| dhruvā | ध्रुवा | (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.] |
| (scil. strī) a virtuous woman, [L.] |
| Desmodium Gangeticum, [L.] |
| Sanseviera Zeylanica, [L.] |
| (in music) the introductory verse (cf. above) |
| dhruvāya | ध्रुवाय | (āya), ind. for ever, [Hariv.] |
| dhruvāśva | ध्रुवाश्व | m. N. of a prince, [MatsyaP.] (cf. Zd. drvāspa) |
| of a partic. sacrificial act, [MānGṛ.] |
| dhruvāḍaka | ध्रुवाडक | n. a kind of dance (°vāṭaka?). |
| See above. |
| dhruvākṣara | ध्रुवाक्षर | n. ‘the eternal syllable’ Om as N. of Viṣṇu, [MBh.] |
| dhruvānanda | ध्रुवानन्द | m. N. of an author (with miśra), [Cat.] |
| dhruvāvarta | ध्रुवावर्त | m. the point on the crown of the head from which the hairs radiate, [Var.] |
| dhruvānandamatavyākhyā | ध्रुवानन्दमतव्याख्या | dhruvānanda—mata-vyākhyā f. N. of Comm. on Dh°'s wk. |