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DHĀRAṆA—A type of building, a pillar, a roof, a tree. A class of the seven-storeyed buildings (M. XXV. 26, see under Prāsāda). A synonym of pillar (M. XV. 6) and of roof (M. XVI. 52). A kind of tree of which pillars are constructed (M. XV. 348-350).