As a deity name
Name 525 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
Name 235 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
धरणीधर · noun · masculine
पृथ्वी को धारण करनेवाला · कच्छप · पर्वत — Śabdasāgara cross-reference followed: दे॰ धरणिधर
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a mountain, &c.
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Gender counterpart
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Dictionary citations
dharaṇī—dhara mfn. bearing or sustaining the earth
dharaṇī—dhara m. N. of Viṣṇu or Kṛṣṇa, L.
of Śiva, MBh.
of Śeṣa, Hariv.
of the mythic. elephants fabled to support the earth, MBh.
Alternative readings
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