Dhanushkarin, Dhanuṣkārin: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Dhanuṣkārin can be transliterated into English as Dhanuskarin or Dhanushkarin, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryDhanuṣkārin (धनुष्कारिन्).—once as v.l. for dhān°, q.v., and compare prec.
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Dhānuṣkārin (धानुष्कारिन्).—(= dhanuṣ°, q.v. on meaning and Pali equivalent; see also prec. and next), name of a certain flowering tree; also written °skārin, and corruptly dhātu°; usually in cpds. listing flowering trees, and apt to be preceded by (sumanā-)vārṣika (with variants)-: (sumanāvārṣika-)-dhā- nuskāri- (mss. dhātu°; Tibetan dha-nu-°) Lalitavistara 366.13; sumanā- vārṣikī-dhānuskāri- (v.l. dhātu°, also °ṣkāri-) 431.16; in Lalitavistara 11.3 Tibetan confirms insertion in ms. H and has da nu ska ri (= [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit] dhānuskāri or °ṣkāri) for the corrupt dhātusphanite of H; °kāri- to be read (after vārṣikā-, once text vārṣikāṃ but v.l. °ka-, once varṣaka-, in cpds.) in Mahāvastu i.249.13 (for vātuṣkāra-, no v.l.); ii.116.10 (for Senart's vātuṣkārī, mss. cited as vānuṣ°, cārukkārī); iii.80.4 (here Senart varṣaka-dhātuḥ kārī; mss. °kāri); °ṣkārī, n. sg., Mahāvyutpatti 6160 (v.l. dhanuṣ°, but Mironov dhān° without v.l.); (Ārya-)Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa 445.24 (verse, metrical(ly) indifferent); °ṣkārī, apparently n. pl. (end of [compound]), to be read for dhātu° of ed. and mss. Divyāvadāna 244.25 (prose).
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