Sanskrit dictionary (beta)

Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for धनुस्

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

धनुस्dhanusa.Armed with a bow. n.
[धन् शब्दे-असि]
1. Armed with a bow. Neuter
2. A bow; धनुर्वंशविशुद्धोऽपि निर्गुणः किं करिष्यति Subhāṣ. धनुष्यमोघं समधत्त बाणम् Ku.3.66; so इन्द्रधनुः etc. (At the end of Bahu. comp. धनुस् is changed to धन्वन्; अधिज्यधन्वा विचचार दावम् R.2.8.).
3. A measure of length equal to fourhastas; धनुःशतं परीणाहो ग्रामे क्षेत्रान्तरं भवेत् Y.2.167; Ms. 8.237.
4. An arc of a circle.
5. The sign Sagittarius of the zodiac.
6. A desert; Compare धन्वन् -Masculine Name of Śiva.
Derived forms and compounds
- -आकार Adjective (धनुराकार) bow-shaped, curved, bent.
- -आसनम् (धनुरासनम्) a particular mode of sitting.
- -कर (धनुष्कर) Adjective having or armed with a bow. (-रः) a bow-maker.
- -काण्डम् (धनु- ष्काण्डम्) a bow and arrow.
- -खण्डम् (धनुष्खण्डम्) part of a bow. Me.15.
- -गुणः (धनुर्गुणः) a bowstring.
- -ग्रहः (धनुर्ग्रहः), ग्राहः an archer. धनुर्ग्रहवरो यस्यं बाणखड्गास्त्रभृत्स्वयम् Rām.2.44.2.
- -ग्रहम् a measure, a cubit of 27 aṅgulas; Māna.2.52.
- -ज्या (धनुर्ज्या) a bow-string; अनवरतधनुर्ज्यास्फालनक्रूरपूर्वम् Ś2.4.
- -दुर्गम् (धनुर्दुर्गम्) a place protected by a desert; Ms.7.7.
- -द्रुमः (धनुर्द्रुमः) a bamboo.
- -धरः, -भृत्
  
  Masculine (धनुर्धरः etc.)
  
  an archer; धनुर्भृतोऽप्यस्य दयार्द्रभावम् R.2.11; धनुर्धरः केसरिणं ददर्श 29;3.31,38,39;9.11;12.97; 16.77.
  
  an epithet of Viṣṇu.
  
  the sign Sagittarius of the zodiac.
- -धारिन् (धनुर्धारिन्) Masculine an archer.
- -पाणि Adjective (धनुष्पाणि) armed with a bow, with a bow in hand; अहमेव धनुष्पाणिर्योद्धा समरमूर्धनि Rām.
- -मार्गः (धनुर्मार्गः) a line curved like a bow, a curve.
- -मासः (धनुर्मासः) The period during which the sun is in Sagittarius.
- -मुष्टिः (धनुर्मुष्टिः) a measure, a cubit of 26 aṅgulas; Māna 2.51.
- -लता
  
  bow.
  
  Soma creeper.
- -वातः (धनुर्वातः) a kind of disease.
- -विद्या (धनुर्विद्या) the science of archery.
- -वृक्षः
  
  (धनुर्वक्षः) a bamboo.
  
  the अश्वत्थ tree.
- -वेदः (धनुर्वेदः) the science of archery, one of the four Upavedas quod vide, which see चतुष्पादं धनुर्वेदं वेद पञ्चविधं द्विज । रथनागाश्वपत्तीनां योधांश्चाश्रित्य कीर्तितम् ॥ यन्त्रमुक्तं पाणिमुक्तं मुक्तसन्धारितं तथा । अमुक्तं बाहुयुद्धं च पञ्चधा तत् प्रकीर्तितम् ॥ Agni Parasmaipada
- -वेदिन् Masculine an epithet of Śiva.
- -स्तम्भः Tetanus.
Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

धनुस्dhanusn. (m. g. अर्धर्चा*दि; cf. धनु) a bow RV. &c.
1. neuter gender (masculine gender gaRa अर्धर्चा*दि; confer, compare धनु) a bow fg-veda etc.
2. neuter gender a measure of length Equivalent to 4 Hastas हस्त s or 1/2000 Gavyu1ti गव्यूति Mn. Ya1jn5. etc.
3. neuter gender (geometry) an arc or part of a circle
4. neuter gender (astronomy) an are or quadrant for ascertaining the sun's altitude and zenith-distance
5. neuter gender a fiddlestick
6. neuter gender the sign of the zodiac Sagittarius Su1ryas. Var.
7. neuter gender Buchanania Latifolia Lexicographers
8. neuter gender Name of S3iva शिव MBh. vii, 9536 (armed with a bow Lexicographers, or Equivalent to धनुःस्वरूप Ni1lak.)
9. neuter gender a desert, arid land (confer, compare that the rest of a word is to be suppliedनुर्-/अउर् . ga) .
Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

धनुस्dhanus[dhán-us] n. bow; a measure of length (=4 hastas).
1. [dhán-us] neuter bow; a measure of length (Equivalent to4 hastas).
2. [dhan-us] neuter desert.
Source: Macdonell

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