# धारणी (dhāraṇī)

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धारणी (dhāraṇī) is a Sanskrit word meaning any tubular vessel of the body, the earth, a particular bulbous plant, a mystical verse or charm used as a prayer to relieve pain, row or line, name of a daughter of Svadha. Its 8 recorded definitions are grouped into 7 contexts, among them Anatomical Tubular Vessel / Vein, A Type of Plant, Mystical Verse / Sacred Formula.

- **SLP1:** `DAraRI`  **IAST:** dhāraṇī  **Devanagari:** धारणी
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharani
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/dharani/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** धारणि (dhāraṇi), धरणी (dharaṇī), धरणि (dharaṇi)

## Meanings by context

### Anatomical Tubular Vessel / Vein (2 definitions)
- any tubular vessel of the body  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 515,2] धारणी (dhāraṇī) f. any tubular vessel of the body, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=100990 ]
- 1. A vein. 2. A row or line.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > [Printed book page 359-07 ] धारणी (dhāraṇī) f. 1. A vein; 2. a row, a line. [ ID=18408 ]

### A Type of Plant (1 definition)
- a particular bulbous plant  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a partic. bulbous plant, in the same place [Cologne Addition] (Title) [ ID=100992 ]

### Mystical Verse / Sacred Formula (1 definition)
- a mystical verse or charm used as a prayer to relieve pain  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a mystical verse or charm used as a kind of prayer to assuage pain &c., Monier-Williams’ Buddhism in its connexion with Brāhmaṇism and Hindūism: and in its contrast with Christianity (Title) 154; 351 &c. (4 kinds of Dh° according to Dharmasaṃgraha (Title) lii ) [ ID=100993 ]

### Proper Name (Mythological Figure) (1 definition)
- name of a daughter of Svadha  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of a daughter of Sva-dhā, Viṣṇu-purāṇa (Title) [ ID=100995 ]

### Quality/Act of Holding or Preserving (1 definition)
- Holding, earning, preserving, and assuming  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > धारण (dhāraṇa) ी (dhāraṇī) [Printed book page 359-04 ] धारण (dhāraṇa) (I) a. (f. णी (ṇī) ) Holding, earning, preserving, assuming &c. [ ID=18404.1 ]

### Row / Line (1 definition)
- row or line  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > row or line ( w.r. for धोरणी (dhoraṇī) ), Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=100994 ]

### The Earth (1 definition)
- the earth  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the earth, Demetrius Galanos’s Lexiko: sanskritikes, anglikes, hellenikes (Title) [ ID=100991 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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