dhṛ́ti f. holding, seizing, keeping, supporting (cf. carṣaṇī-, vi-), firmness, constancy, resolution, will, command, [RV.] &c. &c.
satisfaction, content, joy, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. (°tiṃ-√ kṛ, to keep ground or stand still, [MBh. vii, 4540]; to find pleasure or satisfaction, [Ratn. iv, 4/5]; °tim-√ bandh, to show firmness, [Amar. 67]; to fix the mind on [Mn. v, 47])
Resolution or Satisfaction personified as a daughter of Dakṣa and wife of Dharma ([MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [Pur.]) or as a Śakti ([Hcat.] &c.)
N. of partic. evening oblations at the Aśvamedha, [ŚBr.]
any offering or sacrifice, [W.]
of sev. kinds of metre and of a class of metres consisting of 4 × 18 syllables, [Col.]
of the numeral 18 [Var.]; [Gaṇit.]
of one of the astrol. [Yogas.]; [L.]
of a mythical garden, [Gol.]
of one of the 16 Kalās of the moon, [Pur.]
of a goddess (daughter of a Kalā of Prakṛti and wife of Kapila), [ib.]
of the wife of Rudra-Manu, [ib.]
of the 13th of the 16 Mātṛkās, [L.]
dhṛ́ti m. with kṣatrasya = kṣatra-dh°, [Lāṭy.]
N. of one of the Viśve Devās, [MBh.]
of a preceptor, [Cat.]
of the son of Vijaya and father of Dhṛta-vrata, [Hariv.]; [Pur.]
of a son of Vīta-havya and father of Bahulāśva, [Pur.]
of a son of Babhru, [L.]
of a Varṣa in Kuśa-dvīpa, [VP.]