The corpus record — Sanskrit

dhanuḥ

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Where it lives

Brhadaranyaka Upanisad 2 · 0.26/10k

What it meant — Monier-Williams

1. dhänu-

dhänu- f.: RV-Wort von umstrittener Bedeutung (RV 1,33,4; 1,144,5; 8,3,19; 10,4,3; 10,27,17, dazu möglicherweise AV 1,17,4 dhanü- [„zweifelhaft nach Lesung und Sinn“, AiGr 1 319). - Vielleicht doch ‘Gestade, Ebene’ und mit dhanvan-' zusammengehörig; Renou, EVP 12 (1964) 106, 14 (11965) 64. Anders GeRV 139 (ad RV 1,33,4): “Quelle, Versteck’ (- lat föns, DHAN'?), ‘Quell im Wasser, Ursprung’ ua (GeRV passim, zu den … — [Mayrhofer, s.v. dhänu-, p. 826]

2. dhanū

1. dhanū m. a store of grain, L. (for 2. See dhanu).

3. دهَنُ

dhanu m. or ( Uṇ. i, 82 ) 2. dhanū f. ( fr. √ 2. dhan?) a bow, Hit. ; Śāntiś.

4. دهَنُ

accord. to some also, ‘water, juice &c.’; cf. √ dhanv, dhanutṛ.

5. dhanuḥ

dhanuḥ in comp. for nus.

6. dhānya

1. dhānya mfn. consisting or made of grain, RV. ; AV.

7. dhānya

2. dhānya n. ( fr. dhana) the being rich, richness, Dhātup. xx, 3.

8. دهَنيَ

dhanya mfn. bringing or bestowing wealth, opulent, rich ( ifc. full of), RV. &c. &c.

In the wild

dhanuḥ Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_1,4.11
dhanuḥ Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_3,8.3

Where it came from

Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) Treated in Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) s.v. dhanu (vol. 3, scan p. 633; entry #7475).

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