Dhanusha, Dhanuṣa: 8 definitions
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Dhanusha has 6 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Dhanuṣa can be transliterated into English as Dhanusa or Dhanusha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchDhanuṣa (धनुष):—(von dhanus) m. Nomen proprium eines Ṛṣi: dhanuṣākhya (vgl. dhanuṣākṣa) [Mahābhārata 12, 12758.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungDhanuṣa (धनुष):—m. Nomen proprium eines Ṛṣi.
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Starts with: Dhanushakar, Dhanushakara, Dhanushaksha, Dhanushara.
Ends with: Imdradhanusha.
Full-text (+87): Ayamana, Dhanushaksha, Dhanurdruma, Dhanuhi, Dhanus, Mula, Pelava, Dhanuhpata, Pushpadhanus, Pushpadhanvan, Malli, Rishabhanatha, Abhinandananatha, Shitalanatha, Munisuvratanatha, Neminatha, Megh, Ajita, Abhinandana, Mallinatha.
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 5.6.32 < [Chapter 6 - Seeing Śrī Mathurā]
Verse 6.1.17 < [Chapter 1 - Jarāsandha’s Defeat]
Verse 5.6.26 < [Chapter 6 - Seeing Śrī Mathurā]
Bhagavati-sutra (Viyaha-pannatti) (by K. C. Lalwani)
Part 3 - Time by comparison < [Chapter 7]
Part 5 - On the hot-spring at Rājagṛha < [Chapter 5]
Chapter 2: Life in a Śāluka < [Book 11]
Tattvartha Sutra (with commentary) (by Vijay K. Jain)
Verse 3.29 - The duration of life in the other regions < [Chapter 3 - The Lower World and the Middle World]
Verse 3.31 - The duration of life in the five Videha regions < [Chapter 3 - The Lower World and the Middle World]
Verse 3.3 - Infernal beings (nārakī) < [Chapter 3 - The Lower World and the Middle World]
Harshacharita (socio-cultural Study) (by Mrs. Nandita Sarmah)
Part 9.4: Weapons of the War < [Chapter 5 - Political Aspects]
Lakulisha-Pashupata (Philosophy and Practice) (by Geetika Kaw Kher)
Srikantha in the Saiva pantheon < [Chapter 1 - The Historical Context]
Vastu-shastra (1): Canons of Architecture (by D. N. Shukla)
(iii) Proportionate measurements (Māna, Aṅgula, Hasta) < [Chapter 6 - Fundamental Canons of Hindu Architecture]