As a deity name
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
Name 624 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
for ever
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (7)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "dhruvāya" is the dative of "dhruva" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
dhruvāya (āya), ind. for ever, Hariv.
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
Alternative readings
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