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Grammar Search
"dhanu" has 1 results
dhanu: feminine vocative singular stem: dhanu
Amarakosha Search
4 results
WordReferenceGenderNumberSynonymsDefinition
indrāyudhamNeuterSingularśakradhanu, rohitamrainbow
lastakaḥ2.8.86MasculineSingulardhanurmadhyam
mūrtiḥ3.3.73FeminineSingularpīḍā, dhanuṣkoṭiḥ
rājādanamMasculineSingularsannakadruḥ, dhanuṣpaṭaḥ, piyālaḥ
Monier-Williams Search
7 results for dhanu"
Devanagari
BrahmiEXPERIMENTAL
dhanum. or () 2. dhanū- f. (fr.2. dhan-?) a bow View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.
dhanum. a measure of 4 hasta-s or cubits (see dhanv-antara-below) View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.
dhanum. the sign of the zodiac Sagittarius View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.
dhanum. Buchanania Latifolia View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.
dhanum. Semecarpus Anacardium View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.
dhanu according to to some also,"water, juice etc."; confer, compare dhanv-, dhanutṛ-. View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.
dhanuf. (dh/anu-,or dhan/ū-) a dry sandbank, a sandy shore ([ confer, compare English bight, German Bucht]) (Nominal verb n/ūs-). View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.
Macdonell Search
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dhanu f. sandbank; shore; island (also of clouds).
dhanu m. bow.
Vedic Index of
Names and Subjects
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dhanu (fem.), ‘sandbank,’ occurs several times in the Rig­veda, but only metaphorically of the clouds in the atmosphere. Dhanū is found in the Atharvaveda, where it seems to denote a sandbag used to prevent bleeding. Cf Dhanvan.
Vedabase Search
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dhanu just like bowsCC Madhya 21.129
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dhanu noun (masculine feminine) a bow (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a measure of 4 Hastas or cubits (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Buchanania Latifolia (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a son of Śamīka Semecarpus Anacardium (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the sign of the zodiac Sagittarius (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))

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