धन्वन् (dhanvan)
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Spoken Sanskrit
English धन्वन् dhanvan camelthorn-bush [ Alhagi Maurorum - Bot. ]
धन्वन् dhanvan sign of the zodiac Sagittarius
धन्वन् dhanvan desert
धन्वन् dhanvan waste
धन्वन् dhanvan dry soil
धन्वन् dhanvan rain-bow
धन्वन् dhanvan shore
धन्वन् dhanvan bow
Wilson
EnglishApte
Englishधन्वन् [dhanvan], ,
A dry soil, desert, waste: एवं धन्वनि चम्पकस्य सकले संहारहेतावपि 1.31
* 1.175.5.
Shore, firm land.
The sky.
A bow
किमात्मभव- धन्वना यदि सुसंयुताः कुन्तलाः 6.9. -दुर्गम् a fort inaccessible on account of a surrounding desert
7.7.
Apte 1890
EnglishMonier Williams Cologne
EnglishMonier Williams 1872
Englishधन्वन्, अ, n. a bow, (in the later language
generally at the end of a comp.
cf. अवतत-ध्°,
अस्थि-ध्°, उग्र-ध्°, कृत-ध्°, क्षिप्र-ध्°,
क्षेम-ध्°, &c.)
(आ, अ), m. n. (in the earlier
language n. only), a dry soil, a country scantily sup-
plied with water, a desert, a waste
a firm spot, land,
ground, shore
the plant Alhagi Maurorum which
grows in a dry soil
(Sāy.) the sky, rain-water
[cf.
Gr. θέναρ: Old Germ. ten-ar: Angl. Sax. denu,
‘valley:’ Mod. Germ. tenne, ‘thrashing-floor
’ duene,
‘down.’]
—धन्व-चर, अस्, आ, अम्, Ved. going
in a desert land
(Sāy.) going like an archer or
warrior armed with a bow.
—धन्व-च्युत्, त्, त्, त्,
Ved. agitating or moving the soil
(Sāy.) flowing
with rain-water.
—धन्व-ज, अस्, आ, अम्, growing
on dry soil, produced on waste or barren land.
—धन्व-तरु, उस्, m. a kind of Soma plant.
—धन्व-दुर्ग, अम्, n. inaccessible by reason
of a surrounding desert.
—२। धन्वन्-तर, अस्,
m. (for 1. see col. 1) = धन्वन्-तरि, a N. of
Śiva.
—धन्वन्-तरि, इस्, m. (for धन्वनि-
तरि), ‘moving in a curve, ’ N. of a form of the
Sun
of a deity to whom oblations were offered in
the north-east quarter, (the deity Dhanvantari was
honoured with morning and evening oblations along
with Soma, Vanas-pati, Agni-Soma, Indra-Agni,
Heaven and Earth, Indra, the Viśve-devās, and
Brahmā)
the physician of the gods (who was pro-
duced at the churning of the ocean, holding a cup
of Amṛta in his hands
author of the Āyur-veda)
a celebrated physician also called Divo-dāsa, king of
Kāśi, (said to be the same as the preceding in
another existence, and considered to be the founder
of the Hindū school of medicine
also read धान्-
वन्तरि)
N. of the author of a medical dictionary
(perhaps the same as the Dhanvantari mentioned
among the nine gems of the court of Vikramāditya).
—धन्वन्तरि-ग्रस्ता, f. ‘the plant eaten by
Dhanvantari, ’ Helleborus Niger, a medicinal plant
[cf. कटुकी।]
—धन्वन्तरि-दर्प-भङ्ग, अस्,
m. ‘the breaking of Dhanvantari's pride, ’ N. of the
fifty-second chapter of the Kṛṣṇa-khaṇḍa of the
Brahma-vaivarta-Purāṇa.
—धन्वन्तरि-निघण्टु,
उस्, m. the vocabulary of Dhanvantari.
—धन्वन्-
तरि-यज्ञ, अस्, m. the sacrifice of Dhanvantari.
—धन्वन्तरीय, अस्, आ, अम्, composed by Dhan-
vantari
(also read धान्वन्तरीय।)
—धन्व-
यवास or धन्वयवासक or धन्व-यास, अस्,
m. Alhagi Maurorum.
—धन्वा-सह् or धन्वा-
साह्, ट्, ट्, ट्, Ved. skilled in archery.
