pra : prá ind. before

pra : forward, in front, on, forth (mostly in connection with a verb, esp. with a verb of motion which is often to be supplied; sometimes repeated before the verb, cf. [Pāṇ. viii, 1, 6]; rarely as a separate word, e.g. [AitBr. ii, 40])

pra : as a prefix to subst. = forth, away, cf. pra-vṛtti, pra-sthāna

pra : as prefix to adj. = excessively, very, much, cf. pra-caṇḍa, pra-matta

pra : in nouns of relationship = great- cf. pra-pitāmaha, pra-pautra

pra : (according to native lexicographers it may be used in the senses of gati, ā-rambha, ut-karṣa, sarvato-bhāva, prāthamya, khyāti, ut-patti, vy-avahāra), [RV.]; &c.

pra : [cf. puras, purā, pūrva; Zd. fra; Gk. πρό; Lat. pro; Slav. pra-, pro-; Lith. pra-; Goth. faúr, faúra; Germ. vor; Eng. fore.]

pra : mfn. (√ pṝ or prā) filling, fulfilling

pra : (n. fulfilment ifc.; cf. ākūti-, kakṣya-, kāma-)

pra : like, resembling (ifc.; cf. ikṣu-, kṣura-).

sa : the last of the three sibilants (it belongs to the dental class and in sound corresponds to s in sin).

sa : (in prosody) an anapest (˘ ˘ ¯)

sa : (in music) an abbreviated term for ṣaḍ-ja (see p. 1109, col. 2).

sa : m. (only [L.]) a snake

sa : air, wind

sa : a bird

sa : N. of Viṣṇu or Śiva

sa : n. knowledge

sa : meditation

sa : a carriage road

sa : a fence.

sa : mfn. (fr. √ san) procuring, bestowing (only ifc.; cf. palu-ṣá and priya-sá).

sa : sá the actual base for the nom. case of the 3rd pers. pron. tád, q.v. (occurring only in the nom. sg. mf. [sá or sás, sā], and in the Ved. loc. [sásmin, [RV. i, 152, 6]; [i, 174, 4]; [x, 95, 11]]; the final s of the nom. m. is dropped before all consonants [except before p in [RV. v, 2, 4], and before t in [RV. viii, 33, 16]] and appears only at the end of a sentence in the form of Visarga; occasionally blends with another vowel [as in saīṣaḥ]; and it is often for emphasis connected with another pron. as with aham, tvam, eṣa, ayam &c. [e.g. so 'ham, sa tvam, ‘I (or thou) that very person’; cf. under tád, p. 434], the verb then following in the 1st and 2nd pers. even if aham or tvam be omitted [e.g. sa tvā pṛcchāmi ‘I that very person ask you’, [BṛĀrUp.]; sa vai no brūhi ‘do thou tell us’, [ŚBr.]]; similarly, to denote emphasis, with bhavān [e.g. sa bhavān vijayāya pratiṣṭhatām, ‘let your Highness set out for victory’, [Śak.]]; it sometimes [and frequently in the Brāhmaṇas] stands as the first word of a sentence preceding a rel. pronoun or adv. such as ya, yad, yadi, yathā, ced; in this position may be used pleonastically or as a kind of ind., even where another gender or number is required [e.g. sa yadi sthāvarā āpo bhananti, ‘if those waters are stagnant’, [ŚBr.]]; in the Sāṃkhya , like eṣa, ka, and ya, is used to denote Puruṣa, ‘the Universal Soul’), [RV.] &c. &c.

sa : [cf. Zd. hō, hā; Gk. ὁ, ἡ.]

sa : ind. (connected with saha, sam, sama, and occasionally in [BhP.] standing for saha with instr.) an inseparable prefix expressing ‘junction’, ‘conjunction’, ‘possession’ (as opp. to a priv.), ‘similarity’, ‘equality’

sa : (and when compounded with nouns to form adjectives and adverbs it may be translated by ‘with’, ‘together or along with’, ‘accompanied by’, ‘added to’, ‘having’, ‘possessing’, ‘containing’, ‘having the same’ [cf. sa-kopa, sāgni, sa-bhāya, sa-droṇa, sa-dharman, sa-varṇa]; or it may = ‘ly’, as in sa-kopam, ‘angrily’, sopadhi, ‘fraudulently’), [RV.]; &c.

