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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for धारणा

3 dictionaries · exact headword

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.

    Source: Apte

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.
    Source: Monier-Williams

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.

    Source: Macdonell

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