Macdonell
EnglishBenfey
Englishधन्वन् धन्वन्,
I. (a curtailed form
of धन्वन्त्, cf. धनुस्), A bow
in the classic language almost always
latter part of comp. or sbst. de-
rived from adjectives, e. g. उद्यत-
(vb. यम्), With raised bow, Rām.
2, 91, 10 Gorr.
कुसुम-, पुष्प-,
Kāma, the god of love (properly,
Having a bow made of flowers), Prab.
72, 11.
गाण्डीव-, A name of Arju-
na, Megh. 49.
II. and A country
scantily supplied with water, a desert,
Man. 7, 70 (v. r.).
--
सु-, 1.
an archer. 2. the son of an outcast
Vaiśya, Man. 10, 23. 3. Viśvakarman,
the artist of the gods.
Apte Hindi
Hindiधन्वन्
- धन्व् + कनिन्
"सूखी जमीन, मरुभूमि, परत की भूमि"
धन्वन्
- धन्व् + कनिन्
"समुद्रतट, कड़ी भूमि"
Shabdartha Kaustubha
Kannadaधन्वन्
पदविभागः - > पुल्लिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > ಮರುಭೂಮಿ /ಮರಳಕಾಡು
धन्वन्
पदविभागः - > नपुंसकलिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > ಭೂಮಿ /ಸ್ಥಳ
धन्वन्
पदविभागः - > नपुंसकलिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > ಧನುಸ್ಸು /ಬಿಲ್ಲು
निष्पत्तिः - > धवि (गतौ) - "कनिन्" (उ० -१५४)
व्युत्पत्तिः - > धन्व्यते
विस्तारः - > "धन्वा तु मरुदेशे ना क्लीबं चापे स्थलेऽपि च" - मेदि० ।
L R Vaidya
EnglishKridanta Forms
Sanskritधन्व् (ध꣡विँ꣡ गत्यर्थाः - भ्वादिः - सेट्)
ल्युट् = धन्वनम्
अनीयर् = धन्वनीयः - धन्वनीया
ण्वुल् = धन्वकः - धन्विका
तुमुँन् = धन्वितुम्
तव्य = धन्वितव्यः - धन्वितव्या
तृच् = धन्विता - धन्वित्री
क्त्वा = धन्वित्वा
ल्यप् = प्रधन्व्य
क्तवतुँ = धन्वितवान् - धन्वितवती
क्त = धन्वितः - धन्विता
शतृँ = धन्वन् - धन्वन्ती
Sanskrit Tibetan
Tibetanskam
१) धन्वन् २) स्थल
अभिधानचिन्तामणिः
Sanskritधनुश्चापोऽस्त्रमिष्वासः कोदण्डं धन्व कार्मुकम् ।
द्रुणासौ लस्तकोऽस्यान्तरग्रं त्वर्तिरटन्यपि ॥ ७७५ ॥
धनुस् (पुंक्ली), धनु (पुंक्ली), चाप (पुंक्ली), अस्त्र (क्ली), इष्वास (पुं), कोदण्ड (पुंक्ली), धन्वन् (क्ली), कार्मुक (क्ली), द्रुण (क्ली), आस (पुंक्ली), लस्तक (पुं), अर्ति (स्त्री), अटनी (स्त्री)
स्थलं स्थली मरुर्धन्वा क्षेत्राद्यप्रहतं खिलम् ।
स्थल (क्ली), स्थली (स्त्री), मरु (पुं), धन्वन् (क्ली), खिल (क्ली), अप्रहत (क्ली)
अभिधानरत्नमाला
Sanskritमरु
मरु, धन्वन्
खिलमप्रहतं स्थानं मरुर्धन्वा स्थलं स्थली ॥ १५८ ॥
verse 2.1.1.158
page 0020
अस्त्र
अस्त्र, धनुष्, इष्वास, कोदण्ड, धन्वन्, कार्मुक, चाप
अस्त्रं धनुरिष्वासं कोदण्डं धन्व कार्मुकं चापम् ।
verse 2.1.1.463
page 0053
नाममाला
Sanskritकार्मुक, धन्वन्, चाप, धर्मन्, कोदण्ड, धनुष्, शिलीमुख, शिलीमुखासन, शरासन, बाणासन, मार्गणासन, रोपणासन, कणासन, इष्वासन, काण्डासन, क्षुरप्रासन, नाराचासन, तोमरासन, खगासन
कार्मुकं धन्व चापं च धर्म कोदण्डकं धनुः ।
शिलीमुखादेरसनं तत्कोटिमटनीं विदुः ॥ ७९ ॥
verse 0.1.1.79
page 0040
वैजयन्तीकोषः
SanskritWord: धन्वानः
Root: धन्वन्
Gender: पुं
Number: बहु
अर्थः ⇒
Meaning(s):
⇒ Desert
Shloka(s):
3|1|42|1 ► मरवः पुंसि धन्वान आसारी तु स्थली स्थलम्। (भूमिकाण्डः/देशाध्यायः)
Synonym(s):
➠ 3|1|42|1 ⇢ मरवः (मरु) (पुं) ⇒ Desert ⇒
➠ 3|1|42|1 ⇢ धन्वानः (धन्वन्) (पुं) ⇒ Desert ⇒
Related word(s):
Vedic Reference
English1. Dhanvan, ‘bow, ’ is found frequently in the Rigveda^1 and
later.^2 It also occurs in the compounds iṣu-dhanva, ‘bow and
arrow, ’^3 ājya-dhanva, ^4 ‘having clarified butter for its bow, ’^5
adhijya-dhanva, ‘bow with string fixed, ’ etc. Cf. Dhanus.
