धर

Monier-Williams · dhara
dhara mf(ā)n. (√dhṛ) bearing, supporting (scil. the world, said of Kṛishṇa and Śiva) ‖ ifc. holding, bearing, carrying, wearing, possessing, having, keeping (also in memory), sustaining, preserving, observing (cf. aṃśu-, akṣa-, kulaṃ- &c.) &c ‖ m. a mountain xv, 12 (cf. kṣiti-, bhū- &c.) ‖ a flock of cotton ‖ a frivolous or dissolute man (= viṭa) ‖ a sword ‖ N. of a Vasu ‖ of a follower of the Pāṇḍavas of the king of the tortoises ‖ of the father of Padma-prabha (6th Arhat of, pres. Ava-sarpiṇī) ‖ (ā), f. 'bearer, supporter', the earth &c ‖ the uterus or womb ‖ a vei