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धारण

धारक

holding, keeping

हिन्दी — अंग्रेजी

धारण — retention (Noun)

Monier–Williams

धारण — {dhāraṇa} mf({ī})n. holding, bearing, keeping (in remembrance), retention, preserving, protecting, maintaining, possessing, having (ifc. or with gen.) :##assuming the shape of (gen.), resembling xiii, 739##m. N. of Śiva##of a son of Kaśyapa##of a prince of the Candravatsas##du. the two female breasts##({dhāraṇa}), n. the act of holding, bearing &c. &c##wearing ( See {liṅga-})##suffering, enduring##keeping in remembrance, memory : immovable concentration of the mind upon (loc.)##restraining (cf. {śvāsa-})##keeping back i.e. pronouncing imperfectly##({ā} and {ī}), f. See {dhāraṇā} and {ṇī}