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    adhruva

    Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 25.
    adhruva mfn. (-vaḥ-vā-vaṃ) Unstable, unfixed, uncertain, transient, perishable.

    E. a neg. dhruva fixed.

    Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 910, col. 2.
    a-dhruva (vaḥ-vā-vaṃ) a. Unstable.

    Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 63, col. 1.
    adhruva Tatpur. m. f. n. (-vaḥ-vā-vam) 1 Not permanent, not

    fixed, transient, perishable. 2 Uncertain, doubtful. 3 Not

    vital, not essential for life (as a limb or part of the body).

    E. a neg. and dhruva.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1st ed.)

    ☞ p. 24, col. 1.
    adhruva a-dhruva, as, ā, am, not fixed, not

    permanent; uncertain, doubtful; separable, admitting

    of severance without disastrous effects.

    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 54, col. 1.
    adhruva a.

    1 Uncertain, doubtful.

    2 Unsteady, moving, not fixed or permanent; svāṃge'dhruve P. III. 4. 54; separable (which can be severed or detached without fatal or disastrous effects) (yena vinā na jīvanaṃ so 'dhruvaḥ Sk.)

    — vaṃ An uncertainty; yo dhruvāṇi parityajya adhruvāṇi niṣevate . dhruvāṇi tasya naśyaṃti adhruvaṃ naṣṭameva ca; cf. the English phrase ‘A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.’

    Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 14.
    ádhruva a. not fixed, uncertain, inconstant.

    Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 11, col. 1.
    adhruva á-dhruva, a. unsteady, transient;
    uncertain.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    ☞ p. 23, col. 3.
    á-dhruva mf(ā)n. not fixed, not permanent
    ☞ p. 23, col. 3.
    uncertain, doubtful
    ☞ p. 23, col. 3.
    separable.

    Śabdasāgara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 21, col. 1.
    adhruva

    mfn. (-vaḥ-vā-vaṃ) Unstable, unfixed, uncertain, transient, perish-
    able.

    E. a neg. dhruva fixed.

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 71.
    adhruva a. Uncertain, doubtful. -2 Unsteady, moving, not fixed or permanent; svāṅge'dhruve P.III.4.54; separable (which can be severed or detached without fatal or disastrous effects) (yena vinā na jīvanaṃ so'dhruvaḥ Sk.) -vam An uncertainty; yo dhruvāṇi parityajya adhruvāṇi niṣevate | dhruvāṇi tasya naśyanti adhruvaṃ naṣṭameva ca H.1.184. cf. the English phrase 'A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.'

    Burnouf Dictionnaire Sanscrit-Français

    ☞ p. 19, col. 1.
    adhruva adhruva a. (dhruva) incertain, instable.

    Stchoupak Dictionnaire Sanscrit-Français

    ☞ p. 25, col. 2.
    a-dhruva- a. non constant, éphémère; indéterminé.

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 161.
    adhruva (3. a + dhruva) adj.

    1) nicht fest, ablösbar; ein Glied heisst adhruva, wenn dessen Verlust nicht den Tod nach sich zieht, P. 3, 4, 54. yasminnaṅge chinne prāṇī na mriyate tadadhruvam Citat beim Sch.

    — 2) nicht beständig, schnell vergehend: adhruvaṃ yauvanam R. 3, 61, 34.

    — 3) nicht bestimmt, ungewiss: adhruvaśca raṇe jayaḥ R. 5, 37, 11. yo dhruvāṇi parityajya adhruvāṇi niṣevate PAÑCAT. II, 144.

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 37, col. 1.
    ádhruva Adj. (f. ā)

    — 1) nicht am Ort verharrend , beweglich ŚAT. BR. 8,2,1,2. Dazu Nom.abstr. °tva n. MAHĀBH. 1,281,b.

    — 2) nicht beständig , schnell vergehend ŚAT. BR. 10,2,6,19. Chr. 183,22.

    — 3) nicht bestimmt , ungewiss.

    — 4) ablösbar (von einem Theile des Körpers , dessen Verlust nicht den Tod herbeiführt.).

    Cappeller Sanskrit Wörterbuch

    ☞ p. 10, col. 2.
    ádhruva unstet, unbeständig.

    Schmidt Nachträge zum Sanskrit-Wörterbuch

    ☞ p. 26, col. 1.
    adhruva Adj. °unbestimmt -x-, ungenau aussagend (Zeuge), Kauṭ. 177, 7. Vorher kommt: dhruvaṃ hi sākṣibhiḥ śrotavyam. B. liest abruvāṇāṃ (abruvāṇānāṃ) "wenn sie ihre Aussage verweigern".

    Vācaspatyam

    ☞ p. 141, col. 2.
    adhruva tri0 na0 ta0 . aniścite, cañcale, asthire ca .
    “yodhruvāṇi parityajya adhruvāṇi niṣevate . dhruvāṇi tasya
    naśyanti adhruvaṃ naṣṭameva hi” iti hito0 .