Dara mf( A )n. (√ Df ) bearing, supporting ( scil. the world, said of Kṛṣṇa and Śiva ), MBh.
Dara a. ( rA or rI f. ) [ Df-ac ] (Usually at the end of comp. ) Holding, carrying, bearing, wearing, containing, possessing, endowed ( pb ) with, preserving, observing, &c.; as in akzaDara, aMSuDara, gadADara, gaMgADara , mahIDara, asfgDara, divyAMbaraDara , &c. — raH 1 A mountain; utkaM DaraM drazwumavekzya SOrimutkaMDaraM dAruka ityuvAca Śi. 4. 18. 2 A flock of cotton. 3 A frivolous or dissolute man ( viwa ). 4 The king of the tortoises, i. e. Viṣṇu in his Kūrma incarnation. 5 N. of one of the Vasus.