1) ii. 24, 8
33, 10
vi. 59, 7
75, 2
viii. 20, 2
ix. 69, 1
Nirukta, ix. 17.
2) Av. i. 3, 9
iv. 4, 7
xi. 9, 1, etc.
Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā, xvi. 9, etc.
3) Aitareya Brāhmaṇa, vii. 19
iṣu-
dhanvin, Taittirīya Saṃhitā, v. 1, 2.
4) Aitareya Brāhmaṇa, i. 25.
5) Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa, ix. 1, 1, 6.
2. Dhanvan, ‘desert, ’ is repeatedly mentioned in the Rigveda^1
and later.^2 Death from thirst in the desert was not rare, ^3 and
the value of a spring in the desert was fully appreciated.^4
The great desert east of the Sindhu (Indus) and the
Śutudrī (Sutlej) is possibly referred to in one hymn of the
Rigveda.^5
1) ii. 38, 7
iii. 45, 1
iv. 17, 2
19, 7
33, 7
v. 53, 6
83, 10, etc.
In i. 116, 4, the strand of the ocean
(Samudra) is mentioned.
2) Av. v. 13, 1
vi. 100, 1
vii. 41, 1,
etc.
3) Aitareya Brāhmaṇa, ii. 19.
4) Rv. x. 4, 1. Cf. vi. 34, 4, etc.
Av. i. 6, 4
xix. 2, 2.
5) x. 86, 20.
Cf. Zimmer, Altindisches Leben, 47,
48.
वाचस्पत्यम्
SanskritGrassman
German1. dhánvan, n., Bogen, als Waffe [von dhan 1. oder dhanv 1. vgl. dhánus], vgl. ugrádhanvan u. s. w.
-a [s.] {361, 7} (ákṣitam).
-anā {215, 8}
{516, 2}
{941, 6}.
-anas [G.] sthirā́ {942, 6}.
-an [L.] {516, 3}
{781, 1}.
-āni {640, 4}. _{640, 12}
{500, 7}.
-a [pl.] {224, 10} (sā́yakāni).
-asu {407, 4}
{959, 1}—_{959, 6}.
2. dhánvan, dhánuan, n., das hervorragende Land [vgl. dhánu], daher: 1〉 Land, Festland, trocknes Land, namentlich 2〉 im Gegensatze gegen die Gewässer
3〉 dürres Land, trocknes, wasserloses Erdreich
4〉 unwirthbares, unwegsames, wüstes Land im Gegensatze gegen Acker- und Weide-land (ájra), oder gegen gebahnte Wege (pathíā)
5〉 〰 samudrásya, Strand des Meeres.
-va [s.] 1〉 {915, 6}
{1013, 2}. — 3〉 {329, 7}. — 4〉 {279, 1}
{912, 20} (kṛntátram)
{919, 6} (〰 iva duritā́).
-uā [A. s., Pada: -a] 1〉 {453, 5}.
-vanā 3〉 {407, 6} (〰 yanti vṛṣtáyas).
-van [L.] 3〉 {38, 7}
{95, 10}
{791, 3}
{830, 1}. — 5〉 {116, 4}.
-ua [pl.] 1〉 trī́ 〰 yójanā {35, 8}.
-vāni 2〉 {313, 2} (apás). — 4〉 {315, 7} (ájrān)
{503, 2} (apás, ájrān)
{437, 10} (ákar 〰 átietavaí).
-vasu 4〉 {889, 15} (pathíāsu, apsú).
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