dharma-dhara, (1) (7747)

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dharma-dhara, (1)
Entry 7747, Page 278, Col. 2
(DarmaDara, Darma-Dara)
dharma-dhara, (1)¦ adj. or subst. (= Pali dhamma- dhara), one who has a good hold on the Doctrine, i.e. who knows the sūtras well: °ra-saṃgaṇanā Mv i.70.11 (vs); vaistārikān °rān kuruṣva Divy 379.28 (vs); (2) n. of a Buddha: Gv 285.17; of a (presumably different) Buddha in the nadir, Sukh 98.8; (3) n. of a Bodhisattva: Kv 1.18; (4) n. of a king of the kiṃnaras: SP 4.14; (5) n. of a samā- dhi: Kv 51.14; 83.12.