mf(/ā-)n. (prob. fr.dhṛ-,but seedhru-and dhruv-) fixed, firm, immovable, unchangeable, constant, lasting, permanent, eternal etc. (exempli gratia, 'for example' the earth, a mountain, a pillar, a vow etc.;with svāṅga-n.an inseparable member of the body ;with dhenu-f.a cow which stands quiet when milked ;with diś-f.the point of the heavens directly under the feet [reckoned among the quarters of the sky see 2. diś-] ;with smṛti-f.a strong or retentive memory ; see also under karaṇa-and nakṣatra-)
ध्रु 1, 6 P. (ध्रवति, ध्रुवति) 1 To be firm or fixed. -2 To go, move (ध्रु गतिस्थैर्ययोः) बुद्धिपूर्वं ध्रुवन्... Bk.6.13. -3 To ascertain, know definitely. -4 To kill.
ध्रुव a. 1 (a) Fixed, firm, immovable, stable, permanent, constant, unchangeable; इति ध्रुवेच्छाम- नुशासती सुताम् Ku.5.5. (b) Perpetual, everlasting, eternal; ध्रुवेण भर्त्रा Ku.7.85; Ms.7.28. -2 Fixed (in astrology). -3 Certain, sure, inevitable; जातस्य हि ध्रुवो मृत्युर्ध्रुवं जन्म मृतस्य च Bg.2.27; यो ध्रुवाणि परित्यज्य अध्रुवं परिषेवते Chāṇ.63; Pt.1.419. -4 Retentive, tenacious; as in ध्रुवा स्मृति Ch. Up.7.26.2. -5 Strong, fixed, settled (as a day). -वः 1 The polar star; शरत्प्रसन्नैर्ज्योतिर्भिर्विभावर्य इव ध्रुवम् (अन्वयुः) R.17.35; 18.34; ध्रुवेण भर्त्रा ध्रुवदर्शनाय प्रयुज्यमाना प्रियदर्शनेन (सा दृष्टा) Ku.7.85. -2 The pole of any great circle. -3 The distance of a planet from the beginning of the sidereal zodiac, polar longitude. -4 The Indian figtree. -5 A post, stake. -6 The stem or trunk (of a tree lopped off). -7 The introductory stanza of a song (repeated as a kind of chorus; see Gīt.). -8 Time, epoch, era. -9 An epithet of Brahmā. -1 Of Viṣṇu. -11 Of Śiva. -12 A constant arc. -13 The tip of the nose. -14 A sacrificial vessel. -15 N. of the son of Uttānapāda and grandson of Manu. [Dhruva is the polar star, but personified in mythology as the son of Uttānapāda. The account of the elevation of an ordinary mortal to the position of the polar star runs thus: Uttānapāda had two wives, Suruchi and Sunīti, but the latter was disliked by him. Suruchi had a son named Uttama, and Sunīti gave birth to Dhruva. One day the boy tried, like his elder brother, to take a seat in his father's lap, but he was contemptuously treated both by the King and his favourite wife. The poor child went sobbing to its mother who told him in consolatory terms that fortune and favour were not attainable without hard exertions. At these words the youth left the paternal roof, retired to the woods, and, though quite a lad, performed such rigorous austerities that he was at last raised by Viṣṇu to the position of the Polar Star.] -16 Peg Nm. -17 N. of an astrological yoga (Nm.). -वम् 1 The sky, atmosphere. -2 Heaven. -3 The fixed point (from which a
departure takes place); P.I.4.24. -4 A certain Yoga (अमृतसिद्धि); सेनामाज्ञापयामासुर्नक्षत्रे$हनि च ध्रुवे Mb.14.63.18. (Com. रोहिण्यामुत्तररात्रये च अहनि वारे ध्रुवे रविवारे उत्तरार्के$मृतसिद्धि- योगे). -वा 1 A sacrificial ladle (made of wood); साधारण्यान्न ध्रुवायां स्यात् Jaiminisūtras. -2 A virtuous woman. -3 A cow who stands still when being milked; सहस्रं धारा द्रविणस्य मे दुहां ध्रुवेव धेनुरनपस्फुरन्ती Av.12.1.45. -4 A bow-string. -5 clapping the hands together to show a particular measure of time in music; स्रुचि मौर्व्यां तालभेदे स्त्रियाम् Nm. -6 The upper quarter (ऊर्ध्व); किंदेवतो$स्यां ध्रुवायां दिशि Bṛi. Up.3.9.24. (MW's meaning is अधर- दिशा?) -वम् ind. Certainly, surely, verily; R.8.49; ध्रुवं स नीलोत्पलपत्रधारया समिल्लतां छेत्तुमृषिर्व्यवस्यति Ś.1.18. -Comp. -अक्षरः an epithet of Viṣṇu (ओम्). -आयर्तः the point on the crown of the head from which the hair radiate. -केतुः a kind of meteor. -गतिः a firm position. -तारा, -तारकम् the Polar star. -भागः the unchangeable longitude of fixed stars. -मण्डलम् the polar region. -यष्टिः the axis of the poles. -योनि a. having a firm resting place. -रत्ना N. of one of the मातृकाs (attending on Skanda). -शीलः a. having a fixed residence.
