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dhanus

dhánus n. (m. g. ardharcādi; cf. dhanu) a bow, [RV.] &c. &c.

a measure of length = 4 Hastas or 1/2000 Gavyūti, [Mn.]; [Yājñ.] &c.

(geom.) an arc or part of a circle

(astron.) an arc or quadrant for ascertaining the sun's altitude and zenith-distance

a fiddlestick

the sign of the zodiac Sagittarius, [Sūryas.]; [Var.]

Buchanania Latifolia, [L.]

N. of Śiva, [MBh. vii, 9536] (armed with a bow, [L.], or = dhanuḥsvarūpa, [Nīlak.])

a desert, arid land (cf. °nur-durga).