As a deity name
Name 898 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 767 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
Name 42 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 551 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
दृढ़ · adj
जो शिथिल या ढीला न हो । जो खूब कल— कर बँधा या मिला हो । प्रगाढ़ । जैसे,—दृढ़ बंधन या गाँठ, दृढ़ आलिंगन · जो जल्दी न टूटे फूटे । पुष्ट । मजबूत । कडा़ । ठोस । जैसे,—इस फल का छिलका बहुत दृढ़ होता है · बलवान् । बलिष्ट । हृष्ट पुष्ट । जैसे, दृढ़ अंग — Śabdasāgara
दृढ़ · noun · masculine
लोहा · विष्णु · धृतराष्ट्र के एक पुत्र का नाम — Śabdasāgara
दृढ · dr̤iḍha · adj.
(f. -ā), Fixed, firm, hard, strong, solid, massive; firmly fastened, shut; tough; stiff — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 511
दृढ़
fixed, firm; hard, tough, unyielding
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi दृढ — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit दृढ (dṛḍha). Doublet of दिढ़ (diṛh).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
dṛḍha (or dṛḻha), mfn. fixed, firm, hard, strong, solid, massive, RV.; AV.; ŚBr.; MBh. &c.
firmly fastened, shut fast, tight, close (e.g. ship, R. ii, 52, 5; bonds, fetters, chains, Hit. i, 67/68; Mṛcch. vii, 6/7; fist, MBh. iv, 1976)
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
fixed, firm, hard, strong, solid, massive, &c.
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "dṛḍha" is the vocative of "dṛḍhā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
dṛḍha (or dṛḻha), mfn. fixed, firm, hard, strong, solid, massive, RV.; AV.; ŚBr.; MBh. &c.
firmly fastened, shut fast, tight, close (e.g. ship, R. ii, 52, 5; bonds, fetters, chains, Hit. i, 67/68; Mṛcch. vii, 6/7; fist, MBh. iv, 1976)
whole, complete (opp. to bhinna), MBh. xiii, 7453
difficult to be bent (bow, ChUp. i, 3, 5)
steady, resolute, persevering, Hariv.; Kathās.
dṛḍhā f. N. of a Buddh. goddess
Alternative readings
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