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सुधनुस् (sudhanus)

 
Spoken Sanskrit
English
सुधनुस् sudhanus name of an ancestor of gautama buddha
Monier Williams Cologne
English
सु—धनुस्
m.
N.
of a son of Kuru,
Hariv.
Pur.
of an ancestor of Gautama Buddha,
Buddh.
Mahabharata
English
Sudhanus, a Kuru warrior. § 592 (Saṃśaptakavadhap.): VII, 18, 741 (among the Saṃśaptakas who attacked Arjuna).
पुराणम्
English
सुधनुस् / SUDHANUS I. A King of the puru dynasty. He was the son of King kuru who had founded kurukṣetra. Four sons named sudhanvā, sudhanus, parīkṣit and arimejaya, were born to kuru. (agni purāṇa, Chapter 278).
सुधनुस् / SUDHANUS II. A King who was the son of kuru and the father of suhotra. The King uparicaravasu was a King of this dynasty. (bhāgavata, skandha 9).
सुधनुस् / SUDHANUS III. A warrior from pāñcāla who took the side of the pāṇḍavas. This mighty warrior was the son of King drupada and the brother of vīraketu. In the battle of bhārata, when vīraketu was killed, sudhanus gathered his brothers and attacked droṇa. In that fight sudhanus was killed by droṇa. (M.B. droṇa parva, Chapter 98, Verses 37-40).
Stchoupak
French
सु-धनुस्-
m.
fils de Kuru.