धारण n. (
-णं) Holding, having, keeping, maintaining.
f. (
-णा)
1. Con- tinuance in rectitude, keping in the right way.
2. Fortitude, firmness, steadiness, resolution.
3. A particular religious exercise; keeping the mind collected, the breath suspended, and all natural wants restrained; steady, immoveable abstraction.
4. Mental re- tention, memory.
5. Understanding, intellect.
6. Believing, con- viction.
7. Certainty, conclusion.
8. Positive precept or injunction. 9. Debt.
f. (
-णी)
1. Any tubular vessel of the body.
2. A mystical verse or charm, or collection of such verses, among the Bauddhas 3. A row or line.
E. धृ to hold, (purpose, intent, virtue, &c.) affix
ल्युट् or
भावे युच् aff.
ROOTS:
धृ ल्युट् भावे युच्