1. dAra mf( I )n. (√ dF ) tearing up, rending ( cf. BU- )
2. dAra m. pl. (probably not connected with 1. dAra and √ dF , but cf. Pāṇ. iii, 3, 20 , Vārtt. 4) a wife (wives), GṛS. ; Mn. ; MBh. &c. ( °An √ kf or pra-kf , take to wife, marry, MBh. ; cf. kfta- )