DAraRa · dhāraṇa 1 · dhāraṇa 2
dhāraṇa ( nt. ), °ṇā , in a list of sciences studied by young men, app. some branch of mathematics ( memory is an established mg. of the word, but seems hardly possible here); seems to correspond to uddhāra , q.v. , in Divy ( cf. Senart iii n. 520 ); gaṇanāyāṃ pi mudrāyāṃ pi dhāraṇāyāṃ ( loc. ) pi Mv ii.423.15 ; otherwise always °ṇa, gaṇanāṃ dhāraṇa-mudrāṃ (dvandva cpd. ?) Mv iii.184.7 ; gaṇanāṃ dhāraṇaṃ ( mss. vār°) nikṣepaṇaṃ iii.394.9 ; nikṣepaṇaṃ ( mss. add taṃ) dhāraṇaṃ iii.405.12 .
Dhāraṇa (neuter) [cf. Sanskrit dhāraṇa, to dhāreti] 1. wearing, in mālā° (etc.) D I 5 = A II 210 = Pp 58; Pj I 37; cīvara° A II 104 = Pp 45. 2. maintaining, sustaining, keeping up Miln 320 (āyu° bhojana). 3. bearing in mind, remembrance Vin IV 305; M II 175 (dhamma°).
(nt, nt, act, in comps, from dhāreti) carrying; holding Construction: dhāre + aṇa
(nt, nt, act, in comps, from dhāreti) wearing Construction: dhāre + aṇa