dhṛti धृति – steadfastness; firmness
substantive feminine · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified
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AYI dictionary substantive feminine
steadfastness; firmness
Cappeller 1891 substantive feminine
Original text · English · substantive feminine
dhṛ́ti ·f. holding fast, firmness, solidity, constancy, resolution; satisfaction, contentment. -- dhṛtiṃ kṛ hold fast or be satisfied; °bandh set the mind on (loc.).
Monier-Williams 1872 substantive feminine
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Dhṛti, is, f. holding, holding fast, laying hold of, seizing, having, possessing; supporting, maintaining; firmness (e. g. dhṛtiṃ kṛ, to show firmness, stand firm); constancy, steadiness, steadfastness, fortitude, energy, resolution; strong will, self-command; will, command (Ved.); satisfaction, happiness, pleasure, contentment; N. of certain evening oblations offered at the Aśva-medha; a sacrifice, offering; N. of a Vedic metre of seventy-two syllables; (in the later language) any metre consisting of 4×18 syllables; a metre composed of the Upendra-vajrā and Indra- vajrā; N. of one of the astrological Yogas; Reso- lution or Satisfaction personified as a daughter of Dakṣa and wife of Dharma, (regarded as one of the Vasu-patnīs or as a form of Dākṣāyaṇī in Piṇḍā- raka); N. of one of the sixteen Kalās of the Moon; N. of a goddess, daughter of a Kalās of Prakṛti and wife of Kapila; N. of the wife of Rudra-manu; N. of the thirteenth of the sixteen Mātṛkās; (is), m., N. of one of the Viśve-Devās; of a preceptor, Dhṛti Aindrota; of a son of Vi-jaya and father of Dhṛta-vrata; of a son of Vīta-havya and father of Bahulāśva; of a son of Babhru; [cf. a-dh˚ and kṣmā-dh˚.]
Petersburger 1855 substantive feminine · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified
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dhṛ́ti (von dhar) 1〉 f. a〉 das Festhalten, Stillehalten; Befestigung, Festigkeit; = dhāraṇa, dhāraṇā AK. 3,4,14,77. H. an. 2,175. MED. t. 29. VS. 8,51. VS. 22,19. kṣemàśca̱ dhṛtìśca VS. 18,7. aśvasya ŚAT. BR. 13,3,3,5. ŚAT. BR. 14,4,3,9. TBR. 2. TBR. 1,3,8. TBR. 2,2,2. TS. 1,6,8,4. TS. 3,4,3,5. AIT. BR. 1,11. AIT. BR. 2,23. itaścetaśca dhāvanto naiva cakrurdhṛtiṃ raṇe Stand halten MBH. 7,4540. satya˚ fest an der Wahrheit haltend KAṬHOP. 2,9. — b〉 fester Wille, Entschlossenheit; = dhairya AK. 3,4,14,77. AK. 3,4,18,112 H. an. MED. yatpra̱jñānàmu̱ta dhṛtìśca̱ yajjyotìra̱ntara̱mṛtàṃ pra̱jāsù VS. 34,3. ŚĀṄKH. GṚHY. 4,9. TAITT. ĀR. 2,17,2. AIT. UP. 5,2. BHAG. 18,33. BHAG. 18,34. M. 6,92. M. 10,116. N. 6,10. TATTVAS. 