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dhanvधन्व्cl. 1. P. Ā. dhanvati, °te (Impv. dhaniva, metric. for dhanva, [SV.]; pf. dadhanvé, °viré, p. dadhanvás; aor. ádhanviṣur) to run or flow; cause to run or flow, [RV.] (cf. √ 2. dhan; dhav and 1. dhāv.)
dhanvāधन्वाin comp. for °van.
dhanvaधन्वn. = dhánvan ([Uṇ. iv, 95], Sch.; esp. at the beginning and at the end of comp.; cf. iṣu-, tisṛ-, priya-.; also f(A). in dhanvābhis, [Hariv. 7315] v.l. °vībhis)
m. N. of a man, [Rājat. v, 51]; [56.]
dhanvanधन्वन्dhánvan n. a bow, [RV.] &c. (esp. ifc.; cf. asthi-, ugra-, kṣipra- &c., and [Pāṇ. v, 4, 132] &c.; [Vām. v, 2, 67])
rain-bow, [MānGṛ. i, 4]
the sign of the zodiac Sagittarius, [Jyot.]
(also m.) dry soil, shore (samudasya; cf. dhanu)
a desert, a waste, [RV.] &c. &c.
dhánvan m. Alhagi Maurorum, [L.]
N. of a country, [BhP.] (Cf. dhanu, °nus.)
dhanvinधन्विन्mfn. ([Vām. v, 2, 59]) armed with a bow, a bow-man, [MBh.] &c. &c. (cf. iṣu-, driḍha-, bahu.)
cunning, shrewd, [L.]
m. the sign of the zodiac Sagittarius, [Var.]
N. of Śiva, [MBh.]
of Viṣṇu, [L.]
of Arjuna, [L.]
Terminalia Arjuna
Mimusops Elengi
Alhagi Maurorum, [L.]
N. of a son of Manu Tāmasa, [Hariv.]
of a Sch. on [DrāhyŚr.] (also °visvāmin)
dhanvadhiधन्वधिdhanva—dhi m. a bow-case, [ŚāṅkhŚr.]
dhanvagaधन्वगdhanva—ga See s.v.
or dhanvaṅga, m. Grewia Elastica, [Bhpr.]
dhanvajaधन्वजdhanva—ja mfn. growing on dry soil, produced on barren land, [Suśr.]:
dhanvanaधन्वनm. n. id., [L.]
m. a kind of animal, [VarBṛS. lxxxviii, 9]
v.l. °vina.
dhanvāsahधन्वासह्dhanvā—sáh (sāh) mfn. skilled in archery, [RV. i, 127, 3.]
dhanvāvinधन्वाविन्dhanvā—yín or dhanvā—vin, mfn. carrying or bearing a bow, [VS.]
dhanvāyinधन्वायिन्dhanvā—yín or dhanvā—vin, mfn. carrying or bearing a bow, [VS.]
dhanvaṅgaधन्वङ्गdhanv-aṅga See dhaṅvaga.
dhanvaga or , m. Grewia Elastica, [Bhpr.]
dhanvanyaधन्वन्यdhanvanyà mfn. being in dry soil or barren land, [AV.]; [TĀr.]
dhanvāyanaधन्वायनSee bhīma-dh°.
dhanvacaraधन्वचरdhanva—cará mfn. going in a desert land, [RV. v, 36, 1.]
dhanvacyutधन्वच्युत्dhanva—cyút mfn. shaking the ground, [i, 168, 5].
dhanvapatiधन्वपतिdhanva—pati m. g. aśvapaty-ādi.
dhanvarṇasधन्वर्णस्dhánv-arṇas mfn. overflowing the dry land, [RV. v, 45, 2.]
dhanvataruधन्वतरुdhanva—taru m. ‘desert tree’, a kind of Soma plant, [L.]
dhanvayāsaधन्वयासdhanva—yāsa m. id., [Car.]
dhanvācāryaधन्वाचार्यm. teacher of archery (Śiva), [MBh.]
dhanvadurgaधन्वदुर्गdhanva—durga mfn. See dhanur-d°.
dhanvantaraधन्वन्तरdhanv-antara n. the space or distance of a Dhanu or 4 Hastas, [MBh. viii, 4224]
N. of Śiva, [vii, 9536] ([Nīlak.] ‘bow-string’; but cf. °tari).
dhanvantariधन्वन्तरिdhanvan-tari m. (for °vani-t°), ‘moving in a curve’, N. of a deity to whom oblations were offered in the north-east quarter, [Kauś. 74]; [Mn. iii, 85]; [MBh. xiii, 4662] (where °tare w.r. for °tareḥ)
of the sun, [MBh. iii, 155]
the physician of the gods (produced at the churning of the ocean with a cup of Amṛta in his hands, the supposed author of the Āyur-veda, who in a later existence is also called Divo-dāsa, king of Kāśi, and considered to be the founder of the Hindū school of medicine), [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [R.]; [Suśr.]
[Pur.] [Rājat. vii, 1392] (dhānv°)
N. of the author of a medical dictionary (perhaps the same mentioned among the 9 gems of the court of Vikramāditya), [Cat.]
dhanvibhāṣyaधन्विभाष्यdhan°vi-bhāṣya n. the Comm. of Dhanvin.
dhanvayāsakaधन्वयासकdhanva—yā°saka m. id., [Car.]
dhanvayavāsaधन्वयवासdhanva—yavāsa m. Alhagi Maurorum, [L.]
dhanvantarīyaधन्वन्तरीयmfn. composed by Dh° (also read dhānv°), [Cat.]
dhanvayavāsakaधन्वयवासकdhanva—yavā°saka m. Alhagi Maurorum, [L.]
dhanvantariyajñaधन्वन्तरियज्ञdhanvan-tari—yajña m. the sacrifice offered to Dh°, [ĀśvGṛ. i, 3, 12.]
dhanvantarigranthaधन्वन्तरिग्रन्थdhanvan-tari—grantha m. N. of wk.
dhanvantarigrastāधन्वन्तरिग्रस्ताdhanvan-tari—grastā f. Helleborus Niger, [L.]
dhanvantarivilāsaधन्वन्तरिविलासdhanvan-tari—vilāsa m. N. of wk.
dhanvantarinighaṇṭuधन्वन्तरिनिघण्टुdhanvan-tari—nighaṇṭu m. N. of wk.
dhanvantaripañcakaधन्वन्तरिपञ्चकdhanvan-tari—pañcaka n. N. of wk.
dhanvantarisāranidhiधन्वन्तरिसारनिधिdhanvan-tari—sāra-nidhi m. N. of wk.
dhanvantaridarpabhaṅgaधन्वन्तरिदर्पभङ्गdhanvan-tari—darpa-bhaṅga m. ‘the breaking of Dh°'s pride’, N. of a ch. of [BrahmaP. iv.]
dhanvantariguṇāguṇayogaśataधन्वन्तरिगुणागुणयोगशतdhanvan-tari—guṇāguṇa-yoga-śata n. N. of wk.