Dhanus, Dhanush: 24 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchDhanus (धनुस्):—
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Dhanus (धनुस्):—2. n. = 2. dhanvan dürres —, trocknes Land: dhanurdurga (pura) [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 7, 70] ([Kullūka] liest dhanvadurga). viell. auch [Mahābhārata 6, 233.]
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Dhanus (धनुस्):—1.
2) [Rgva tch’er rol pa ed. Calc. 170, 4.] —
5) [Oxforder Handschriften 97,b,32.] — Vgl. indra, puṣpa, mahā, surapati .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungDhanus (धनुस्):—1. —
1) (*m.) n. — a) Bogen. — b) ein best. Längenmaass , 4 Hasta. — c) ein geometrischer Bogen. — d) Fiedelbogen [Saṃgitasārasaṃgraha 179.] — e) ein bogenförmiges Instrument zur Beobachtung der Sonnenhöhe und Zenith-Distanz. — f) der Schütze im Thierkreise. — g) *Buchanania latifolia. — h) Beiname Śiva's. Nach [Nīlakaṇṭha] = dhanuḥsvarūpa. —
2) *Adj. mit einem Bogen bewaffnet.
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Dhanus (धनुस्):—2. n. = ^2. dhanvan. Vgl. dhanurdurga.
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Starts with (+37): Dhanuhasta, Dhanuhshrama, Dhanuhstambha, Dhanurakara, Dhanurasana, Dhanurastra, Dhanurbhaga, Dhanurbhrit, Dhanurdhara, Dhanurgraha, Dhanurguna, Dhanurlata, Dhanurmaha, Dhanurmushti, Dhanurveda, Dhanurvedin, Dhanurvidya, Dhanusaksha, Dhanusekha, Dhanusha.
Ends with (+10): Akhandaladhanus, Banadhanus, Brihaddhanus, Cakradhanus, Chakradhanus, Dashadhanus, Dhritadhanus, Dridhadhanus, Grihitadhanus, Hiranyadhanus, Indradhanus, Kusumadhanus, Mahadhanus, Manidhanus, Navatidhanus, Pancadhanus, Panchadhanus, Pushpadhanus, Rohitendradhanus, Sadhanus.
Full-text (+199): Dhanu, Dhanushka, Manidhanus, Dhanushkara, Dhanushpani, Shakradhanus, Suradhanus, Dhanushpata, Dhanutkapala, Dhanushkrit, Dhanusha, Pushpadhanus, Dhanushmat, Dhanuhkanda, Dhanuhkhanda, Mahadhanunmat, Dhanuhpata, Sadhanutpani, Dhanushya, Dhanurmarga.
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Vastu-shastra (2): Town Planning (by D. N. Shukla)
Early Chola Temples (by S. R. Balasubrahmanyam)
Temples in Mayuram (Tiru-Mayiladuturai) < [Chapter VIII - Temples of Uttama Chola’s Time]
Temples in Kamarasavalli < [Chapter IV - Temples of Sundara Chola’s Time]
The Devi Bhagavata Purana (by Swami Vijñanananda)
Chapter 37 - On the eighty-six Kuṇḍas and their characteristics < [Book 9]
Chapter 23 - On the killing of Śaṅkhacūḍa < [Book 9]
Chapter 29 - On the anecdote of Sāvitrī, on gifts and on the effects of Karmas < [Book 9]
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 332 - Greatness of Rukmiṇī < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]
Chapter 116 - Greatness of Śaṅkhodakakuṇḍeśvarī Gaurī (Śaṅkhodaka-kuṇḍeśvarī) < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]
Chapter 69 - Greatness of Gaurīśvara (Gaurī-īśvara) < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]
The Vishnu Purana (by Horace Hayman Wilson)
The child < [March 1943]
Queen Sumithra - The Enlightened < [April – June, 1997]
Premchand–A Study < [September 1943]