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गांडिवः (gAMDivaH)

 
Apte 1890
English
गांडि(डी)वः,
वं [गांडिरस्त्यस्य संज्ञायाम् P. V. 2. 110] 1 The bow of Arjuna, presented by Soma to Varuṇa by Varuṇa to Agni, and by Agni to Arjuna, when the latter assisted him in consuming the खांडववन
गांडीवं स्रंसते हस्तात् Bg. 1. 29.
2 A bow in general.
Comp.
धन्वन् m. an epithet of Arjuna
Me. 48.