The Sanskrit term Dhānuṣka can be transliterated into English as Dhanuska or Dhanushka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Dhānuṣka (धानुष्क).—An archer (living by the bow), a bowman; निमित्तादपराद्धेषोर्धानुष्कस्येव वल्गितम् (nimittādaparāddheṣordhānuṣkasyeva valgitam) Śiśupālavadha 2.27; Kau. A.1.3.

Derivable forms: dhānuṣkaḥ (धानुष्कः).

See also (synonyms): dhānurdaṇḍika.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Dhānuṣka (धानुष्क).—m.

(-ṣkaḥ) A bowyer, an archer. E. dhanus a bow, ṭhak affix. f.

(-ṣkā) A tree, (Achyranthes aspera.) E. dhanuṣka an archer, aṇ affix, and fem. affix ṭāp, or dhanus a bow, ṭhak aff.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Dhanuṣka (धनुष्क).—[-dhanuṣka], i. e. dhanus + ka, a substitute for dhanus when latter part of a comp. adj., e. g. sa-, adj. Having a bow or bows, Mahābhārata 2, 2699.

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Dhānuṣka (धानुष्क).—i. e. dhanus + ka + a, m. An archer, Mahābhārata 6, 756.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Dhanuṣka (धनुष्क).—(—°) = dhanus.

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Dhānuṣka (धानुष्क).—[adjective] having a bow; [masculine] archer.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Dhanuṣka (धनुष्क):—[from dhanu] mfn. ifc. = dhanus See sa-

2) [v.s. ...] n. a small bow, [Lāṭyāyana viii, 6, 8.]

3) Dhānuṣka (धानुष्क):—[from dhānurdaṇḍika] mf(ī)n. armed with a bow

4) [v.s. ...] m. bowman, archer, [Mahābhārata] (-tā f., [Bhartṛhari i, 13] [varia lectio])

5) Dhānuṣkā (धानुष्का):—[from dhānuṣka > dhānurdaṇḍika] f. Achyranthes Aspera, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Dhānuṣka (धानुष्क):—(ṣkaḥ) 1. m. An archer. f. A tree (Achyranthes aspera).

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Dhānuṣka (धानुष्क) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Dhāṇukka.

[Sanskrit to German]

Dhanushka in German

context information

Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Dhānuṣka (ಧಾನುಷ್ಕ):—[noun] a man who shoots with a bow and arrow; a bowman; an archer.

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Dhānuṣka (धानुष्क):—n. an archer (living by the bow); a bowman;

context information

Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Dhanushkanda, Dhanushkara, Dhanushkarika, Dhanushkarin, Dhanushkarupa, Dhanushkashtha, Dhanushkata, Dhanutkapala, Dhanutkari.

Ends with: Sadhanushka, Vidhanushka, Vriddha-dhanushka.

Full-text: Dhanushkata, Vidhanushka, Vriddha-dhanushka, Dhanukka, Sadhanushka, Dhanuka, Dhanurdandika, Vetanadi, Carmin, Th, Carin, Vidhana.

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