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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

Dhanva (धन्व).—One of the Kings of Kāśi. Dhanvantari was born as his son. (For details see under Dhanvantari).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

1a) Dhanva (धन्व).—A son of Dīrghatapas.^*

• * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 67. 7.

1b) The place with water at all times, suitable for fortresses.^*

• * Vāyu-purāṇa 8. 98.

1c) A country, the people of which met Kṛṣṇa with presents on his way to Mithilā.^*

• * Bhāgavata-purāṇa X. 86. 20.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: Wisdom Library: Raj Nighantu

Dhanvā (धन्वा) is a synonym for a “desert wasteland”, according to the second chapter (dharaṇyādi-varga) of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu (an Ayurvedic encyclopedia). The Dharaṇyādi-varga covers the lands, soil [viz., Dhanvā], mountains, jungles and vegetation’s relations between trees and plants and substances, with their various kinds.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Dhanva (धन्व).—A bow (rarely used in classical literature); धन्वान्यादुधुवुस्तमाम् (dhanvānyādudhuvustamām) Śiva. B.13.83.

-nvaḥ A desert; मरु- धन्वमतिक्रम्य (maru- dhanvamatikramya) Bhāg.1.1.35.

Derivable forms: dhanvam (धन्वम्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Dhanva (धन्व) or Dhanvāyati.—etc., common miswriting for dhandha, etc., q.v.

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

Dhanva (धन्व).—n.

(-nvaṃ) A bow: see dhanvan. dhanva gatau sau0 bhvā0 pa0 saka0 seṭ . r. 1st cl. (dhanvati) To go.

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

Dhanva (धन्व).— (a curtailed form of dhanvan), n. A bow.

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

Dhanva (धन्व).—(adj. —°) bow; [masculine] [Name] of a man.

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Dhānva (धान्व).—[masculine] [Name] of an Asura prince.

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

1) Dhanva (धन्व):—[from dhanv] n. = dhanvan ([Uṇādi-sūtra iv, 95 [Scholiast or Commentator]]; [especially] at the beginning and at the end of [compound]; cf. iṣu-, tisṛ-, priya-.; also f(ā). in dhanvābhis, [Harivaṃśa 7315] [varia lectio] vībhis)

2) [v.s. ...] m. Name of a man, [Rājataraṅgiṇī v, 51; 56.]

3) Dhanvā (धन्वा):—[from dhanv] in [compound] for van.

4) Dhānva (धान्व):—mf(ī)n. ([from] dhanvan) = dhanva-ja, [Caraka]

5) m. [patronymic] of Asita (chief of the Asuras), [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]

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

Dhanva (धन्व):—(nvaṃ) 1. n. A bow.

[Sanskrit to German]

Dhanva in German

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Dhanvā (धन्वा):—(a) wielding an arch.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Dhanva (ಧನ್ವ):—

1) [noun] = ಧನುಸ್ಸು - [dhanussu -] 1.

2) [noun] an uncultivated region, usu. covered with huge mass of sand, without inhabitants; a desert.

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

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Starts with (+41): Dhanvacara, Dhanvacarya, Dhanvachara, Dhanvacyut, Dhanvadhi, Dhanvadurga, Dhanvaga, Dhanvaja, Dhanvakara, Dhanvala, Dhanvamstaridarpabhanga, Dhanvamstarigrantha, Dhanvamstarigrasta, Dhanvamstarigunagunayogashata, Dhanvamstarinighantu, Dhanvamstaripancaka, Dhanvamstarisaranidhi, Dhanvamstarivilasa, Dhanvamstariyajna, Dhanvamtari.

Ends with: Anishudhanva, Asitadhanva, Dridhadhanva, Giridhanva, Ikshudhanva, Indradhanva, Ishudhanva, Kshemadhanva, Kusumadhanva, Marudhanva, Paredhanva, Priyadhanva, Sharngadhanva, Sudhanva, Tisridhanva, Tridhanva, Ugradhanva, Viradhanva, Vishnudhanva.

Full-text (+37): Dhanvadurga, Dhanvayavasa, Priyadhanva, Dhanvayasa, Dhanvadhi, Dhanvacara, Marudhanva, Dhanvana, Dhanvan, Dhanvavin, Dhanvasah, Dhanvayin, Dhanvayasaka, Dhanvapati, Dhanvacyut, Dhanvaja, Dhanvaga, Dhanvayavasaka, Dhanvataru, Dhanvayati.

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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)

Rig Veda 9.97.3 < [Sukta 97]

Rig Veda 9.106.4 < [Sukta 106]

Rig Veda 5.7.7 < [Sukta 7]

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Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)

Story of Dhanvantari

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Vedic influence on the Sun-worship in the Puranas (by Goswami Mitali)

Part 8 - Savitṛ (the God of Atmosphere) < [Chapter 2 - Salient Traits of the Solar Divinities in the Veda]

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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)

Verse 7.70 < [Section VI - Fortification (durga)]

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The Markandeya Purana (by Frederick Eden Pargiter)

Canto XCVI - The Story of Ruci (continued)

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Satapatha-brahmana (by Julius Eggeling)

Kāṇḍa XIII, adhyāya 4, brāhmaṇa 3 < [Thirteenth Kāṇḍa]

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