saṃ-√ dhṛ P. Ā. -dhārayati; °te (impf. ep. sam-adhāram = -adhārayam; pr. p. P. saṃdhārayat; Ā. -dhārayamāṇa, or -dhārayāṇa; pf. saṃ-dadhāra), to hold together, bear, carry, [MBh.]; [R.]; [BhP.]; to hold up, support, preserve, observe, maintain, [ib.]; to keep in remembrance, [Pañcat.]; to hold back, restrain, withstand, [MBh.]; [R.]; to suffer, endure, [ib.]; to hold or fix the mind on (loc.), [BhP.]; to promise, [MBh.]; to hold out, live, exist, [MārkP.]; to be ready to serve any one (gen.) with (instr.), [Kāraṇḍ.] : Pass. -dhriyate, to resolve or fix upon (loc.), [TS.]; to be kept or observed, [R.]; -dhāryate, to be held together or borne or kept or maintained, [MBh.]; [R.] &c.