ध्रुव [ dhruva ] [ dhruvá ] m. f. n. ( prob. fr. √ [ dhṛ ] , but cf. √ [ dhru ] and [ dhruv ] ) fixed , firm , immovable , unchangeable , constant , lasting , permanent , eternal Lit. RV. (e.g. the earth , a mountain , a pillar , a vow ; with [ svāṅga ] n. an inseparable member of the body Lit. Pāṇ. 6-2 , 177 ; with [ dhenu ] f. a cow which stands quiet when milked Lit. AV. xii , 1 , 45 ; with [ diś ] f. the point of the heavens directly under the feet ( reckoned among the quarters of the sky cf. 2. [ diś ] ) Lit. AV. Lit. Br. ; with [ smṛti ] f. a strong or retentive memory Lit. ChUp. vii , 26 , 2 ; cf. also under [ karaṇa ] and [ nakṣatra ] ) ( 521,2 )

staying with (loc.) Lit. RV. ix , 101 , 12

settled , certain , sure Lit. Mn. Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv.

ifc. = [ pāpa ] Lit. L.

[ dhruva ] m. the polar star (personified as son of Uttāna-pāda and grandson of Manu) Lit. GṛS. Lit. MBh.

celestial pole Lit. Sūryas.

the unchangeable longitude of fixed stars , a constant arc Lit. ib.

a knot Lit. VS. v , 21 ; 30

a post , stake Lit. L.

the Indian fig-tree Lit. L.

tip of the nose (?) Lit. L.

a partic. water-bird Lit. ib.

the remaining (i.e. preserved) Graha which having been drawn in the morning is not offered till evening Lit. ŚBr. Lit. Vait.

(in music) the introductory verse of a song (recurring as a kind of burthen) or a partic. time or measure ( [ tāla-viśeṣa ] )

any epoch to which a computation of dates is referred Lit. W.

N. of an astrol. Yoga

of the syllable Om Lit. RāmatUp.

of Brahmā Lit. L.

of Vishṇu Lit. MBh.

of Śiva Lit. Śivag.

of a serpent supporting the earth Lit. GṛS. Lit. TĀr.

of a Vasu Lit. MBh. Lit. Hariv. Lit. Pur.

of a son of Vasu-deva and Rohiṇī Lit. BhP.

of an Āṅgirasa (supposed author of Lit. RV. x , 173) Lit. Anukr.

of a son of Nahusha Lit. MBh.

of a follower of the Pāṇḍus Lit. ib.

of a son of Ranti-nāra (or Ranti-bhāra) Lit. Pur.

[ dhruvā ] f. the largest of the 3 sacrificial ladles Lit. AV. xviii , 4 , 5 , 6 ( with [ juhū ] & [ upabhṛt ] ) Lit. VS. Lit. ŚBr.

[ dhruva ] m. ( scil. [ vṛtti ] ) a partic. mode of life Lit. Baudh.

( scil. [ strī ] ) a virtuous woman Lit. L.

Desmodium Gangeticum Lit. L.

Sanseviera Zeylanica Lit. L.

(in music) the introductory verse ( cf. above )

n. the fixed point (from which a departure takes place) Lit. Pāṇ. 1-4 , 24

the enduring sound (supposed to be heard after the Abhinidhāna) Lit. RPrāt.

air , atmosphere Lit. L.

a kind of house Lit. Gal.

[ dhruvam ] ind. firmly , constantly , certainly , surely Lit. Mn. Lit. Yājñ. Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv.

[ dhruvāya ] ind. for ever Lit. Hariv. ( cf. Zd. (drva) . )