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धृति f. f. holding, seizing, keeping, supporting (cf. चर्षणी-, वि-), firmness, constancy, resolution, will, command, [RV.] &c. &c. °तिं-√ कृ satisfaction, content, joy, [MBh.] ; [Kāv.] &c. (, to keep ground or stand still, [MBh. vii, 4540] ; to find pleasure or satisfaction, [Ratn. iv, 4/5] ; °तिम्-√ बन्ध्, to show firmness, [Amar. 67] ; to fix the mind on [Mn. v, 47] ) Resolution or Satisfaction personified as a daughter of दक्ष and wife of धर्म ([MBh.] ; [Hariv.] ; [Pur.] ) or as a शक्ति ([Hcat.] &c.) N. of partic. evening oblations at the अश्वमेध, [ŚBr.] any offering or sacrifice, [W.] of sev. kinds of metre and of a class of metres consisting of 4 x 18 syllables, [Col.] of the numeral 18 [Var.] ; [Gaṇit.] of one of the astrol. [Yogas.] ; [L.] of a mythical garden, [Gol.] of one of the 16 कलाs of the moon, [Pur.] of a goddess (daughter of a कला of प्रकृति and wife of कपिल), ib. of the wife of रुद्र-मनु, ib. of the 13th of the 16 मातृकाs, [L.] धृति m. m. wish क्षत्रस्य = क्षत्र-ध्°, [Lāṭy.] N. of one of the विश्वेदेवाs, [MBh.] of a preceptor, [Cat.] of the son of विजय and father of धृत-व्रत, [Hariv.] ; [Pur.] of a son of वीत-हव्य and father of बहुलाश्व, [Pur.] of a son of बभ्रु, [L.] of a वर्ष in कुश-द्वीप, [VP.]
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