धारयति

धारयति

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬥᬵᬭᬬᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• ধাৰযতি (Assamese script)
• ধারযতি (Bengali script)
• 𑰟𑰯𑰨𑰧𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀥𑀸𑀭𑀬𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌧𑌾𑌰𑌯𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ધારયતિ (Gujarati script)
• ꦣꦴꦫꦪꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• ಧಾರಯತಿ (Kannada script)
• ဓာရယတိ (Burmese script)
• ଧାରଯତି (Oriya script)
• ꢤꢵꢬꢫꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆣𑆳𑆫𑆪𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖠𑖯𑖨𑖧𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• ధారయతి (Telugu script)
• དྷཱརཡཏི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒡𑒰𑒩𑒨𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *dʰāráyati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰāráyati, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰor-éyeti. Causative of धरति (dhárati, “to hold, support, seize”), itself from √धृ (dhṛ, “to hold back, stop, restrain”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d̪ʱɑː.ɽɐ́.jɐ.t̪i/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ʱɑː.ɽɐ.jɐ.t̪i/

Verb

धारयति • (dhāráyati) (root धृ, class 1, causative)

1. to maintain, to hold
   • c. 400 BCE, Bhagavad Gītā 6.13:

     समं कायशिरोग्रीवं धारयन्नचलं स्थिरः

     samaṃ kāyaśirogrīvaṃ dhārayannacalaṃ sthiraḥ

     Maintaining (dhārayann) body, head and neck alevel, moveless, fixed

2. to practise
3. to undergo, to bear

Descendants

• Dardic: *dʰāráyati
  • Kalasha: dhār
  • Khowar: [script needed] (darik)
  • Kashmiri: دارُن‎ (dārun)
• Helu: [Term?]
  • Sinhalese: දරනවා (daranavā)
• Magadhi Prakrit: [Term?]
  • Bengali: ধারা (dhara, “to owe”)
  • Oriya: ଧାରିବା (dhariba)
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀥𑀸𑀭𑀇 (dhāraï)
• Pali: dhāreti
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀥𑀸𑀭𑁂𑀤𑀺 (dhāredi)
  • Gujarati: ધારવું (dhārvũ, “to consider, suppose”)
  • Hindi: धारना (dhārnā, “to bear”)
  • Punjabi: ਧਾਰਨਾ (dhārnā)
  • Sindhi: ڌَارَڻُ‎ / धारणु (dhāraṇu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “धारयति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 519.