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dhāraṇā

f. (cf. °ṇa, col. 1) the act of holding, bearing, wearing, supporting, maintaining, [MBh.]; [R.]

retaining, keeping back (also in remembrance), a good memory, [KaṭhUp.]; [GṛS.]; [MBh.]; [BhP.]

collection or concentration of the mind (joined with the retention of breath), [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [Suśr.]; [Kāv.]; [Pur.] &c.

cf. [MWB. 239] (°ṇāṃ-√ dhṛ, to exercise concentration, [Yājñ.]; °ṇāṃ gataḥ, having composed one's self, [R.])

understanding, intellect, [Yājñ. iii, 73]

firmness, steadfastness, righteousness, [L.]

fixed preceptor settled rule, certainty, [Mn.]; [MBh.]

pl. the 8th to the 11th day in the light half of month Jyaiṣṭha, [Var.]