sa : [cf. Gk. ἁ in ἁπλοῦς; Lat. sim in simplex; sem in semel, semper Eng. same.]

sa : (to be similarly prefixed to the following) :

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sa : (to be similarly prefixed to the following).

sa : (to be similarly prefixed to the following) :

sa : See 5. , p. 1111, col. 2.

sa : (to be similarly prefixed to the following) :

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sa : (to be similarly prefixed to the following) :

sa : (to be similarly prefixed to the following) :

sa : (to be similarly prefixed to the following)

sa : (to be similarly prefixed to the following) :

sa : (to be similarly prefixed to the following) :

sa : (to be similarly prefixed to the following) :

sa : (to be similarly prefixed to the following)

sa : (to be similarly prefixed to the following) :

agni : agní m. (√ ag, [Uṇ.]) fire, sacrificial fire (of three kinds, Gārhapatya, Āhavanīya, and Dakṣiṇa)

agni : the number three, [Sūryas.]

agni : the god of fire, the fire of the stomach, digestive faculty, gastric fluid

agni : bile, [L.]

agni : gold, [L.]

agni : N. of various plants Semecarpus Anacardium, [Suśr.], Plumbago Zeylanica and Rosea, Citrus Acida

agni : mystical substitute for the letter r

agni : in the Kātantra grammar N. of noun-stems ending in i and u

agni : (also) = next, [ĀpŚr.]

agni : [cf. Lat. ignì-s; Lith. ugni-s; Slav. ognj].

bhas : cl. 3. P. ([Dhātup. xxv, 18]) bábhasti or (3. sg. and pl.) bápsati (2. du. bhasathas, [RV.]; Subj. babhasat or bhásat, [ib.]; babdhām, [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 100]; fut. bhasitā, [vii, 2, 8] Vārtt. 1, [Pat.]; inf. bhasitum, [ib.]), to chew, masticate, devour, consume, [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.] (cf. √ psā); to blame, abuse, [Dhātup. xxv, 18] (cf. √ bharts); to shine, [ib.]

bhas : = bhasman ashes (only loc. bhasi), [BhP.]

tigmajambha : tigmá—jambha (°má-), mfn. having sharp teeth (Agni), [RV. i], [iv], [viii.]

tapiṣṭha : tápiṣṭha mfn. (superl.) extremely hot, burning, [RV.]; [AV. xi, 1, 16.]

śocis : śocís n. flame, glow, radiance, light, [RV.]; [AV.]; [Hariv.]

śocis : colour, [Kpr.]

śocis : splendour, beauty, [BhP.]

śocis : śocís mfn. shining, brilliant, [ib.]

ya : the 1st semivowel (corresponding to the vowels i and ī, and having the sound of the English y, in Bengal usually pronounced j).

ya : m. (in prosody) a bacchic (˘ ¯ ¯), [Piṅg.]

ya : the actual base of the relative pronoun in declension [cf. yád and Gk. ὅς, ἥ, ὅ].

ya : m. (in some senses fr. √ 1. yā, only, [L.]) a goer or mover

ya : wind

ya : joining

ya : restraining

ya : fame

ya : a carriage (?)

ya : barley

ya : light

ya : abandoning

surādhas : su—rā́dhas mfn. granting good gifts, liberal, bountiful, [RV.]

surādhas : receiving rich gifts, wealthy, [ib.]

surādhas : su—rā́dhas m. N. of a Ṛṣi (having the patr. Vārṣāgira and author of [RV. i, 100]), [Anukr.]

surādhas : of a man, [ĀrṣBr.]

pra : prá ind. before

pra : forward, in front, on, forth (mostly in connection with a verb, esp. with a verb of motion which is often to be supplied; sometimes repeated before the verb, cf. [Pāṇ. viii, 1, 6]; rarely as a separate word, e.g. [AitBr. ii, 40])

pra : as a prefix to subst. = forth, away, cf. pra-vṛtti, pra-sthāna

pra : as prefix to adj. = excessively, very, much, cf. pra-caṇḍa, pra-matta

pra : in nouns of relationship = great- cf. pra-pitāmaha, pra-pautra

pra : (according to native lexicographers it may be used in the senses of gati, ā-rambha, ut-karṣa, sarvato-bhāva, prāthamya, khyāti, ut-patti, vy-avahāra), [RV.]; &c.

