Handwritten Devanāgarī lines on a manuscript page.

us-stem · dhanus (n.)

Compare the forms of dhanus by case and number. Use the table to recognise endings and practise the forms in the matching game.

Notes on the forms

The forms follow Whitney’s Sanskrit Grammar. At the end of a word spoken on its own, ḥ represents final s or r; āi and āu appear as ai and au. You can show word accents in the Latin transliteration (IAST). Forms labelled as models follow the formation rules. The game uses the filled cells.

bow · neuter

us-stem · dhanus (n.)
CasesSingularDualPlural
Nominative
dhanuḥ · धनुः Model form
the bow
dhanuṣī · धनुषी Model form
the two bows
dhanūṃṣi · धनूंषि Model form
the bows
Accusative
dhanuḥ · धनुः Model form
the bow
dhanuṣī · धनुषी Model form
the two bows
dhanūṃṣi · धनूंषि Model form
the bows
Instrumental
dhanuṣā · धनुषा Model form
with the bow
dhanurbhyām · धनुर्भ्याम् Model form
with the two bows
dhanurbhiḥ · धनुर्भिः Model form
with the bows
Dative
dhanuṣe · धनुषे Model form
for the bow
dhanurbhyām · धनुर्भ्याम् Model form
for the two bows
dhanurbhyaḥ · धनुर्भ्यः Model form
for the bows
Ablative
dhanuṣaḥ · धनुषः Model form
from the bow
dhanurbhyām · धनुर्भ्याम् Model form
from the two bows
dhanurbhyaḥ · धनुर्भ्यः Model form
from the bows
Genitive
dhanuṣaḥ · धनुषः Model form
of the bow
dhanuṣoḥ · धनुषोः Model form
of the two bows
dhanuṣām · धनुषाम् Model form
of the bows
Locative
dhanuṣi · धनुषि Model form
at the bow
dhanuṣoḥ · धनुषोः Model form
at the two bows
dhanuḥṣu · धनुःषु Model form
at the bows
Vocative
dhanuḥ · धनुः Model form
O bow
dhanuṣī · धनुषी Model form
O two bows
dhanūṃṣi · धनूंषि Model form
O bows

The translation gives you one possible meaning, with case and number alongside it. Highlights help you compare the forms. Devanāgarī character clusters stay together.

Source: William Dwight Whitney: Sanskrit Grammar (1889), § 412–415

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