धारयति

From the root धृ (dhṛ, “to hold back, stop, restrain”) +‎ -अयति (-ayati). From Proto-Indo-Aryan *dʰāráyati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰāráyati, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰor-éyeti.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dʱɑː.ɾɐ́.jɐ.ti/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ʱɑː.ɾɐ.jɐ.t̪i/

धारयति • (dhāráyati) third-singular indicative (class 10, causative, root धृ)

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

     समं कायशिरोग्रीवं धारयन्नचलं स्थिरः।
     सम्प्रेक्षय नासिकाग्रं स्वं दिशश्चानवलोकयन्

     samaṃ kāyaśirogrīvaṃ dhārayannacalaṃ sthiraḥ.
     samprekṣaya nāsikāgraṃ svaṃ diśaścānavalokayan

     Holding the trunk, head and neck straight and steady, remaining firm and fixing the gaze on the tip of his nose without looking in other direction.

2. to practise
3. to undergo, to bear

Forms of Sanskrit verbs are numerous and complicated. The following conjugation shows only a subset of all forms and should be treated as a guide.

• Dardic:
  • Kalasha: dhār
  • Khowar: (darik)
  • Kashmiri: دارُن (dārun)
• Helu Prakrit:
  • Sinhalese: දරනවා (daranawā)
• Magadhi Prakrit:
  • Bengali: ধারা (dhara, “to owe”)
  • Odia: ଧାରିବା (dhāribā)
• 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)

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