धर _dhara

धर a. (

-रा, -री f.) [धृ-अच्] (Usually at the end of comp.) Holding, carrying, bearing, wearing, con- taining, possessing, endowed with, preserving, observing, &c.; as in अक्षधर, अंशुधर, गदाधर, गङ्गाधर, महीधर, असृग्धर, दिव्याम्बरधर &c.

-रः 1 A mountain; a hill-fort. शिवस्य यस्य हस्ते$द्य धरौ सिंहपुरंदरौ Śiva. B.15.17. उत्कं धरं द्रष्टुमवेक्ष्य शौरिमुत्कन्धरं दारुक इत्युवाच Śi.4.18; धरसंस्थः Ki.15.12.

-2 A flock of cotton.

-3 A frivolous or dissolute man (विट).

-4 The king of the tortoises; i. e. Viṣṇu in his Kūrma incarnation.

-5 N. of one of the Vasus.

-6 A sword.

-रम् poison.