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Monier-Williams Search

6 results for dhruvaka

dhruvaka

m. the unchangeable longitude of fixed stars

m. post, pale, stake

m. (in music) equals dhruvā- f.

m. Name of an attendant of skanda-

m. Name of a woman gaRa bāhv-ādi-.

m. (astronomy) equals dhruvaka-

Apte Search

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dhruvakaḥ	ध्रुवकः 1 The introductory stanza of a song (repeated as a sort of chorus); see ध्रुव. -2 A trunk, stem. -3 A post. -4 Polar longitude.

DCS with thanks

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dhruvaka	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)) Frequency rank 14970/72933

Wordnet Search

"dhruvaka" has 3 results.


dhruvaka	dhruvakaḥ, jayantaḥ ekā tārakā । dhruvakaḥ iti sthirā tārakā vartate
dhruvaka	dhruvakaḥ ekā strī । dhruvakāyāḥ ullekhaḥ bāhvādigaṇe asti
dhruvaka	dhruvakaḥ skandasya ekaḥ anucaraḥ । dhruvakasya ullekhaḥ mahābhārate asti