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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for ध्रुव

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. ध्रुवdhruvaa.(a) Fixed, firm, immovable, stable, permanent, constant, unchangeable; इति ध्रुवेच्छाम- नुशासती सुताम् Ku.5.5.…
    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).

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -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.
      10. Of Viṣṇu.
      11. Of Śiva.
      12. A constant arc.
      13. The tip of the nose.
      14. A sacrificial vessel.
      15. Name 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. Name of an astrological yoga (Nm.).

    • -वम्

      1. The sky, atmosphere.
      2. Heaven.
      3. The fixed point (from which a departure takes place); ParasmaipadaI.4.24.
      4. A certain Yoga (अमृतसिद्धि); सेनामाज्ञापयामासुर्नक्षत्रेऽहनि च ध्रुवे Mb.14.63.18. (Commentary रोहिण्यामुत्तररात्रये च अहनि वारे ध्रुवे रविवारे उत्तरार्केऽमृतसिद्धि- 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); किंदेवतोऽस्यां ध्रुवायां दिशि Bṛi. Up.3.9.24. (MW's meaning is अधर- दिशा?) -वम् Indeclinable Certainly, surely, verily; R.8.49; ध्रुवं स नीलोत्पलपत्रधारया समिल्लतां छेत्तुमृषिर्व्यवस्यति Ś.1.18.

    • -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 Adjective having a firm resting place.

    • -रत्ना Name of one of the मातृकाs (attending on Skanda).

    • -शीलः Adjective having a fixed residence.

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. ध्रुवdhruvamf(/आ)n. (prob. fr. √धृ, but cf. √ध्रु and ध्रुव्) fixed, firm, immovable, unchangeable, constant, lasting…
    1. mf(/आ)neuter gender (probably from √धृ, but confer, compare √ध्रु and ध्रुव्) fixed, firm, immovable, unchangeable, constant, lasting, permanent, eternal fg-veda etc. (exempli gratia, 'for example' the earth, a mountain, a pillar, a vow etc.; with स्वा*ङ्ग neuter gender an inseparable member of the body Pa1n2. 6-2, 177; with धेनु feminine a cow which stands quiet when milked AV. xii, 1, 45; with दिश् feminine the point of the heavens directly under the feet [reckoned among the quarters of the sky confer, compare 2. दिश्] AV. Breton Page521,3; with स्मृति feminine a strong or retentive memory ChUp. vii, 26, 2; confer, compare also under करण and नक्षत्र)
    2. mf(/आ)neuter gender staying with (locative case) fg-veda ix, 101, 12
    3. mf(/आ)neuter gender settled, certain, sure Mn. MBh. Ka1v. etc.
    4. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' Equivalent to पाप Lexicographers
    5. masculine gender the polar star (personified as son of Utta1na-pa1da उत्तान-पाद and grandson of Manu मनु) Gr2S. MBh. etc.
    6. masculine gender celestial pole Su1ryas.
    7. masculine gender the unchangeable longitude of fixed stars, a constant arc ibidem
    8. masculine gender a knot VS. v, 21; 30
    9. masculine gender a post, stake Lexicographers
    10. masculine gender the Indian fig-tree Lexicographers
    11. masculine gender tip of the nose (?) Lexicographers
    12. masculine gender a particular water-bird ibidem
    13. masculine gender the remaining (id est preserved) Graha ग्रह which having been drawn in the morning is not offered till evening S3Br. Vait.
    14. masculine gender (in music) the introductory verse of a song (recurring as a kind of burthen) or a particular time or measure (ताल-विशेष)
    15. masculine gender any epoch to which a computation of dates is referred W.
    16. masculine gender Name of an astrology Yoga योग
    17. masculine gender of the syllable Om Ra1matUp.
    18. masculine gender of Brahma1 ब्रह्मा Lexicographers
    19. masculine gender of Vishn2u विष्णु MBh.
    20. masculine gender of S3iva शिव S3ivag.
    21. masculine gender of a serpent supporting the earth Gr2S. TA1r.
    22. masculine gender of a Vasu वसु MBh. Hariv. Pur.
    23. masculine gender of a son of Vasu-deva वसु-देव and Rohin2i1 रोहिणी BhP.
    24. masculine gender of an A1n3girasa आङ्गिरस (supposed author of fg-veda x, 173) Anukr.
    25. masculine gender of a son of Nahusha नहुष MBh.
    26. masculine gender of a follower of the Pa1n2d2us पाण्डु s ibidem
    27. masculine gender of a son of Ranti-na1ra रन्ति-नार (or Ranti-bha1ra रन्ति-भार) Pur.
    28. masculine gender (scilicet वृत्ति) a particular mode of life Baudh.
    29. masculine gender (scilicet स्त्री) a virtuous woman Lexicographers
    30. masculine gender Desmodium Gangeticum Lexicographers
    31. masculine gender Sanseviera Zeylanica Lexicographers
    32. masculine gender (in music) the introductory verse (confer, compare a reference to some preceeding word (not necessarily in the same page))
    33. neuter gender the fixed point (from which a departure takes place) Pa1n2. 1-4, 24
    34. neuter gender the enduring sound (supposed to be heard after the Abhinidha1na अभिनिधान) RPra1t.
    35. neuter gender air, atmosphere Lexicographers
    36. neuter gender a kind of house Gal.
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. ध्रुवdhruva[dhru-vá] a. [√dhri] firm, stable, constant; permanent, perpetual, fixed, immutable; certain, inevitable: -m…

    [dhru-vá] adjective [√dhri] firm, stable, constant; permanent, perpetual, fixed, immutable; certain, inevitable: -m, adverb, -ial, -ially certainly, assuredly; masculine polar star: personified as the son of Uttânapâda and grandson of Manu.

    Source: Macdonell

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