Dhāraṇa (nt.) [cp. Sk. dhāraṇa, to dhāreti] 1. wearing, in mālā˚ (etc.) D i.5=A ii.210=Pug 58; KhA 37; cīvara˚ A ii.104=Pug 45. -- 2. maintaining, sustaining, keeping up Miln 320 (āyu˚ bhojana). -- 3. bearing in mind, remembrance Vin iv.305; M ii.175 (dhamma˚).

Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede,

dhāraṇa: n. 1.受持 2.攜帶

巴漢辭典 編者：(斗六) 廖文燦

dhāraṇa mf(ī)n. holding, bearing, keeping (in remembrance), retention, preserving, protecting, maintaining, possessing, having (ifc. or with gen.) TĀr. MBh. Suśr.: BhP.
• assuming the shape of (gen.), resembling MBh.xiii, 739
• m. N. of Śiva MBh.
• of a son of Kaśyapa ib.
• of a prince of the Candravatsas ib.
• du. the two female breasts L.
• (dhāraṇa), n. the act of holding, bearing &c. ŚBr. Mn. Yājñ. MBh. &c
• wearing ( See liṅga-)
• suffering, enduring R.
• keeping in remembrance, memory
TĀr. Mn. MBh. Hariv.: immovable concentration of the mind upon (loc.) Vedântas.
• restraining (cf. śvāsa-)
• keeping back i.e. pronouncing imperfectly Prāt.
• (ā and ī), f. See dhāraṇā and ○ṇī 

Sanskrit-English Dictionary, by M. Monier William