Definitions for "Dhruva"
A son of Uttanapada and Suniti. A grandson of Svayambhuva Manu, hated by his mother's more beloved wife Suruci, took leave of his mother to go to ... more
The younger son of Uttanapada, and grandson of Svayambhuva Manu, and great-grandson of Brahma. Insulted by his stepmother, Dhruva left home at the age of five and achieved perfection in six months. Lord Vasudeva gave Dhruva his own spiritual planet at the top of the universe, called Dhruvaloka or the polestar.
A great devotee of God in Hindu mythologies; the North star is named after him
one of the sapta taaLas, which has the form laghu, drutam, laghu, laghu (symbol |0||). With the 7 types of laghus, there can be 7 forms of this raaga. For example, sankeerna jaati dhruva taaLa is laghu(9), drutam(2), laghu(9), laghu(9) for a total of 28 beats
A section of the prabandha composition; "fixed form".
One of the seven Talas