As a deity name
Name 640 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 886 of the Gopal Sahasranāma — Sammohana Tantra, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 64 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
Name 219 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
धरा · noun · feminine
पृथ्वी । जमीन । धरती · संसार दुनिया · गर्भाशय — Śabdasāgara
धरा · noun · feminine
तौल की बराबरी । किसी वस्तु की तौल के बराबर का बाट या बोझ । बटखरा · चार सेर की एक तौल — Śabdasāgara
धरा · dharā · s.f.
The earth — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 541
धरा · feminine
the earth; the world
धरना · masculine
picketing, striking; sitting constantly at the door of a person whose attention one is demanding (as that of a debtor, or of one from whom a favour is sought)
Cited formation "धरा" is धर + -आ: धर means "= dhaṛ, q.v", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "धरा" is धरना + -आ: धरना means "to beat, give a beating", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi धरा — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit धरा (dharā).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
dharā f. ‘bearer, supporter’, the earth, Mn.; MBh.; Kāv. &c.
the uterus or womb, Bhpr.
a Hindi word of Prakrit origin; it is not Sanskrit — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Etymology tree Sanskrit धरण (dharaṇa) Prakrit 𑀥𑀭𑀡 (dharaṇa) Hindi धरना Inherited from Prakrit 𑀥𑀭𑀡 (dharaṇa), from Sanskrit धरण (dharaṇa, “beating”).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a mass of gold or heap of valuables (representing the earth and given to Brāhmans)
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "dharā" is the nominative of "dhariman" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "dharā" is the nominative of "dharīman" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "dharā" is the feminine form of "dhara" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Related forms
Dictionary citations
dharā f. ‘bearer, supporter’, the earth, Mn.; MBh.; Kāv. &c.
the uterus or womb, Bhpr.
a vein or tubular vessel of the body, L.
marrow, L.
a mass of gold or heap of valuables (representing the earth and given to Brāhmans), W.
dhariman m. a balance, weight (cf. ˚ma-meya)
form, figure, Uṇ., Sch.
dharīman m. = dharman
only loc. ˚maṇi, according to custom or law or precept, RV.
dhara mf(ā)n. (√ dhṛ) bearing, supporting (scil. the world, said of Kṛṣṇa and Śiva), MBh.
ifc. holding, bearing, carrying, wearing, possessing, having, keeping (also in memory), sustaining, preserving, observing (cf. aṃśu-, akṣa-, kulaṃ- &c.), MBh.; R. &c.
Alternative readings
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