dhánvan 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.)