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Entry चाप

चापcāpaA bow; ताते चापद्वितीये वहति रणधुरां को भयस्यावकाशः Ve.3.5; so चापपाणिः 'with a bow in hand'.
[चपस्य वंशभेदस्य विकारः अण् Tv.]
1. A bow; ताते चापद्वितीये वहति रणधुरां को भयस्यावकाशः Ve.3.5; so चापपाणिः 'with a bow in hand'.
2. The rain-bow.
3. (In geom.) An arc of a circle.
4. The sign of the zodiac calledSagittarius..
In the Gita1·46

एवमुक्त्वार्जुनः संख्ये रथोपस्थ उपाविशत् ।

evamuktvārjunaḥ saṅkhye rathopastha upāviśat, — Sanjaya said: Having thus spoken on the battlefield, Arjuna sank down on the seat of the chariot, casting down the divine bow and the inexhaustible… 1·46
- चापम्cāpamaccusative singular of the masculine noun cāpa (the bow).
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