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ādhāre

ādhāra

masc acc pl of ādhāra (noun); masc loc sg of ādhāra (noun)

  1. support; stand; lit. holding up
  2. container; receptacle; lit. holding up
  3. (gram) the locative case

Etymology. ā + √dhar > dhār + *a; from √dhar 'wear, hold, carry'; Sanskrit ādhāra [ādhṛ]

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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