Sanskrit dictionary (beta)

[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.

1. feminine holding, seizing, keeping, supporting (confer, compare चर्षणी-, वि-), firmness, constancy, resolution, will, command fg-veda etc.
2. feminine satisfaction, content, joy MBh. Ka1v. etc. (that the rest of a word is to be suppliedतिं-√कृ, to keep ground or stand still MBh. vii, 4540; to find pleasure or satisfaction Ratn. iv, 4/5; that the rest of a word is to be suppliedतिम्-√बन्ध्, to show firmness Amar. 67; to fix the mind on Mn. v, 47)
3. feminine Resolution or Satisfaction personified as a daughter of Daksha दक्ष and wife of Dharma धर्म (MBh. Hariv. Pur.) or as a S3akti शक्ति (Hcat. etc.)
4. feminine Name of particular evening oblations at the As3vamedha अश्वमेध S3Br.
5. feminine any offering or sacrifice W.
6. feminine of several kinds of metre and of a class of metres consisting of 4 x 18 syllables Col.
7. feminine of the numeral 18 Var. Gan2it.
8. feminine of one of the astrology Yogas. Lexicographers
9. feminine of a mythical garden Gol.
10. feminine of one of the 16 Kala1s कला s of the moon Pur.
11. feminine of a goddess (daughter of a Kala1 कला of Prakr2iti प्रकृति and wife of Kapila कपिल) ibidem
12. feminine of the wife of Rudra रुद्र - Manu मनु ibidem
13. feminine of the 13th of the 16 Ma1tr2ika1s मातृका s Lexicographers
14. masculine gender wish क्षत्रस्य Equivalent to क्षत्र-ध्that the rest of a word is to be supplied La1t2y.
15. masculine gender Name of one of the Vis3ve विश्वे Deva1s देवा s MBh.
16. masculine gender of a preceptor catalogue or catalogues
17. masculine gender of the son of Vijaya विजय and father of Dhr2ita-vrata धृत-व्रत Hariv. Pur.
18. masculine gender of a son of Vi1ta-havya वीत-हव्य and father of Bahula7s3va बहुलाश्व Pur.
19. masculine gender of a son of Babhru बभ्रु Lexicographers
20. masculine gender of a Varsha वर्ष in Kus3a-dvi1pa कुश-द्वीप VP.