dhāraṇa

See also: dharana

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀥𑀸𑀭𑀡 (Brahmi script)
• धारण (Devanagari 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)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit धारण (dhāraṇa). By surface analysis, dhar +‎ -ana.

Noun

dhāraṇa n

1. wearing
2. sustaining
3. bearing in mind

Declension

Declension table of "dhāraṇa" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	dhāraṇaṃ	dhāraṇāni
Accusative (second)	dhāraṇaṃ	dhāraṇāni
Instrumental (third)	dhāraṇena	dhāraṇehi or dhāraṇebhi
Dative (fourth)	dhāraṇassa or dhāraṇāya or dhāraṇatthaṃ	dhāraṇānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	dhāraṇasmā or dhāraṇamhā or dhāraṇā	dhāraṇehi or dhāraṇebhi
Genitive (sixth)	dhāraṇassa	dhāraṇānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	dhāraṇasmiṃ or dhāraṇamhi or dhāraṇe	dhāraṇesu
Vocative (calling)	dhāraṇa	dhāraṇāni

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “dhāraṇa”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead