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dhṛta

dhṛtá mfn. held, borne, maintained, supported, kept, possessed

used, practised, observed, [RV.] &c. &c.

measured, weighed (with or scil. tulayā), [MBh.]

worn (as clothes, shoes, beard, &c.), [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [Kāv.]

kept back, detained (kare, by the hand), [Hit.]

drawn tight (reins), [Śak.]

turned towards or fixed upon, ready or prepared for, resolved on (loc. or dat.), [MBh.]; [R.]

continuing, existing, being, [ib.]

prolonged (in pronunciation), [Prāt.] (am ind. solemnly, slowly, [Pañc. iii, 72/73])

(with antare) deposited as surety, pledged, [ib.] [iv, 31/32]

quoted, cited by (comp.), [L.]

dhṛtá m. N. of a son of the 13th Manu, [Hariv.] (v.l. bhṛtha)

of a descendant of Druhyu and son of Dharma, [Pur.] (cf. dhārteya)

dhṛtá n. a partic. manner of fighting, [Hariv.]