dharati : [dhar + a] lasts; continues; lives.

A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera, Concise Pali-English and English-Pali Dictionary [available as digital version from Metta Net, Sri Lanka]

Dharati [Sk. dharati, dhṛ as in Gr. qro/nos; Lat. firmus & fretus. See also daḷha, dhata, dhamma, dhiti, dhuva] to hold, bear, carry, wear; to hold up, support; to bear in mind, know by heart; to hold out, endure, last, continue, live Sn 385 (take to heart, remember); DhA ii.68; -- ppr. dharamāṇa living, lasting J i.75 (dh˚e yeva suriye while the sun was still up); ii.6; Miln 240, 291 (Bhagavato dh˚ -- kāle); -- grd. dhareyya, in dh˚divasa the day when a young girl is to be carried (into the house of her husband) ThA, 25; cp. dhāreyya Th 2, 472=vivāha ThA 285. -- pp. dhata (q. v.) -- Caus. dhāreti (q. v.).

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

dharati: 持{grd. dhareyya}

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