vi-√ dhṛ P. Ā. -dharati, °te (only pf. -dadhāra), to hold, bear, carry, [BhP.] : Caus. -dhārayati (rarely °te; Ved. inf. -dhartári), to keep asunder or apart, separate, divide, distribute, [RV.]; [ŚBr.]; [Kauś.]; to arrange, manage, contrive, [MBh.]; to keep off, withhold from (abl.), [TĀr.]; [Hariv.]; [R.]; to lay hold of, seize, hold fast, [Hariv.]; to check, restrain, [Suśr.]; to support, maintain, [PraśnUp.]; (with vapūṃṣi) to possess or have bodies, [MBh.]; (with manas) to keep the mind fixed upon (loc.), [BhP.]; to preserve, take care of [BhP.] : Intens. (only impf. vy-ádardhar) to divide, separate, [RV.]