As a Hindi name
धारक · adj
धारण करनेवाला । धारनेवाला · रोकनेवाला · ऋण लेनेवाला । कर्जदार — Śabdasāgara
धारक · noun · masculine
कलश । धड़ा — Śabdasāgara
धारक · dhārak · adj.
Holding, containing — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 538
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a receptacle or vessel for anything
Verified derivationMultiple readings (14)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "dhāraka" is the vocative of "dhārakā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "dhāraka" is derived from "dhāra" with the ka/kan suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
1. dhāra mf(ī)n. (√ dhṛ) holding, supporting, containing (ifc.; cf. karṇa-, chattra-, tulā- &c.)
dhāra m. N. of Viṣṇu, L.
1. dhāraka mfn. = prec. (ifc.; cf. kula-, deha-, nāma- &c.)
keeping in the memory (with gen.), Kāraṇḍ.
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1. dhāraka mfn. = prec. (ifc.; cf. kula-, deha-, nāma- &c.)
keeping in the memory (with gen.), Kāraṇḍ.
dhāraka m. a receptacle or vessel for anything, Suśr.
a water-pot, L.
2. dhāraka ifc. = prec. or next
dhārakā f. the vulva of a female, VS.; ŚBr.
1. dhāra mf(ī)n. (√ dhṛ) holding, supporting, containing (ifc.; cf. karṇa-, chattra-, tulā- &c.)
dhāra m. N. of Viṣṇu, L.
Alternative readings
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