dhruvá mf(ā)n. (prob. fr. √dhṛ, but √.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 svâṅga n. an inseparable member of the body Pāṇ. 6-2, 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, 2. diś] AV. Br. [Page 521, Column 3]
• with smṛti f. a strong or retentive memory ChUp. vii, 26, 2
• cf. also under karaṇa and nakṣatra)
• staying with (loc.) cf. RV. ix, 101, 12
• settled, certain, sure cf. Mn. cf. MBh. cf. Kāv. &c
• ifc. = pāpa cf. L
• m. the polar star (personified as son of Uttāna-pāda and grandson of Manu) cf. GṛS. cf. MBh. &c
• celestial pole cf. Sūryas
• the unchangeable longitude of fixed stars, a constant arc cf. ib
• a knot cf. VS. v, 21 ; 30
• a post, stake cf. L
• the Indian fig-tree cf. L
• tip of the nose (?) cf. L
• a partic. water-bird cf. ib
• the remaining (i.e. preserved) Graha which having been drawn in the morning is not offered till evening cf. ŚBr. cf. Vait
• (in music) the introductory verse of a song (recurring as a kind of burthen) or a partic. time or measure (tāla-viśeṣa)
• any epoch to which a computation of dates is referred cf. W
• N. of an astrol. Yoga
• of the syllable Om cf. RāmatUp
• of Brahmā cf. L
• of Vishṇu cf. MBh
• of Śiva cf. Śivag
• of a serpent supporting the earth cf. GṛS. cf. TĀr
• of a Vasu cf. MBh. cf. Hariv. cf. Pur
• of a son of Vasu-deva and Rohiṇī cf. BhP
• of an Āṅgirasa (supposed author of cf. RV. x, 173) cf. Anukr
• of a son of Nahusha cf. MBh
• of a follower of the Pāṇḍus cf. ib
• of a son of Ranti-nāra (or Ranti-bhāra) cf. Pur
• (ā), f. the largest of the 3 sacrificial ladles cf. AV. xviii, 4, 5, 6 (with juhū & upabhṛt) cf. VS. cf. ŚBr. &c
• (scil. vṛtti) a partic. mode of life cf. Baudh
• (scil. strī) a virtuous woman cf. L
• Desmodium Gangeticum cf. L
• Sanseviera Zeylanica cf. L
• (in music) the introductory verse (cf. above)
• n. the fixed point (from which a departure takes place) cf. Pāṇ. 1-4, 24
• the enduring sound (supposed to be heard after the Abhinidhāna) cf. RPrāt
• air, atmosphere cf. L
• a kind of house cf. Gal
• (am), ind. firmly, constantly, certainly, surely cf. Mn. cf. Yājñ. cf. MBh. cf. Kāv. &c. ; (āya), ind. for ever cf. Hariv. [Cf. Zd. drva.]

Sanskrit-English Dictionary, by M. Monier William

 

brtan pa

[tenses]

• brton
• wa
• brtan/
• rton/
• brtand/
• rtond/

[translation-san] {LCh,C,MSA} dṛdha

[translation-san] {C} dṛḍhatā

[translation-san] {L,MSA} dhīra

[translation-san] {MSA} dhṛti

[translation-san] {MSA} sthira

[translation-san] {MSA} sthairya

[translation-san] {L} dhruva

[translation-san] {C} nirūḍhi

[translation-san] {C} upastabdha

[translation-san] {L} āśraya

[translation-san] {L} vrata

[translation-san] {MSA} yid brtan pa = vaiśvāsika

[translation-eng] {Hopkins} adjective: stable; firm; steadfast verb: have faith in; believe in; trust

[translation-eng] {C} firmness; firm position; eternal; steadfast; propped up; supported; basis; receptacle; physical/bodily basis; body; based on; by resorting to (as a foundation); foundation; courage(ous); steadily wise; resolve; vow

[comments] SW added Eng. ""verb: have faith in; believe in; trust"" and ex 2

Jeffrey Hopkins' Tibetan-Sanskrit-English Dictionary

 

ther zug

[translation-san] {C} dhruva

[translation-san] {L} śāśvata

[translation-eng] {Hopkins} forever{S 33}

[translation-eng] eternalist views; {C}eternal; stable; steadfast

Jeffrey Hopkins' Tibetan-Sanskrit-English Dictionary