pra : [cf. puras, purā, pūrva; Zd. fra; Gk. πρό; Lat. pro; Slav. pra-, pro-; Lith. pra-; Goth. faúr, faúra; Germ. vor; Eng. fore.]

pra : mfn. (√ pṝ or prā) filling, fulfilling

pra : (n. fulfilment ifc.; cf. ākūti-, kakṣya-, kāma-)

pra : like, resembling (ifc.; cf. ikṣu-, kṣura-).

ya : the 1st semivowel (corresponding to the vowels i and ī, and having the sound of the English y, in Bengal usually pronounced j).

ya : m. (in prosody) a bacchic (˘ ¯ ¯), [Piṅg.]

ya : the actual base of the relative pronoun in declension [cf. yád and Gk. ὅς, ἥ, ὅ].

ya : m. (in some senses fr. √ 1. yā, only, [L.]) a goer or mover

ya : wind

ya : joining

ya : restraining

ya : fame

ya : a carriage (?)

ya : barley

ya : light

ya : abandoning

mī : cl. 9. P. Ā. ([Dhātup. xxxi, 4]) mīnāti, mīnīte (Ved. also minā́ti and minoti; mī́yate or mīyáte [[Dhātup. xxvi, 28]]; mimītas, mimīyāt [?]; pf. mimāya, [RV.]; mīmaya, [AV.]; mamau, mimye Gr.; aor. amāsīt, amāsta Gr.; meṣṭa, [AV.]; aor. Pass. ámāyi, [Br.]; Prec. mīyāt, māsīṣṭa Gr.; fut. mātā, māsyati, °te Gr.; meṣyate, [Br.]; inf. -míyam, -miye, [RV.]; métos, [Br.]; ind.p. mītvā, -mīya, māya Gr.), to lessen, diminish, destroy (Ā. and Pass. to perish, disappear, die), [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]; [Up.]; [BhP.]; to lose one's way, go astray, [RV.]; to transgress, violate, frustrate, change, alter, [RV.]; [AV.] : Caus. māpayati aor. amīmapat. See pra-√ mī; Desid. mitsati, °te Gr.: Intens. memīyate, memayīti, memeti, [ib.]

mī : [cf. Gk. μινύω ; Lat. minuere; Slav. mǐnij; Germ. minniro, minre, minder; Angl.Sax. min.]

mī : See manyu-mī.

mī : cl. 1. 10. P. mayati or māyayati, to go, move, [Dhātup. xxxiv, 18]; to understand, [Vop.]

varuṇa : váruṇa m. (once in the [TĀr.] varuṇá) ‘All-enveloping Sky’, N. of an Āditya (in the Veda commonly associated with Mitra [q.v.] and presiding over the night as Mitra over the day, but often celebrated separately, whereas Mitra is rarely invoked alone; Varuṇa is one of the oldest of the Vedic gods, and is commonly thought to correspond to the Οὐρανός of the Greeks, although of a more spiritual conception; he is often regarded as the supreme deity, being then styled ‘king of the gods’ or ‘king of both gods and men’ or ‘king of the universe’; no other deity has such grand attributes and functions assigned to him; he is described as fashioning and upholding heaven and earth, as possessing extraordinary power and wisdom called māyā, as sending his spies or messengers throughout both worlds, as numbering the very winkings of men's eyes, as hating falsehood, as seizing transgressors with his pāśa or noose, as inflicting diseases, especially dropsy, as pardoning sin, as the guardian of immortality; he is also invoked in the Veda together with Indra, and in later Vedic literature together with Agni, with Yama, and with Viṣṇu; in [RV. iv, 1, 2], he is even called the brother of Agni; though not generally regarded in the Veda as a god of the ocean, yet he is often connected with the waters, especially the waters of the atmosphere or firmament, and in one place [[RV. vii, 64, 2]] is called with Mitra, sindhu-pati, ‘lord of the sea or of rivers’; hence in the later mythology he became a kind of Neptune, and is there best known in his character of god of the ocean; in the [MBh.] Varuṇa is said to be a son of Kardama and father of Puṣkara, and is also variously represented as one of the Deva-gandharvas, as a Nāga, as a king of the Nāgas, and as an Asura; he is the regent of the western quarter [cf. loka-pāla] and of the Nakṣatra Śatabhiṣaj [[VarBṛS.]]; the Jainas consider Varuṇa as a servant of the twentieth Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇī), [RV.] &c. &c. (cf. [IW. 10]; [12] &c.)