8. tanniṣṭhastatpratiṣṭhaśca dhṛteretaddhi lakṣaṇam TATTVAS. 31. SUŚR. 1,312,19. HIT. I, 7. RAGH. 3,10. BĀLAB. 4. labdha˚ KATHĀS. 18,315. a˚ M. 12,32. Wille, Befehl: devarātāya tasthire dhṛtyai śraiṣṭhyāya gāthinaḥ AIT. BR. 7,18. — c〉 Befriedigung, Zufriedenheit; = tuṣṭi, saṃtoṣa, sukha TRIK. 3,3,161. H. 308. H. an. MED. jñānābhīṣṭāgamādyaistu saṃpūrṇaspṛhatā dhṛtiḥ . sauhityavacanollāsasahāsapratibhādikṛt .. SĀH. D. 198. SĀH. D. 169. nopavanalatāsu — cakṣurbadhnāti dhṛtiṃ tadaṅganālokadurlalitam VIKR. 27. kukṣau yāvadime bhavanti dhṛtaye bhikṣāhṛtāḥ saktavaḥ BHARTṚ. 3,97. ˚parītamātmānam PAÑCAT. ed. orn. 41,1. kṣatriyo rakṣaṇadhṛtirbrāhmaṇo 'narthanādhṛtiḥ MBH. 13,3046. — d〉 Bez. bestimmter Abendopfer beim Aśvamedha ŚAT. BR. 13,1,4,3. ŚAT. BR. 13,4,3,5. KĀTY. ŚR. 20,2,8. KĀTY. ŚR. 20,3,4; vgl. kṣatra˚. = kratu TRIK. 3,3,161. = adhvara H. an. m. (sic!) = iṣṭi MED. śatadhṛti = śatakratu Bein. Indraʼs BHĀG. P. 3,24,21. — e〉 N. eines Metrums von 72 Silben (Beispiel ṚV. 4,1,3) ṚV. PRĀT. 16,54. Später allgemeiner Name für alle Metra von 4×18 Silben COLEBR. Misc. Ess. II, 162. Ausserdem führt diesen Namen ein aus Upendravajrā und Indravajrā zusammengestztes Metrum, und zwar in der folgenden Form: ⏑ – ⏑ – – ⏑ ⏑ – ⏑ – –, ⏑ – ⏑ – – ⏑ ⏑ – ⏑ – –; ⏑ – ⏑ – – ⏑ ⏑ – ⏑ – –, – – ⏑ – – ⏑ ⏑ – ⏑ – –. HALL_in_Journ. of the Am. Or. S. 6,514. — f〉 in der Astrol. N. eines Yoga H. an. MED. Journ. of the Am. Or. S. 6,236. dhṛtiyogasamutpannaḥ prājñaḥ saṃhṛṣṭamānasaḥ . vāvadūkaḥ sabhāyāṃ ca suśīlo vinayānvitaḥ .. KOṢṬHĪPR._im_ŚKDR. — g〉 die Entschlossenheit oder Zufriedenheit personif. MBH. 1,2794. HARIV. 14035. als Tochter Dakṣaʼs und Gemahlin Dharmaʼs MBH. 1,2578. MBH. 5,3974. HARIV. 12452. VP. 54. VP. 55. MĀRK. P. 50,20. MĀRK. P. 50,25. unter den Vasupatnī HARIV. 7740. eine Form der Dākṣāyaṇī in Piṇḍāraka MATSYA-P._in_Verz. d. Oxf. H. 39,b,29. unter den 16 Kalā des Mondes BRAHMA-P. ebend. 18,b. eine aus einer Kalā der Prakṛti hervorgegangene Göttin und Gemahlin Kapilaʼs BRAHMAVAIV. P. ebend. 23,b,5. Gemahlin Rudra — Manuʼs BHĀG. P. 3,12,13. die 13te unter den 16 Mātṛkā BHAVADEVA_im_ŚKDR. — 2〉 m. N. pr. a〉 eines der Viśve Devāḥ MBH. 13,4355. — b〉 eines Lehrers. Dhṛti Aindrota Śaunaka, MÜLLER, SL. 444. — c〉 eines Sohnes des Vijaya und Vaters des Dhṛtavrata HARIV. 1708. VP. 446. BHĀG. P. 9,23,11. — d〉 eines Sohnes des Vitahavya und Vaters des Bahulāśva VP. 391. BHĀG. P. 9,13,26. — e〉 eines Sohnes des Babhru VP. 422. — Vgl. a˚, kṣmā˚, carṣaṇī˚, sva˚.
