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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.)
dhanvanaधन्वनm. n. id., [L.]
m. a kind of animal, [VarBṛS. lxxxviii, 9]
v.l. °vina.
dhanvanyaधन्वन्यdhanvanyà mfn. being in dry soil or barren land, [AV.]; [TĀr.]
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.]
dhanvantarīyaधन्वन्तरीयmfn. composed by Dh° (also read dhānv°), [Cat.]
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.