As a deity name
Name 720 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
Name 220 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 489 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 26 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
As a Hindi name
ध्रुव · adj
सदा एक ही स्थान पर रहनेवाला । इधर उधर न हटनेवाला । स्थिर ।अचल · सदा एक ही अवस्था में रहनेवाला । नित्य · निश्चित । दुढ़ । ठोक । पक्का । जैसे— उनका आना ध्रुव है — Śabdasāgara
ध्रुव · noun · masculine
आकाश · शंकु । कील · पर्वत — Śabdasāgara
ध्रुव · dhruv · adj.
Fixed, firm, immovable, stable, enduring, constant, lasting, permament; certain, sure, true, right — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 543
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
(prob. fr. √ dhṛ, but cf. √ dhru and dhruv) fixed, firm, immovable, unchangeable, constant, lasting, permanent, eternal, &c. &c. (e.g. the earth, a mountain, a pillar, a vow &c.; w…
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (4)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "dhruva" is the vocative of "dhruvā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
dhruva mf(ā)n. (prob. fr. √ dhṛ, but cf. √ dhru and dhruv) fixed, firm, immovable, unchangeable, constant, lasting, permanent, eternal, RV. &c. &c. (e.g. the earth, a mountain, a pillar, a vow &c.; with svāṅga n. an inseparable member of the body, Pāṇ. vi, 2, 177; with dhenu f. a cow which stands quiet when milked, 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] AV.; Br.; with smṛti f. a strong or retentive memory, ChUp. vii, 26, 2; cf. also under karaṇa and nakṣatra)
staying with (loc.), RV. ix, 101, 12
settled, certain, sure, Mn.; MBh.; Kāv. &c.
ifc. = pāpa, L.
dhruva m. the polar star (personified as son of Uttāna-pāda and grandson of Manu), GṛS.; MBh. &c.
dhruvā (ā), f. the largest of the 3 sacrificial ladles, AV. xviii, 4, 5, 6 (with juhū & upabhṛt), VS.; ŚBr. &c.
(scil. vṛtti) a partic. mode of life, Baudh.
Alternative readings
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