dhanus धनुस् – bow

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dhánus ·n. bow or a bow's length (a cert. measure).

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Dhanus, us, m. n. (generally n.), a bow; a measure of length equal to four Hastas or = (1/2000) Gavyūti; (us), n. an arc or part of a circle; an arc or quadrant for obtaining by observation the altitude of the sun and the zenith-distance; the sign of the zodiac Sagittarius; a kind of tree, = piyāla; a desert, arid land; (us, us, us), armed with a bow; (us), m. a N. of Śiva.

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1. dhánus UṆĀDIS. 2,118. m.n. gaṇa ardharcādi zu P. 2,4,31. 1〉 n. Bogen NIR. 9,16. AK. 2,8,2,51 ?(m.). TRIK. 2,8,50 oder TRIK. 2,8,51. H. 775. H. an. 2,583. MED. s. 25 (m.n.). ṚV. 8,61,4. ṚV. 8,66,11. ā hàrya̱tāyà dhṛ̱ṣṇave̱ dhanùstanvanti̱ pauṃsyàm ṚV. 9,99,1. dhanu̱rhastā̀dā̱dadā̀no mṛ̱tasyà ṚV. 10,18,9. ṚV. 10,125,6. dhanùri̱vā tànayā̱ pasàḥ AV. 4,4,6. AV. 4,6,6. AV. 5,18,8. AV. 7,50,9. VS. 16,10. ŚAT. BR. 1,5,4,6. ŚAT. BR. 5,3,1,11. dhanurārtni ŚAT. BR. 4,3,10. ŚAT. BR. 14,1,1,7. KĀTY. ŚR. 25,4,47. AIT. BR. 7,14. PAÑCAV. BR. 7,5,6. M. 3,160. R. 1,66,26. SUŚR. 1,254,7. SUŚR. 1,254,11. dhanurvakra SUŚR. 94,1. astram — yojayaṃ tatra dhanuṣā MBH. 3,877. yuddhe vā nāmyatāṃ dhanuḥ N. 26,10. dhanuṣyamoghaṃ samadhatta sāyakam RAGH. 3,53. ŚĀK. 8,13. HIT. I, 155. surapati˚ Indraʼs Bogen, der Regenbogen MEGH. 73. Den nom. sg. m. dhanus haben wir zu dhanu gestellt. Vgl. dṛḍha˚. — 2〉 n. der Bogen als Längenmaass: prādeśena dhanuṣā ca mimīte KAUŚ. 85. = 4 Hasta = ¹⁄₂₀₀₀ Gavyūti MĀRK. P. 49,39. MĀRK. P. 49,40. dhanuḥśatam M. 8,237. YĀJÑ. 2,167. (taṃ cakarṣa) tasmāddeśāddhanūṃṣyaṣṭau MBH. 1,6001. H. 133. — 3〉 n. Bogen als Theil eines Kreises COLEBR. Alg. 89. SŪRYAS. 2,33. SŪRYAS. 2,39. SŪRYAS. 3,15. SŪRYAS. 10,13. — 4〉 n. ein bogenförmiges Instrument zur Beobachtung der Sonnenhöhe und Zenith-Distanz SŪRYAS. 13,20. — 5〉 der Schütze im Thierkreise H. an. MED. (m.n.). VARĀH. BṚH. 26 (25), 25. VARĀH. BṚH. 26 (25),26. LAGHUJ. 4,7. LAGHUJ. 11,5. SŪRYAS. 12,63. SŪRYAS. 12,66. SŪRYAS. 14,5. — 6〉 ein best. Baum, = piyāla H. an. m. MED. — 7〉 adj. mit einem Bogen bewaffnet H. an. MED. als Beiw. Śivaʼs MBH. 7,9536. ŚIV. — Wird gewöhnlich auf dhan = han zurückgeführt und als Mordwaffe erklärt; aber auch auf tan dehnen, spannen. Vgl. 1. dhan, 1. dhanvan.

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2. dhanus n. = 2. dhanvan dürres —, trocknes Land: dhanurdurga (pura) M. 7,70 (KULL. liest dhanvadurga). viell. auch MBH. 6,233.

