adjective -˚ holding, wearing, keeping; often in phrase antimadeha˚ “wearing the last body” (of an Arahant SN.i.14; Snp.471; Iti.32, Iti.40
■ Ja.i.47 (virūpa-vesa˚) Dāvs v.15
■ f. ˚inī Pv.i.10#8 (kāsikuttama˚).

Sk. dhārin, see dhāreti & cp. ˚dhara, ˚dhāra