ḍanus | डनुस् | Danus
ḍa/nus | ड/नुस् | n. (m. g. arḍarcādi | अर्डर्चादि |; cf. ḍanu | डनु |) 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 = ḍanuḥsvarūpa | डनुःस्वरूप |, Nīlak.)
a desert, arid land (cf. ˚nur-durga | ˚नुर्-दुर्ग |).
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 = ḍanuḥsvarūpa | डनुःस्वरूप |, Nīlak.)
a desert, arid land (cf. ˚nur-durga | ˚नुर्-दुर्ग |).