As a deity name
Name 91 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
As a Hindi name
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)
धरना
to beat, give a beating; to hold, grip, grab, bear
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
N. of Viṣṇu
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "dharāpataye" is the dative of "dharāpati" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
dharā—pati m. id., Daś.
N. of Viṣṇu, BhP.
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