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dhanuṣa

n

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What it meant — Monier-Williams

1. dhänus-

dhänus- n. Bogen (RV [NomAkkög]; nach-rigved. auch dhanusa, dhänünhsi, dhänurbhis; suppletiv mit dhanvan-’ |RV dhanvan-ä, -as ua), AiGr III 318, Hoffm, Spr 20 [1974] 18 = HoffmA 330); dhanväsah- Bogensieger (RV), ugra-dhanvanmit starkem Bogen (RV, AV), dhanväayın- Bogen tragend (Käth +; TS dhanvävin-, AiGr II 2,918); tisr-dhanva- n. drei (Pfeile) und Bogen (TS; 0. I 678), isu-dhanva- n. Pfeil und Bogen (TA); … — [Mayrhofer, s.v. dhänus-, p. 826]

2. dhanuṣa

dhanuṣa m. N. of a Ṛṣi ( ˚zA Kya , MBh. xii, 12758 ).

3. دهَنُس

dhanus n. ( m. g. arDarcA di ; cf. dhanu) a bow, RV. &c. &c.

4. دهَنُس

a measure of length = 4 Hasta s or 1/2000 Gavyūti , Mn. ; Yājñ. &c.

5. دهَنُس

N. of Śiva , MBh. vii, 9536 (armed with a bow, L. , or = dhanuḥsvarūpa, Nīlak. )

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  • Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) Treated in Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) s.v. dhänus (vol. 1, scan pp. 826-827; entry #7618).

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