Dictionary meanings for dhruva from Apte and Monier-Williams.
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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
a. 1 (a) Fixed, firm, im- moveable, stable, permanent, con- stant, unchangeable; iti dhruvecchāma- nuśāsatī sutāṃ Ku. 5. 5. (b) Perpetual, everlasting, eternal; dhruveṇa bhartrā Ku. 7. 85; Ms. 7. 208.
2 Fixed (in astrology).
3 Certain, sure, inevi- table; jātasya hi dhruvo mṛtyardhruvaṃ janma mṛ- [Page0602-c+ 60] tasya ca Bg. 2. 27; yo dhruvāṇi paritya- jya adhruvaṃ pariṣevate Chāṇ. 63; Pt. 1. 419.
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Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
mf (/A) n. (prob. fr. dhṛ, but cf. dhru and dhruv) fixed, firm, immovable, unchangeable, constant, lasting, permanent, eternal RV. &c (e.g. the earth, a mountain, a pillar, a vow &c; with svāṅga n. an inseparable member of the body Pa1n2. 6-2, 177; with dhenu... mf (/A) n. staying with (loc.) RV. ix, 101, 12 521,3 102287 mf (/A) n. settled, certain, sure Mn.; MBh.; Ka1v. &c 521,3 102288 mf (/A) n. ifc. = pāpa L....
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