dṛṃh or cl. 1. P. dṛ́ṃhati, to make firm, fix, strengthen, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.] &c. (p. dṛṃhántam, [AV. xii, 29]); Ā. °te, to be firm or strong, [RV.] &c. (trans. = P. only in dṛṃhéthe, [RV. vi, 67, 6], and dṛṃhāmahai, [ŚBr. ii, 1, 9]); cl. 4. P. Ā. only Impf. dṛhya and °hyasva, be strong, [RV.]; cl. 1. darhati, to grow, [Dhātup. xvii, 84] ; pf. dadarha or dadṛṃha; p. Ā. dādṛhāṇá, fixing, holding, [RV. i, 130, 4]; [iv, 26, 6]; fixed, firm, [i, 85, 10]; aor. ádadṛhanta, they were fixed or firm, [x, 82, 1] : Caus. P. Ā. dṛṃhayati, °te, to make firm, fix, establish, [AV.]; [Kauś.]; [Gobh.]
See √ dṛṃh and dhṛk.