Original text · German · Word type unspecified
dhṛti 1〉b〉 Spr. 1881. dhṛtiṃ badhnāti yatra ca worauf er seinen Willen richtet Spr. 4825. Z. 4 M. 6,92. M. 10,116 gehören zu i〉; Z. 6 ist 12,33 zu lesen. — c〉 Spr. 3071. Spr. 4714. DAŚAR. 1,31. SĀH. D. 357. — f〉 dhṛtiyoga auch Bez. eines best. Yoga bei den Mystikern Verz. d. Oxf. H. 89,a,27. fgg. — g〉 mit der Sarasvatī identificirt WILSON, Sel. Works 2,190. — Vgl. garbha˚, mahā˚.
Böhtlingk 1879 substantive feminine · substantive masculine
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dhṛ́ti — 1〉 f. — a〉 das Festhalten, Stillehalten, Befestigung, Festigkeit Chr. 26,19. dhṛtiṃ kar Stand halten. — b〉 fester Wille, Entschlossenheit. dhṛtiṃ bandh seinen Willen richten auf (Loc.). — c〉 Befriedigung, Zufriedenheit. dhṛtiṃ kar Befriedigung finden Chr. 230,11. — d〉 Bez. bestimmter Abendopfer beim Aśvamedha. — e〉 ein best. Metrum von 72 Silben, jedes Metrum von 4×18 Silben und ein aus Upendravajrā und Indravajrā zusammengesetztes. [Page3-166-b] Metrum. — f〉 Bez. der Zahl 18 VARĀH. BṚH. 8,9. GAṆIT. KAKṢ. 6. — g〉 ein best. astrol. Yoga. — h〉 die Entschlossenheit oder Befriedigung wird mannichfach personificirt. Als eine Śakti HEMĀDRI 1,197,21. — i〉 N. pr. eines mythischen Gartens GOLĀDHY. BHUV. 34. — 2〉 m. — a〉 Begehung. kṣatrasya = kṣatradhṛti LĀṬY. 9,3,11. — b〉 N. pr. — α〉 eines der Viśve Devās. — β〉 verschiedener Männer. — γ〉 eines von einem Dhṛtī beherrschten Varṣa in Kuśadvīpa VP. 2,4,36. fg.
Apte 1890 substantive feminine
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dhṛtiḥ f. [dhṛ-ktin] 1 Taking, holding, seizing. 2 Having, possessing. 3 Maintaining, supporting. 4 Firmness; steadiness, constancy. 5 Fortitude, energy, resolution’ courage, self-command; bhaja dhṛtiṃ tyaja bhītimahetukāṃ N. 4. 105; Ki. 6. 11; R. 8. 66. 6 Satisfaction, contentment, pleasure, happiness, delight, joy; dhṛteśca dhīraḥ sadṛśīrvyadhatta saḥ R. 3. 10; R. 16. 82; na cakṣurbadhnāti dhṛtiṃ V. 2. 8; Śi. 7. 10, Śi. 7. 14. 7 Satisfaction considered as one of the 33 subordinate feelings (in Rhetoric); jñānābhīṣṭāgamādyaistu saṃpūrṇaspṛhatā dhṛtiḥ . sauhityavacanollāsasahāsapratibhādikṛt S. D. 198, S. D. 168. 8 A sacrifice. Comp. — muṣ a. ([Page 0601-a]) destroying all composure, discomposing.
Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified
Original text · German · Word type unspecified
dhṛti das Festhalten, die Festigkeit, Entschlossenheit, Ruhe, Zufriedenheit. dhṛtiṃ bandh den Willen richten auf (Loc); dhṛtiṃ jar Stand halten, Befriedigung finden.
Burnouf 1866 substantive feminine
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dhṛti dhṛti f. (sfx. ti) action de tenir, d'avoir; au fig. constance, persévérance; suite des idées; satisfaction, bonheur. Un des yogas ou périodes astronomiques. Stance de 4 vers de 18 syllabes chacun. — M. sacrifice, rite, cérémonie sacrée. dhṛtimat a. (sfx. mat) constant; calme, ferme.
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