdhāraṇādhyayanan. the conservative method of reading (i.e. the rehearsing of a work to keep it in memory, as opp. to…

    neuter gender the conservative method of reading (id est the rehearsing of a work to keep it in memory, as opp. to ग्रहणा*ध्that the rest of a word is to be supplied, the acquisitive method) Lexicographers

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  7. धारणापारणव्रतdhāraṇāpāraṇavratan. N. of wk.

    neuter gender Name of work

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