धारणा [ dhāraṇā ] [ dhāraṇā ] f. ( cf. [ °ṇa ] , col.1) the act of holding , bearing , wearing , supporting , maintaining Lit. MBh. Lit. R.

  retaining , keeping back (also in remembrance) , a good memory Lit. KaṭhUp. Lit. GṛS. Lit. MBh. Lit. BhP.

  collection or concentration of the mind (joined with the retention of breath) Lit. Mn. Lit. MBh. Lit. Suśr. Lit. Kāv. Lit. Pur.

  cf. Lit. MWB. 239 ( [ °ṇāṃ-√ dhṛ ] , to exercise concentration Lit. Yājñ. ; [ °ṇāṃ gataḥ ] , having composed one's self Lit. R.)

  understanding , intellect Lit. Yājñ. iii , 73

  firmness , steadfastness , righteousness Lit. L.

  fixed preceptor settled rule , certainty Lit. Mn. Lit. MBh.

  pl. the 8th to the 11th day in the light half of month Jyaishṭha Lit. Var.