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1. dhanus 2〉 LALIT. ed. Calc. 170,4. — 5〉 Verz. d. Oxf. H. 97,b,32. — Vgl. indra˚, puṣpa˚, mahā˚, surapati˚.

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1. dhánus — 1〉 (*m.) n. — a〉 Bogen. — b〉 ein best. Längenmaass, 4 Hasta. — c〉 ein geometrischer Bogen. — d〉 Fiedelbogen S. S. S. 179. — e〉 ein bogenförmiges Instrument zur Beobachtung der Sonnenhöhe und Zenith-Distanz. — f〉 der Schütze im Thierkreise. — g〉 *Buchanania latifolia. — h〉 Bein. Śivaʼs. Nach NĪLAK. = dhanuḥsvarūpa. — 2〉 *Adj. mit einem Bogen bewaffnet.

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2. dhanus n. = 2. dhanvan. Vgl. dhanurdurga.

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dhanus a. [dhan śabde-usi] Armed with a bow. — n. 1 A bow; dhanuṣyamoghaṃ samadhatta bāṇaṃ Ku. 3. 66; so iṃdradhanuḥ &c. (At the end of Bah. comp. dhanus is changed to dhanvan; R. 2. 8). 2 A measure of length equal to four hastas; Y. 2. 167; Ms. 8. 237. 3 An arc of a circle. 4 The sign ([Page 0591-b]) Sagittarius of the zodiac. 5 A desert; cf. dhanvan. — m. N. of Śiva. Comp. — ākāra a. (dhanurākāra) bow shaped, curved, bent. — kara (dhanuṣkara) a. having or armed with a bow. — (raḥ) a bow-maker. — kāṃḍaṃ (dhanuḥkāṃḍaṃ) a bow and arrow. — khaṃḍaṃ (dhanuḥkhaṃḍaṃ) part of a bow; Me. 15. — guṇaḥ ( dhanurguṇaḥ) a bow-string. — grahaḥ (dhanurgrahaḥ), — grāhaḥ an archer. — jyā (dhanurjyā) a bow-string; anavaratadhanurjyāsphālanakrūrapūrvaṃ Ś. 2. 4. — drumaḥ (dhanurdrumaḥ) a bamboo. — dharaḥ, -bhṛt m. (dhanurdharaḥ &c.) 1 an archer; R. 2. 11, R. 2. 29; R. 3. 31, R. 3. 38, R. 3. 39; R. 9. 11; R. 12. 97; R. 16. 77. 2 an epithet of Viṣṇu. 3 the sign Sagittarius of the zodiac. — dhārin m. an archer. — pāṇi a. ( dhanuṣpāṇi) armed with a bow, with a bow in hand. — mārgaḥ (dhanurmārgaḥ) a line curved like a bow, a curve. — vidyā (dhanurvidyā) the science of archery. — vṛkṣaḥ (dhanurvṛkṣaḥ) 1 a bamboo. 2 the aśvattha tree. — vedaḥ (dhanurvedaḥ) the science of archery, one of the four Upavedas q. v. — vedin m. an epithet of Śiva.

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dhanús n. Bogen.

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dhanus dhanus m. n. arc. — M. le Sagittaire; le priyāla. bot. Cf. dhanu. dhanurguṇā f. corde de l'arc. La mūrvā, bot. dont on fait des cordes d'arc. dhanurjyā f. corde d'arc. dhanurdhara m. (dhṛ) archer, homme portant un arc. dhanurbhṛt m. (bhṛ) mms. dhanurmadhya n. le milieu de l'arc. dhanurmālā f. la mūrvā, bot. dhanuryāsa m. hedysarum alhagi, bot. dhanurlatā f. asclepias acida, bot. dhanurvṛkṣa m. bambou; autre plante. dhanurveda m. la science de l'arc; la science des armes, en gén. dhanuṣkara m. qui a un arc à la main, archer. dhanuṣpaṭa m. le priyāla, bot. dhanuṣmat a. (sfx. mat) qui a un arc; archer. dhanusśākā f. la mūrvā, bot. dont on fait des cordes d'arc. dhanusśreṇī f. mms.