अध्रुव a. Uncertain, doubtful. -2 Unsteady, moving, not fixed or permanent; स्वाङ्गे$ध्रुवे P.III.4.54; separable (which can be severed or detached without fatal or disastrous effects) (येन विना न जीवनं सो$ध्रुवः Sk.) -वम् An uncertainty; यो ध्रुवाणि परित्यज्य अध्रुवाणि निषेवते । ध्रुवाणि तस्य नश्यन्ति अध्रुवं नष्टमेव च H.1.184. cf. the English phrase 'A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.'
अध्रुषः Quinsy; a kind of disease attended with fever arising from the affection of blood; शोथः स्थूलस्तो- ददाहप्रकाशो रक्ताज्ज्ञेयः सो$ध्रुषो रुग्ज्वराढ्यः Suśr. (Mar. गळसटें, घटसर्प.)
a. [√ dhri] firm, stable, constant; permanent, perpetual, fixed, immutable; certain, inevitable: -m, ad. certainly, assuredly; m. polar star: personified as the son of Uttânapâda and grandson of Manu.
In the Sūtras denotes the pole star, being mentioned in connexion with the marriage ritual, in which the star is constancy. In the Maitrāyanī Upanisad, a late work, the movement of the Dhruvā (dhruvasya pracalanam) is mentioned, but this can hardly be interpreted as referring to an actual observed motion of the nominal pole star, but rather to an extraordinary event, such as a destruction of the world, as Cowell understood the expression. Jacobi sees in the motion of the Dhruvā the possibility of fixing a date, on the ground that the only star which could have been deemed a pole star, as * immovable,’ was one (α Draconis) of the third millenium B.C. But this attempt to extract chronology from the name of the star is of very doubtful validity.
noun (masculine) (in music) the introductory verse of a song (recurring as a kind of burthen) or a particular time or measure (tālaviśeṣa) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a constant arc (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a knot (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a particular water-bird (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a post (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
any epoch to which a computation of dates is referred (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
celestial pole (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a serpent supporting the earth (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a son of Nahuṣa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a son of Rantināra (or Ranti-bhāra) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a son of Vasudeva and Rohiṇī (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Vasu (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of an astrol. Yoga (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of an Āṅgirasa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Brahmā (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the syllable Om (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Viṣṇu (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Śiva (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
stake (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the Indian fig-tree (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the polar star (personified as son of Uttānapāda and grandson of Manu) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the remaining Graha which having been drawn in the morning is not offered till evening (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the unchangeable longitude of fixed stars (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
tip of the nose (?) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) a kind of house (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
air (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
atmosphere (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the enduring sound (supposed to be heard after the Abhinidhāna) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the fixed point (from which a departure takes place) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective certain (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
constant (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
eternal (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
firm (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
fixed (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
immovable (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
permanent (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
staying with (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) (in music) dhruvā (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
pale (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
post (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
stake (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the unchangeable longitude of fixed stars (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) name of a son of Puṣya (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a son of Susaṃdhi or / and father of Bharata (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (feminine) (in music) the introductory verse (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a particular mode of life (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a virtuous woman (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Desmodium Gangeticum (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Sanseviera Zeylanica (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the largest of the 3 sacrificial ladles (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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