DaraRI · feminine
dharaṇī , ( 1 ) acc. to Tib. on Mvy 5578 = phyam , defined by Jä. support (of rafters), the resting point of a beam ; by Das , ‘ the resting beam of a staircase or ladder . Also: prop, bracket, mortice ’: dharaṇīyo ( v.l. °ya), n. pl. , Mv iii.228.5 (prose), as parts of a city gate; ( 2 ) a small weight ( cf. Skt. dharaṇa, a considerably larger weight): in eka-suvarṇa-dharaṇī LV 63.19 (prose, no v.l. ), acc. to Tib. = phye ma zho gcig , one grain (a very small weight, which is clearly intended in the context of LV ; Jä. defines zho as dram, a small weight = (1/10) ounce ) of dust . There is no word for gold in Tib. ; it may be noted that suvarṇa is also used in Skt. as n. of a rather small weight (a karṣa) of gold, but acc. to BR , pw , not of other substances; did suvarṇa-dharaṇī mean a gold-grain in some such sense as a small weight commonly used in weighing gold? ( 3 ) n. of a rākṣasī: Māy 243.12 .
the earth; soil; ground
【陰】 地球。~ruha,【陽】 樹。
<b> <c c="#a00149">Dharaṇī</c> </b> <br>A lake in Kuvera’s city. <c c="#3b6bd3">DN.iii.201</c> <br> <br>Location: <iref href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/"></iref> (Precision: 5, Type: lake)<br> </deftext>
(fem, fem, from dharaṇa) earth; world earth [lit.] carrier Construction: √dhar + aṇa + ī dharaṇa + ī