Sanskrit dictionary (beta)

[धा-तृच्]

1. A maker, creator, originator, author.
2. A bearer, preserver, supporter.
3. An epithet of Brahmā, the creator of the world; मन्ये दुर्जनचित्तवृत्तिहरणे धातापि भग्नोद्यमः H.2.124; R.13.6; Si.1.13; Ku.7.44; Ki.12.33; सूर्याचन्द्रमसौ धाता यथापूर्व- मकल्पयत् । Mahānārāyṇa Up.
4. An epithet of Viṣṇu; Mb.12.15.18.
5. The soul.
6. Name for the seven sages (सप्तर्षि) being the first creation of Brahmā Compare पुरातनाः पुराविद्भिर्धातार इति कीर्तिताः Ku.6.9.
7. A married woman's paramour, adulterer.
8. One of the forty-nine winds.
9. An arranger.
10. One who nourishes.
11. A star among ध्रुवमत्स्य; Bhāg.5.23.5.
12. Fate, destiny; धाता यथा मां विदधीत लोके ध्रुवं तथाऽहं भवितेति मत्वा Mb.1.89.1.

1. masculine gender establisher, founder, creator, bearer, supporter (confer, compare वसु-), orderer, arranger fg-veda etc.
2. masculine gender Name of a divine being who personifies these functions (in Vedic times presiding over generation, matrimony, health, wealth, time and season, and associated or identified with Savitr2i सवितृ, Praja1-pati प्रजा-पति, Tvasht2r2i त्वष्टृ, Br2ihaspati बृहस्पति, Mitra मित्र, Aryaman अर्यमन्, Vishn2u विष्णु etc. fg-veda x AV. TS. S3Br. etc.; later chiefly the creator and maintainer of the world Equivalent to Brahma1 ब्रह्मा or Praja1-pati प्रजा-पति MBh. Ka1v. Pur.; in Epic one of the 12 A1dityas आदित्य s and brother of Vi-dha1tr2i वि-धातृ and Lakshmi1 लक्ष्मी, son of Brahma1 ब्रह्मा MBh.; or of Bhr2igu भृगु and Khya1ti ख्याति Pur.; Fate personified Ka1v.)
3. masculine gender one of the 49 winds VahniP.
4. masculine gender paramour, adulterer Das3.
5. masculine gender the 1-th or 44th year in the cycle of Jupiter catalogue or catalogues
6. masculine gender Name of a R2ishi ऋषि in the 4th Manv-antara मन्व्-अन्तर Hariv. (Calcutta edition धामन्)
7. masculine gender of an author catalogue or catalogues; (त्री) feminine see धात्री . ([confer, compare Zend da1tar; Greek θετήρ; Slavonic or Slavonian de8teli .])
8. धात्री, etc. see column 1.