Dhruva

Also known as Dhruv

Dhruva (Sanskrit: ध्रुव, , lit. "unshakeable, immovable, fixed or eternal") was an ascetic devotee of Vishnu mentioned in the Vishnu Purana and the Bhagavata Purana.

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Deity.caption: Dhruva as the Pole star, a Pahari painting by Manaku c. 1740
Deity.affiliation: Devotee of Vishnu
Deity.parents: Uttānapāda and Suniti
Deity.deity_of: Polaris
Deity.abode: Dhruvaloka in outer space
Deity.spouse: Brāhmī and Ilā
Deity.children: Kalpa and Vatsara (from Brāhmī) Utkala (from Ilā)
Deity.type: hindu
Deity.image: Dhruva as star from Bhagavata purana series by manaku.jpg
Deity.alt: Dhruva becomes the Pole Star circa 1740

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Image: Dhruva as star from Bhagavata purana series by manaku.jpg

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Commons category: Dhruva
name in kana: ドゥルヴァ

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Devotion towards Vishnu
The Yaksha War
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Dhruva (Sanskrit: ध्रुव, , lit. "unshakeable, immovable, fixed or eternal") was an ascetic devotee of Vishnu mentioned in the Vishnu Purana and the Bhagavata Purana.

The Sanskrit term dhruva nakshatra (ध्रुव नक्षत्र, "polar star") has been used for Pole Star in the Mahabharata, personified as son of Uttānapāda and grandson of Manu, even though Polaris at the likely period of the recension of the text of the Mahabharata was still several degrees away from the celestial pole.