dhāraṇa

See also: dharana

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
  • 𑀥𑀸𑀭𑀡 (Brahmi script)
  • धारण (Devanagari script)
  • ধারণ (Bengali script)
  • ධාරණ (Sinhalese script)
  • ဓာရဏ or ꩪႃရꧣ (Burmese script)
  • ธารณ or ธาระณะ (Thai script)
  • ᨵᩤᩁᨱ (Tai Tham script)
  • ຘາຣຓ or ຘາຣະຓະ (Lao script)
  • ធារណ (Khmer script)
  • 𑄙𑄂𑄢𑄕 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit धारण (dhāraṇa). By surface analysis, dhar +‎ -ana.

Noun

dhāraṇa n

  1. wearing
  2. sustaining
  3. bearing in mind

Declension

Declension table of "dhāraṇa" (neuter)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)dhāraṇaṃdhāraṇāni
Accusative (second)dhāraṇaṃdhāraṇāni
Instrumental (third)dhāraṇenadhāraṇehi or dhāraṇebhi
Dative (fourth)dhāraṇassa or dhāraṇāya or dhāraṇatthaṃdhāraṇānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)dhāraṇasmā or dhāraṇamhā or dhāraṇādhāraṇehi or dhāraṇebhi
Genitive (sixth)dhāraṇassadhāraṇānaṃ
Locative (seventh)dhāraṇasmiṃ or dhāraṇamhi or dhāraṇedhāraṇesu
Vocative (calling)dhāraṇadhāraṇāni

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “dhāraṇa”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

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