DAraRA 1 The act of holding, bearing, supporting preserving, &c. 2 The faculty of retaining in the mind, a good or retentive memory; DIrDAraRAvatI meDA Mk. 3 Memory in general. 4 Keeping the mind collected, holding the breath suspended, steady abstraction of mind; paricetumupAMSu DAraRAM R. 8. 18 ; Ms. 6. 72 ; Y. 3. 201 ; ( DAraRetyucyate ceyaM DAryate yanmano tayA ). 5 Fortitude, firmness, steadiness. 6 A fixed precept or injunction, a settled rule, conclusion; iti Darmasya DAraRA Ms. 8. 184 , 4. 38 , 9. 124. 7 Understanding, intellect. 8 Continuance in rectitude, propriety, decorum. 9 Conviction or abstraction. Comp. — yogaH deep devotion. — SaktiH f. a retentive memory.