Dhuva
Dhuva,(adj.) [Sk.dhruva,cp.Lith.drúta firm; Goth.triggws=Ohg.triuwi (Ger.treue,trost); Ags.tréowe= E.true,of Idg.*dheru,enlarged form of *dher,see dharati] stable,constant,permanent; fixed,regular,certain,sure D.I,18; S.I,142; IV,370; A.II,33; J.I,19; V,121 (°sassataṁ maraṇaṁ); III,325; Bu II.82;Miln.114 (na tā nadiyo dh-salilā).334 (°phala); Vism.77; DA.I,112 (maraṇaṁ apassanto dh.),150 (=thāvara); DhA.III,170 (adhuvaṁ jīvitaṁ dhuvaṁ maraṇaṁ); ThA.241; Sdhp.331.-- nt.permanence,stability M.I,326; Dh.147.Also Ep.of Nibbāna (see °gāmin).-- nt.as adv.dhuvaṁ continuously,constantly,always J.II,24=Miln.172; PvA.207; certainly J.I,18,V.103.-- adhuva (addhuva) changing,unstable,impermanent D.I,19 (anicca a.appāyuka); M.I,326; S.IV,302; J.I,393; III,19 (addhuva-sīla); VvA.77.
--gāmin leading to permanence,i.e.Nibbāna S.IV,370 (magga); --colā (f.) constantly dressed,of a woman Vin.III,129; --ṭṭhāniya lasting (of shoes) Vin.I,190; --dhamma one who has reached a stable condition DhA.III,289; --paññatta (a) permanently appointed (seat) Vin.IV,274; --bhatta a constant supply of food Vin.I,25,243; II,15 (°ika); J.I,449 (where the v.l.dhura° seems to be preferable instead of dhuva°,see dhurabhatta); cp.niccabhatta; --yāgu constant (distribution of) ricegruel Vin.I,292 sq.; --lohitā (f.) a woman whose blood is stagnant Vin.III,129; --ssava always discharging,constantly flowing J.I,6,V.35.(Page 342)