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The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

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Dhara (usually -- ˚, except at Miln 420) (adj.) [Sk. dhara, to dhr see dharati] bearing, wearing, keeping;<br />

holding in mind, knowing by heart. Freq. in phrase dhammadhara (knowing the Dhamma, q. v.), vinaya˚,<br />

m!tik!˚<br />

-- 340 --<br />

e. g. D ii.125. dhamma˚ also Sn 58; Th 1, 187; Nd2 319; vinaya˚ Miln 344; ja&!jina˚ Sn 1010. See also<br />

dh!ra.<br />

Dhara*a<br />

Dhara*a (adj.) bearing, holding, comprising VvA 104 (suva**assa pañcadasa˚ nikkha holding, i. e. worth<br />

or equal to 15 parts of gold). -- f. -- " bearing, i. e. pregnant with Sn 26 (of cows: godhara*iyo<br />

paveniyo=gabbhiniyo SnA 39). As n. the Earth J v.311; vi.526; Miln 34; dhara*" -- ruha N. of a tree J<br />

vi.482, 497; Miln 376.<br />

Dharati<br />

Dharati [Sk. dharati, dh% as in Gr. qro/nos; Lat. firmus & fretus. See also da)ha, dhata, dhamma, dhiti,<br />

dhuva] to hold, bear, carry, wear; to hold up, support; to bear in mind, know by heart; to hold out, endure,<br />

last, continue, live Sn 385 (take to heart, remember); DhA ii.68; -- ppr. dharam!*a living, lasting J i.75<br />

(dh˚e yeva suriye while the sun was still up); ii.6; Miln 240, 291 (Bhagavato dh˚ -- k!le); -- grd. dhareyya,<br />

in dh˚divasa the day when a young girl is to be carried (into the house of her husband) ThA, 25; cp.<br />

dh!reyya Th 2, 472=viv!ha ThA 285. -- pp. dhata (q. v.) -- Caus. dh!reti (q. v.).<br />

Dhava<br />

Dhava1 [Sk. dhava=madhuratvaca, Hal!yudha] the shrub Grislea Tomentosa A i.202, 204; J iv.209; vi.528.<br />

Dhava<br />

Dhava2 [Sk. dhava, a newly formed word after vidhava, widow, q. v.] a husband ThA 121 (dh. vuccati<br />

s!miko tad abh!v! vidhav! matapatik! ti attho).<br />

Dhavala<br />

Dhavala (adj.) [Sk. dhavala, to dhavati, see dh!vati & dhovati] white, dazzling white VvA 252; D!vs<br />

ii.123; v.26.<br />

Dhavalat!<br />

Dhavalat! (f.) whiteness VvA 197.<br />

Dh!ta<br />

Dh!ta [Sk. *dh!yita of dhayati to suck, nourish, pp. dh"ta] fed, satiated; satisfied, appeased Vin i.222; J<br />

i.185; ii.247, 446; v.73; vi.555; Pv i.118 (so read for d!ta)=PvA 59 (: suhita titta); Miln 238, 249. -- f. abstr.<br />

dh!tat! satiation, fulness, satisfaction, in ati˚ J ii.293.<br />

Dh!tar<br />

Dh!tar [n. ag. fr. dh%] upholder J v.225.

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