dhṛ́ti f. holding, seizing, keeping, supporting (cf. carṣaṇī-, vi-), firmness, constancy, resolution, will, command RV. &c. &c. [Page 519, Column 3]
• satisfaction, content, joy MBh. Kāv. &c. (○tiṃ-√kṛ, to keep ground or stand still MBh. vii, 4540
• to find pleasure or satisfaction Ratn. iv, 4/5
• ○tim-√bandh, to show firmness Amar. 67
• to fix the mind on Mn. v, 47)
• Resolution or Satisfaction personified as a daughter of Daksha and wife of Dharma (MBh. Hariv. Pur.) or as a Śakti (cf. Hcat. &c.)
• N. of partic. evening oblations at the Aśvamedha ŚBr.
• any offering or sacrifice W.
• of sev. kinds of metre and of a class of metres consisting of 4 X 18 syllables Col.
• of the numeral 18 Var. Gaṇit.
• of one of the astrol. Yogas. L.
• of a mythical garden Gol.
• of one of the 16 Kalās of the moon Pur.
• of a goddess (daughter of a Kalā of Prakṛiti and wife of Kapila) ib.
• of the wife of Rudra-Manu ib.
• of the 13th of the 16 Mātṛikās L.
• m. wish kṣatrasya = kṣatra-dh○ Lāṭy.
• N. of one of the Viśve Devās MBh.
• of a preceptor Cat.
• of the son of Vijaya and father of Dhṛita-vrata Hariv. Pur.
• of a son of Vīta-havya and father of Bahulâśva Pur.
• of a son of Babhru L.
• of a Varsha in Kuśa-dviipa VP.