varuṇa : the ocean, [VarBṛS.]

varuṇa : water, [Kathās.]

varuṇa : the sun, [L.]

varuṇa : awarder off or dispeller, [Sāy.] on [RV. v, 48, 5]

varuṇa : N. of a partic. magical formula recited over weapons, [R.] (v.l. varaṇa)

varuṇa : the tree Crataeva Roxburghii, [L.] (cf. varaṇa)

varuṇa : pl. (prob.) the gods generally, [AV. iii, 4, 6]

varuṇa : váruṇa &c. See p. 921, col. 2.

dhāma : m. pl. N. of a class of superhuman beings, [MBh.]

dhāma : n. abode &c. = dhāman, [L.]

dhāma : in comp. for °man, below.

dhāman : dhā́man n. dwelling-place, house, abode, domain, [RV.] &c. &c. (esp. seat of the gods, cf. madhyamaṃ dhāma viṣṇoḥ, [Śak. [Pi. iv, 5]]; site of the sacred fire and the Soma, [RV.] &c.; with priyam, favourite residence, [VS.]; [Br.])

dhāman : favourite thing or person, delight, pleasure, [VS.]; [AV.]; [Br.]

dhāman : the inmates of a house or members of a family, class, troop, band, host (also pl.), [RV.] &c.

dhāman : law, rule, established order (esp. of Mitra-Varuṇa), [RV.]; [AV.]

dhāman : state, condition, [Prab. i, 30]

dhāman : manner, mode, tone, form, appearance (esp. in sacrifice, song &c.), [RV.]; [VS.]

dhāman : effect, power, strength, majesty, glory, splendour, light, [RV.] &c., [MBh.]; [Kāv.]; [Pur.]

dhāman : (accord. to some in [RV.] also = muhūrta, ‘an hour’).

dhāman : dhā́man m. N. of one of the 7 Ṛṣis of the 4th Manv-antara (v.l. dhātṛ), [Hariv.]

dhāman : [cf. Gk. θημον in εὐ-θήμων; θαμά, θωμός &c.; Lat. fam-ulus; Angl.Sax. dôm; Goth. domas; Germ. tuom and suff. -tum.]

priyā : (ā), f. a mistress, wife, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.

priyā : [cf. Old Sax. frî, Angl.Sax. freó, ‘a wife’]

priyā : the female of an animal, [Var.]

priyā : news, [L.]

priyā : small cardamoms, [L.]

priyā : Arabian jasmine, [L.]

priyā : spirituous liquor, [L.]

priyā : N. of a daughter of Dakṣa, [VP.]

priyā : of various metres, [Col.]

priya : priyāla. See under √ 1. prī below.

priya : priyá mf(A)n. beloved, dear to (gen. loc. dat. or comp.), liked, favourite, wanted, own, [RV.] &c. &c. (with abl. ‘dearer than’, [R.]; [Kathās.]; [Pañcat.]; priyaṃ-√ kṛ Ā. kurute, either ‘to gain the affection of, win as a friend’, [RV.]; or ‘to feel affection for, love more and more’, [MBh.])

priya : dear, expensive, high in price (cf. priya-dhānyaka, priyānna-tva)

priya : fond of attached or devoted to (loc.), [RV.] (id. in comp., either ibc., e.g. priya-devana, ‘fond of playing’, or ifc., e.g. akṣa-priya, ‘fond of dice’, cf. [Pāṇ. ii, 2, 35], Vārtt. 2; ifc. also = pleasant, agreeable, e.g. gamana-priya, ‘pleasant to go’, [vi, 2, 15]Sch.)

priya : priyá m. a friend, [Gaut.]

priya : a lover, husband, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.

priya : a son-in-law, [Mn. iii, 119] ([Kull.])

priya : a kind of deer, [L.]

priya : priyá m. N. of 2 medicinal plants, [L.]

priya : priyá n. love, kindness, favour, pleasure, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.

mitra : mitrá m. (orig. mit-tra, fr. √ mith or mid; cf. medin) a friend, companion, associate, [RV.]; [AV.] (in later language mostly n.)

mitra : N. of an Āditya (generally invoked together with Varuṇa cf. mitrā-v°, and often associated with Aryaman q.v.; Mitra is extolled alone in [RV. iii, 59], and there described as calling men to activity, sustaining earth and sky and beholding all creatures with unwinking eye; in later times he is considered as the deity of the constellation Anurādhā, and father of Utsarga), [RV.] &c. &c.

