धारणा

See also: धारण

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit धारणा (dhāraṇā).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /d̪ʱɑːɾ.ɳɑː/, [d̪ʱäːɾ.ɳäː]

Noun

धारणा • (dhārṇā) f

  1. belief, notion
    हमारे मन में धारणा यह थी कि …
    hamāre man mẽ dhārṇā yah thī ki …
    We held the notion that …
  2. determination, steel

Declension
Declension of धारणा (fem ā-stem)
singular plural
direct धारणा
dhārṇā		 धारणाएँ
dhārṇāẽ
oblique धारणा
dhārṇā		 धारणाओं
dhārṇāõ
vocative धारणा
dhārṇā		 धारणाओ
dhārṇāo

References

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • dhāraṇā (Latin script)
  • 𑀥𑀸𑀭𑀡𑀸 (Brahmi script)
  • ধারণা (Bengali script)
  • ධාරණා (Sinhalese script)
  • ဓာရဏာ or ꩪႃရꧣႃ (Burmese script)
  • ธารณา or ธาระณา (Thai script)
  • ᨵᩤᩁᨱᩣ (Tai Tham script)
  • ຘາຣຓາ or ຘາຣະຓາ (Lao script)
  • ធារណា (Khmer script)
  • 𑄙𑄂𑄢𑄕𑄂 (Chakma script)

Noun

धारणा

  1. Devanagari script form of dhāraṇā, which is ablative singular of धारण (dhāraṇa, “wearing, sustaining”)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • ধাৰণা (Assamese script)
  • ᬥᬵᬭᬡᬵ (Balinese script)
  • ধারণা (Bengali script)
  • 𑰠𑰯𑰨𑰜𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀥𑀸𑀭𑀡𑀸 (Brahmi script)
  • ဓာရဏာ (Burmese script)
  • ધારણા (Gujarati script)
  • ਧਾਰਣਾ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌧𑌾𑌰𑌣𑌾 (Grantha script)
  • ꦣꦴꦫꦟꦴ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂡𑂰𑂩𑂝𑂰 (Kaithi script)
  • ಧಾರಣಾ (Kannada script)
  • ធារណា (Khmer script)
  • ຘາຣຓາ (Lao script)
  • ധാരണാ (Malayalam script)
  • ᢡᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠠᢏᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘠𑘰𑘨𑘜𑘰 (Modi script)
  • ᢑᠾᠠᢗᠷᠠᢏᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑧀𑧑𑧈𑦼𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐢𑐵𑐬𑐞𑐵 (Newa script)
  • ଧାରଣା (Odia script)
  • ꢤꢵꢬꢠꢵ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆣𑆳𑆫𑆟𑆳 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖠𑖯𑖨𑖜𑖯 (Siddham script)
  • ධාරණා (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩮𑩛𑩼𑩪𑩛 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚜𑚭𑚤𑚘𑚭 (Takri script)
  • த⁴ாரணா (Tamil script)
  • ధారణా (Telugu script)
  • ธารณา (Thai script)
  • དྷཱ་ར་ཎཱ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒡𑒰𑒩𑒝𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨜𑨊𑨫𑨘𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root धृ (dhṛ, “to bear”).

Pronunciation

Noun

धारणा • (dhāraṇā) stem, f

  1. holding, bearing
  2. retaining, keeping, storing
  3. (yoga) dharana, concentration

Declension
Feminine ā-stem declension of धारणा (dhāraṇā)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative धारणा
dhāraṇā		 धारणे
dhāraṇe		 धारणाः
dhāraṇāḥ
Vocative धारणे
dhāraṇe		 धारणे
dhāraṇe		 धारणाः
dhāraṇāḥ
Accusative धारणाम्
dhāraṇām		 धारणे
dhāraṇe		 धारणाः
dhāraṇāḥ
Instrumental धारणया / धारणा¹
dhāraṇayā / dhāraṇā¹		 धारणाभ्याम्
dhāraṇābhyām		 धारणाभिः
dhāraṇābhiḥ
Dative धारणायै
dhāraṇāyai		 धारणाभ्याम्
dhāraṇābhyām		 धारणाभ्यः
dhāraṇābhyaḥ
Ablative धारणायाः / धारणायै²
dhāraṇāyāḥ / dhāraṇāyai²		 धारणाभ्याम्
dhāraṇābhyām		 धारणाभ्यः
dhāraṇābhyaḥ
Genitive धारणायाः / धारणायै²
dhāraṇāyāḥ / dhāraṇāyai²		 धारणयोः
dhāraṇayoḥ		 धारणानाम्
dhāraṇānām
Locative धारणायाम्
dhāraṇāyām		 धारणयोः
dhāraṇayoḥ		 धारणासु
dhāraṇāsu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas
  • धारणी (dhāraṇī)

Further reading
  • Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “dhāraṇā”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
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