Dhruva Tala
ध्रुव तालSanskritSay it: dhru · va taa · la
- bh, dh, gh… — the consonant with a breath of air after it
- aa ee oo ē ō — long vowels: hold them twice as long
The longest of the seven suladi talas — laghu, drutam, laghu, laghu
RhythmBharatanatyamKuchipudiMohiniyattam
Meaning
Dhruva is the first of the seven suladi talas. Its pattern is a laghu, a drutam and two more laghus. In its usual chatusra form it runs to fourteen beats (4 + 2 + 4 + 4), and like every suladi tala it can take any of the five jatis.
Also written: dhruva talam, druva tala, dhruva