mitra : the sun, [Kāv.] &c. (cf. comp.)

mitra : N. of a Marut, [Hariv.]

mitra : of a son of Vasiṣṭha and various other men, [Pur.]

mitra : of the third Muhūrta, [L.]

mitra : du. = mitrá-varuṇa, [RV.]

mitra : mitrá n. friendship, [RV.]

mitra : mitrá n. a friend, companion (cf. m. above), [TS.] &c., &c.

mitra : mitrá n. (with aurasa) a friend connected by blood-relationship, [Hit.]

mitra : an ally (a prince whose territory adjoins that of an immediate neighbour who is called ari, enemy, [Mn. vii, 158] &c., in this meaning also applied to planets, [VarBṛS.])

mitra : a companion to = resemblance of (gen.; ifc. = resembling, like), [Bālar.]; [Vcar.]

mitra : N. of the god Mitra (enumerated among the 10 fires), [MBh.]

mitra : a partic. mode of fighting, [Hariv.] (v.l. for bhinna).

mitra : Nom. P. mitrati, to act in a friendly manner, [Śatr.]

cit : cít mfn. ifc. ‘piling up’, see agni-, ūrdhva-, and pūrva-cít

cit : ([Pāṇ. iii, 2, 92]) forming a layer or stratum, piled up, [VS. i], [xii]; [TS. i] (cf. kaṅka-, karma-, cakṣuś-, droṇa-, prāṇa-, manaś-, rathacakra-, vāk-, śyena-, and śrotra-cít.)

cit : mfn. ifc. ‘knowing’, see ṛta-cít

cit : ‘giving heed to’ or ‘revenging [guilt, ṛṇa-]’, see ṛṇa-.

cit : mfn. ifc. ‘id.’, see 2. .

cit : 2. 3. . See √ 2. 3. ci.

cit : cl. 1. cétati (impf. acetat, [RV. vii, 95, 2]; p. cétat, [RV.]) cl. 2. (Ā. Pass. 3. sg. cité, [x, 143, 4]; p. f. instr. citantyā, [i, 129, 7]; Ā. citāna, [ix, 101, 11]; [VS. x, 1]) cl. 3. irreg. ciketati ([RV.]; Subj. ciketat, [RV.]; Impv. 2. sg. cikiddhi, [RV.]; p. cikitāná, [RV.]; perf. cikéta, [RV.] &c.; ciceta, [Vop. viii, 37]; 3. du. cetatur, [AV. iii, 22, 2]; Ā. and Pass. cikité, [RV.] &c.; 3. pl. °tre, [RV.]; for p. cikitvás See s.v.; Ā. Pass. cicite, [Bhaṭṭ. ii, 29]; aor. acetīt, [Vop. viii, 35]; Ā. Pass. áceti and céti, [RV.]; for acait See √ 2. ci; fut. 1st céttā, [i, 22, 5]) to perceive, fix the mind upon, attend to, be attentive, observe, take notice of (acc. or gen.), [RV.]; [SV.]; [AV.]; [Bhaṭṭ.]; to aim at, intend, design (with dat.), [RV. i, 131, 6]; [x, 38, 3]; to be anxious about, care for (acc. or gen.), [i], [ix f.]; to resolve, [iii, 53, 24]; [x, 55, 6]; to understand, comprehend, know (perf. often in the sense of pr.), [RV.]; [AV. vii, 2, 1] and [5, 5]; P. Ā. to become perceptible, appear, be regarded as, be known, [RV.]; [VS. x], [xv] : Caus. cetáyati, °te (2. pl. cetáyadhvam Subj. cetayat Impv. 2. du. cetayethām impf. ácetayat, [RV.]; 3. pl. citáyante, [RV.]; p. citáyat, [RV.] (eleven times); cetáyat, [x, 110, 8], &c.; Ā. cetayāna See s.v.) to cause to attend, make attentive, remind of [i, 131, 2] and [iv, 51, 3]; to cause to comprehend, instruct, teach, [RV.]; to observe, perceive, be intent upon, [RV.]; [MBh. xii, 9890]; [Kathās. xiii, 10]; Ā. (once P. [MBh. xviii, 74]) to form an idea in the mind, be conscious of, understand, comprehend, think, reflect upon, [TS. vi]; [ŚBr.]; [ChUp. vii, 5, 1]; [MBh.]; [BhP. viii, 1, 9]; [Prab.]; P. to have a right notion of, know, [MBh. iii, 14877]; P. ‘to recover consciousness’, awake, [Bhaṭṭ. viii, 123]; Ā. to remember, have consciousness of (acc.), [Pāṇ. iii, 2, 112], [Kāś.]; [Bādar. ii, 3, 18], Sch.; to appear, be conspicuous, shine, [RV.]; [TS. iii] : Desid. cíkitsati (fr. √ kit, [Pāṇ. iii, 1, 5]; [Dhātup. xxiii, 24]; exceptionally Ā. [MBh. xii, 12544]; Impv. °tsatu Subj. °tsāt aor. 2. sg. ácikitsīs, [AV.]; Pass. p. cikitsyamāna, [Suśr.]; [Pañcat.]) to have in view, aim at, be desirous, [AV. v, 11, 1]; [ix, 2, 3]; to care for, be anxious about, [vi], [x]; ([Pāṇ. iii, 1, 5]; [Siddh.]) to treat medically, cure, [KātyŚr. xxv]; [MBh. i], [xii]; [Suśr.]; [Pañcat.]; [Bhartṛ.]; to wish to appear, [RV. i, 123, 1]: Caus. of Desid. (fut. cikitsayiṣyati) to cure, [Mālav. iv, 4/5, 6 f.] : Intens. cekite (fr. √ 2. ci?, or for °tte, [RV. i, 53, 3] and [119, 3]; [ii, 34, 10]; p. cékitat, [ix, 111, 3]; Ā. cékitāna, [RV.] eight times) to appear, be conspicuous, shine, [RV.]

