Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

ādhāra आधार – support; foundation; base

substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive masculine · substantive neuter

substantive masculine

support; foundation; base

substantive neuter

foundation; support

Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

ādhārá ·m. support, basis (l. & f.); receptacle, canal; (g.) province, sphere (of an action).

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Original text · English · substantive masculine

Ā-dhāra, as, m. support, prop, stay; the power of sustaining, or the support given, aid, patronage, as- sistance; that which contains; a vessel or receptacle; a dike, dam; a canal; a basin round the foot of a tree; comprehension, location, the sense of the loca- tive case; relation.

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

ādhāra ā-dhāra. See under ā-dhṛ.

Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive masculine

ādhārá (von dhar mit ā) m. P. 3,3,121, Vārtt. 1〉 Stütze, Stützpunkt, Unterlage (auch bildlich) NIR. 1,13. MBH. 3,10053. SUŚR. 2,348,2. valabhī (Dachstuhl) chadirādhāraḥ H. 1011. plavato hi mamādhāraṃ na kariṣyati medinī R. 5,3,77. gaccha tvaṃ purāṇaṃ prabhumavyayam . ādhāraṃ sarvabhūtānām R. 5,89,39. HIT. I, 195. ādhārabhūtā jagatastvam DEV. 11,3. ŚĀNTIŚ. 2,6. n. (!) KAIV. UP._in_Ind. St. 2,12,9. — 2〉 Rückhalt (?): na kilbìṣa̱matra̱ nādhā̱ro 'stì AV. 12,3,48. — 3〉 Behälter, Behältniss: vartyādhārasnehayogādyathā dīpasya saṃsthitiḥ YĀJÑ. 3,165. tejasaścandra ivādityasya sa (āmāśayaḥ) caturvidhasyāhārasyādhāraḥ SUŚR. 1,78,18. apāmivādhāramanuttaraṃgam KUMĀRAS. 3,48. tiṣṭhantyāpa ivādhāre PAÑCAT. I, 77. carācarāṇāṃ bhūtānāṃ kukṣirādhāratāṃ gataḥ KUMĀRAS. 6,67. jalādhāra H. 1096. YĀJÑ. 3,144. toyādhāra ŚĀK. 14. prasṛte tu dravādhāre H. 598. jīvājīvādhārakṣetraṃ lokaḥ H. 1365. kaliṅgaḥ puruṣo yudhyati . atra puruṣakaliṅgayorādhāryādhārasaṃbandhaḥ SĀH. D. 13,8. — 4〉 Deich, Damm AK. 1,2,3,28. H. an. 3,521. MED. r. 114. ādhārabandha RAGH. 5,6. — 5〉 = ālabāla H. an. 3,522. MED. Aus der Verbindung zweier geschiedener, aber auf einander folgender Artikel im AK. entstanden. — 6〉 ādhāro 'dhikaraṇam der Behälter (einer Handlung heisst) adhi˚ (die Beziehung des Locativs) P. 1,4,45. Auf dieser Stelle beruht die Gleichsetzung von ādhāra mit adhikaraṇa H. an. MED. aupaśleṣiko vaiṣayiko 'bhivyāpakaścetyādhārastridhā . kaṭa āste . sthālyāṃ pacati . mokṣa icchāsti . sarvasminnātmāsti . SIDDH. K. 40,b. sāmīpyāśleṣaviṣayairvyāptyādhāraścaturvidhaḥ VOP. 5,30. jasādhāre kārye in der auf die Endung des nom. pl. bezüglichen Operation P. 1,1,32, Sch. Hier ist ādhāra schon ganz gleichbedeutend mit adhikaraṇa Beziehung. Auf dieselbe Weise ist das Wort vielleicht in prāṇādhāra H. an. 4,161 aufzufassen.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

ādhāra 1〉 WEBER, RĀMAT. UP. 278. WEBER, RĀMAT. UP. 321. WEBER, RĀMAT. UP. 323. ātmānamakhilādhāram VEDĀNTAS. (Allah.) No. 2. Unterlage (worauf eine Erscheinung oder Thätigkeit beruht) KAP. 2,42. Boden —, Gebiet der Wirksamkeit TATTVAS. 45. Subject, von welchem ein Prädicat ausgesagt wird (ādheya), Träger einer Eigenschaft u. s. w. (wie āśraya und āśrayin) PRATĀPAR. 90,a,7. PRATĀPAR. 90,b,7; vgl. die letzte Stelle u. 3〉. — 3〉 HALĀY. 5,12. — 5〉 vgl. ādhārarūpā. — 6〉 hierher kann ŚĀNTIŚ. 2,6 (Spr. 2351), das unter 1〉 steht, gezogen werden: kimādhāraḥ premā kimadhikaraṇāḥ santu ca śucaḥ worauf soll die Liebe gerichtet und die Trauer bezogen werden? — 7〉 Teich HALĀY. 3,54. N. pr. eines Teiches WILSON, Sel. Works 2,23. — 8〉 N. pr. des Verfassers der Ādhārakārikā Verz. d. Oxf. H. 238,b, N. 1. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 353,b,7.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

