धर्तृ

Sanskrit

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Etymology

From धृ (dhṛ).

Pronunciation

Noun

ध॒र्तृ • (dhartṛ́) stemm

  1. bearer, supporter
    • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 8.41.5:
      यो ध॒र्ता भुव॑नानां॒ य उ॒स्राणा॑मपी॒च्या॒३॒॑ वेद॒ नामा॑नि॒ गुह्या॑।
      स क॒विः काव्या॑ पु॒रु रू॒पं द्यौरि॑व पुष्यति॒ नभ॑न्तामन्य॒के स॑मे॥
      dhartā́ bhúvanānāṃ yá usrā́ṇāmapīcyā̀ véda nā́māni gúhyā.
      sá kavíḥ kā́vyā purú rūpáṃ dyáuriva puṣyati nábhantāmanyaké same.
      He who is the sustainer of the worlds, who knows the hidden and secret names of the (solar) rays, he is the sage who cherishes the acts of sages, as the heaven cherishes numerous forms; may all our adversaries perish.

Declension

Masculine ṛ-stem declension of ध॒र्तृ
singular dual plural
nominative ध॒र्ता (dhartā́) ध॒र्तारौ॑ (dhartā́rau)
ध॒र्तारा॑¹ (dhartā́rā¹)
ध॒र्तारः॑ (dhartā́raḥ)
accusative ध॒र्तार॑म् (dhartā́ram) ध॒र्तारौ॑ (dhartā́rau)
ध॒र्तारा॑¹ (dhartā́rā¹)
ध॒र्तॄन् (dhartṝ́n)
instrumental ध॒र्त्रा (dhartrā́) ध॒र्तृभ्या॑म् (dhartṛ́bhyām) ध॒र्तृभिः॑ (dhartṛ́bhiḥ)
dative ध॒र्त्रे (dhartré) ध॒र्तृभ्या॑म् (dhartṛ́bhyām) ध॒र्तृभ्यः॑ (dhartṛ́bhyaḥ)
ablative ध॒र्तुः (dhartúḥ) ध॒र्तृभ्या॑म् (dhartṛ́bhyām) ध॒र्तृभ्यः॑ (dhartṛ́bhyaḥ)
genitive ध॒र्तुः (dhartúḥ) ध॒र्त्रोः (dhartróḥ) ध॒र्तॄ॒णाम् (dhartṝṇā́m)
locative ध॒र्तरि॑ (dhartári) ध॒र्त्रोः (dhartróḥ) ध॒र्तृषु॑ (dhartṛ́ṣu)
vocative धर्तः॑ (dhártaḥ) धर्ता॑रौ (dhártārau)
धर्ता॑रा¹ (dhártārā¹)
धर्ता॑रः (dhártāraḥ)
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