cit : cít mfn. ifc. ‘thinking’, see a-, duś-, manaś-, vipaś-, and huraś-cít

cit : cf. also apa-cit

cit : cít f. thought, intellect, spirit, soul, [VS. iv, 19]; [KapS.]; [Bhartṛ.]; [BhP.]

cit : cf. sa- and ā cít

cit : pure Thought (Brahma cf. [RTL. p. 34]), [Vedāntas.]; [Prab.]

cit : ind. only in comp.

dhruva : dhruvá mf(A/)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)

dhruva : staying with (loc.), [RV. ix, 101, 12]

dhruva : settled, certain, sure, [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.

dhruva : ifc. = pāpa, [L.]

dhruva : dhruvá m. the polar star (personified as son of Uttāna-pāda and grandson of Manu), [GṛS.]; [MBh.] &c.

dhruva : celestial pole, [Sūryas.]

dhruva : the unchangeable longitude of fixed stars, a constant arc, [ib.]

dhruva : a knot, [VS. v, 21]; [30]

dhruva : a post, stake, [L.]

dhruva : the Indian fig-tree, [L.]

dhruva : tip of the nose (?), [L.]

dhruva : a partic. water-bird, [ib.]

dhruva : the remaining (i.e. preserved) Graha which having been drawn in the morning is not offered till evening, [ŚBr.]; [Vait.]

dhruva : (in music) the introductory verse of a song (recurring as a kind of burthen) or a partic. time or measure (tāla-viśeṣa)

dhruva : any epoch to which a computation of dates is referred, [W.]

dhruva : N. of an astrol. Yoga

dhruva : of the syllable Om, [RāmatUp.]

dhruva : of Brahmā, [L.]

dhruva : of Viṣṇu, [MBh.]

dhruva : of Śiva, [Śivag.]

dhruva : of a serpent supporting the earth, [GṛS.]; [TĀr.]

dhruva : of a Vasu, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [Pur.]

dhruva : of a son of Vasu-deva and Rohiṇī, [BhP.]

dhruva : of an Āṅgirasa (supposed author of [RV. x, 173]), [Anukr.]

dhruva : of a son of Nahuṣa, [MBh.]

dhruva : of a follower of the Pāṇḍus, [ib.]

dhruva : of a son of Ranti-nāra (or Ranti-bhāra), [Pur.]

dhruva : dhruvá n. the fixed point (from which a departure takes place), [Pāṇ. i, 4, 24]

dhruva : the enduring sound (supposed to be heard after the Abhinidhāna), [RPrāt.]

dhruva : air, atmosphere, [L.]

dhruva : a kind of house, [Gal.]

dhruva : [cf. Zd. drva.]