ādhārá m. — 1〉 Stütze, Halt, Unterlage, Grundlage (eig. und übertr.). — 2〉 Behälter, Behältniss. — 3〉 *Wasserbehälter, Teich. — 4〉 *eine Vertiefung um die Wurzel eines Baumes, in die das für den Baum bestimmte Wasser gegossen wird. — 5〉 Deich, Damm. — 6〉 Boden —, Gebiet einer Wirksamkeit oder Thätigkeit P. 1,4,45. Am Ende eines adj. Comp. so v. a. sich beziehend auf, betreffend. — 7〉 Subject, Träger einer Eigenschaft. — 8〉 N. pr. — a〉 eines Teiches. — b〉 eines Autors.

Apte 1890 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

ādhāraḥ [ā-dhṛ ghañ; ādhriyaṃte'sminkriyāḥ iti Kāśi.] 1 Support, prop, stay; Mu. 1. 2. 2 (Hence) Power of sustaining, aid, patronage, assistance; tvameva cātakādhāraḥ Bh. 2. 50. 3 A receptacle, reservoir; tiṣṭhaṃtyāpa ivādhāre Pt. 1. 67; carācarāṇāṃ bhūtānāṃ kukṣirādhāratāṃ gataḥ Ku. 6. 67; apāmivādhāramanuttaraṃgaṃ Ku. 3. 48; toyādhārapathāśca valkalaśikhāniṣyaṃdarekhāṃkitāḥ Ś. 1. 14; ādhāraḥ kṣamāṃbhasāṃ K. 44; Y. 3. 144, Y. 3. 165. 4 That which holds or contains, a vessel, recipient. 5 A part, character (in dramas); Mv. 1. 3. 6 A basin round the foot of a tree; ādhārabaṃdhapramukhaiḥ prayatnaiḥ R. 5. 6. 7 A dike, dam, embankment. 8 A canal. 9 The sense of the locative case, location, comprehension; ādhāro'dhikaraṇaṃ; (ādhāra is of 3 kinds: — aupaśleṣika, vaiṣayika, and abhivyāpaka see Sk. on P. I. 4. 45). 10 Relation. Comp. — ādheyabhāvaḥ the influence, relation, or action of the support or recipient upon the thing received or supported; H. 3. 12. — śaktiḥ f. 1 Māyā or illusion. 2 the Supreme goddess.

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

ādhārá m. Stütze, Unterlage, Grundlage, Behälter, Ort; Sphäre, Gebiet (g.).

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine

Original text · French · substantive masculine

ādhāra ādhāra m. (dhṛ) etai, arc-boutant. [Page073-2] Appui, soutien. Aide. Protection. secours. — (adhas) fosse, canal, aqueduc.

Derived words

  • nirādhāra निराधार adjective Supportless, without support

Occurrences in source texts (30)

DYS 1 occurrence
DYS 79–83: Power and Bhūcarasiddhi 1 occurrence

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HP 8 occurrences
HP 1.4-1.10: Lineage of Siddhas 1 occurrence

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HP 2.24-2.29: Dhauti and Basti 1 occurrence

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HP 3.1-3.5: Foundation of Kuṇḍalinī 2 occurrences

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HP 3.66-3.72: Jālandhara and the Bandhas 1 occurrence

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HP 3.87-3.93*7: Sahajolī and Amarolī 2 occurrences

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HP 4.56-4.66: The Middle Path 1 occurrence

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HTK 1 occurrence
HTK 10.19*2–21*1: Plāvanī: Supported on water 1 occurrence

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SiSa 11 occurrences
SiSa 2.21-2.24: Ādhāra und Kuṇḍalī 2 occurrences

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SiSa 3.61-3.67: Paricaya und Niṣpatti 1 occurrence

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SiSa 4.1-4.8: Yonimudrā-Kreislauf 1 occurrence

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SiSa 4.105-4.111: Śakticālana 1 occurrence

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SiSa 5.82-5.89: Mūlādhāra 1 occurrence

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SiSa 5.132-5.143: Innere Vārāṇasī 1 occurrence

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SiSa 5.156-5.181: Sahasrāra 3 occurrences

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SiSa 5.234-5.252: Tripurā-Mantra 1 occurrence

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VBT 9 occurrences
VBT 75–85: Thresholds and Sky 2 occurrences

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VBT 86–92: Light and Darkness 1 occurrence

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VBT 93–100: Pain and Desire 1 occurrence

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VBT 101–109: Śiva-Identity 1 occurrence

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VBT 110–120: Everyday as Gate 2 occurrences

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VBT 130–138: Name and Fourfoldness 2 occurrences

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