As a deity name
Name 842 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
अधृत · adj
धारण न किसी हुआ · अनियंत्रित — Śabdasāgara
अधृत · noun · masculine
विष्णु के सहस्त्र नामों में से एक — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "अधृत" is अ- + धृत: धृत means "Held, borne, carried", and the prefix अ- forms negation, lack. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "अधृत" is अ- + धृत: धृत means "Held, borne, carried", and the prefix अ- forms without, lacking. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §4(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
not held, unrestrained, uncontrolled
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Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
a-dhṛta mfn. not held, unrestrained, uncontrolled
unquiet, restless, TS.
a-dhṛta m. N. of Viṣṇu.
adhṛta a. Not held or controlled &c. — taḥ One of the 1000 names of Viṣṇu (sarveṣāṃ dhārakatvena kenāpi na dhṛtaḥ svapratiṣṭhitaḥ parameśvaraḥ).
adhṛta mfn. (-taḥ-tā-taṃ) Unheld, undetained. m. (-taḥ) A name of VIṢṆU. E. a neg. dhṛta held.
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