धर [ dhara ] [ dhara ] m. f. n. (√ [ dhṛ ] ) bearing , supporting (scil. the world , said of Kṛishṇa and Śiva) Lit. MBh.

ifc. holding , bearing , carrying , wearing , possessing , having , keeping (also in memory) , sustaining , preserving , observing ( cf. [ aṃśu- ] , [ akṣa- ] , [ kulaṃ- ] ) Lit. MBh. Lit. R.

[ dhara ] m. a mountain Lit. Kir. xv , 12 ( cf. [ kṣiti- ] , [ bhū- ] )

a flock of cotton Lit. L.

a frivolous or dissolute man (= [ viṭa ] ) Lit. L.

a sword Lit. Gal.

N. of a Vasu Lit. MBh.

of a follower of the Pāṇḍavas Lit. ib. of the king of the tortoises Lit. L.

of the father of Padma-prabha (6th Arhat of pres. Ava-sarpiṇī) Lit. L.

[ dharā ] f. " bearer , supporter " , the earth Lit. Mn. Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv.

[ dhara ] m. the uterus or womb Lit. Bhpr.

a vein or tubular vessel of the body Lit. L.

marrow Lit. L.

a mass of gold or heap of valuables (representing the earth and given to Brāhmans) Lit. W.

one of the 8 forms of Sarasvatī id.

N. of one of the wives of Kaśyapa (mother of the land and water-birds , prob. = the Earth) Lit. Hariv. 232 (v.l. [ irā ] )

n. poison Lit. L. (v.l. [ dara ] )