धारण

See also: धारणा

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• dhāraṇa (Latin script)
• 𑀥𑀸𑀭𑀡 (Brahmi 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)

Noun

धारण n

1. Devanagari script form of dhāraṇa (“wearing, sustaining”)

Declension

Declension table of "धारण" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	धारणं (dhāraṇaṃ)	धारणानि (dhāraṇāni)
Accusative (second)	धारणं (dhāraṇaṃ)	धारणानि (dhāraṇāni)
Instrumental (third)	धारणेन (dhāraṇena)	धारणेहि (dhāraṇehi) or धारणेभि (dhāraṇebhi)
Dative (fourth)	धारणस्स (dhāraṇassa) or धारणाय (dhāraṇāya) or धारणत्थं (dhāraṇatthaṃ)	धारणानं (dhāraṇānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	धारणस्मा (dhāraṇasmā) or धारणम्हा (dhāraṇamhā) or धारणा (dhāraṇā)	धारणेहि (dhāraṇehi) or धारणेभि (dhāraṇebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	धारणस्स (dhāraṇassa)	धारणानं (dhāraṇānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	धारणस्मिं (dhāraṇasmiṃ) or धारणम्हि (dhāraṇamhi) or धारणे (dhāraṇe)	धारणेसु (dhāraṇesu)
Vocative (calling)	धारण (dhāraṇa)	धारणानि (dhāraṇāni)

Sanskrit

Noun

धारण • (dhāraṇa) stem, n

1. an act of undertaking
2. putting something on