Lemma: dhanus (n)
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- (astron.) an are or quadrant for ascertaining the sun's altitude and śenith-distance (MW)
- (geom.) an Arc or past of a circle (MW)
- Buchanania Latifolia (MW)
- a bow (MW)
- a desert (MW)
- a fiddlestick (MW)
- a measure of length = 4 Hastas or 1/2000 Gavyūti (MW)
- arid land (MW)
- name of Śiva (armed with a bow) (MW)
- the sign of the zodiac Sagittarius (MW)
| Topic |
Frequency |
| war |
531 |
| Mahābhārata |
44 |
| dhanurveda |
30 |
| Birth, childhood, and youth |
26 |
| jātaka, avadāna |
21 |
| Buddha's life |
20 |
| rājasūya |
18 |
| Kirātārjunīya |
10 |
| aśvamedha, hayamedha |
10 |
| narrative literature |
10 |
| Paraśurāma |
10 |
| weapons, arms |
9 |
| Lexicography |
9 |
| Kaṃsa |
9 |
| death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
8 |
| Shivaism, Śiva |
8 |
| upanayana, initiation |
7 |
| Tripura |
7 |
| army |
7 |
| Tāraka |
7 |
| Sacrifice, yajña |
7 |
| Pṛthu and the Earth |
6 |
| Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī |
6 |
| Rudra |
6 |
| pravargya |
6 |
| Bhakti |
6 |
| Genealogies |
5 |
| Rāmāyaṇa |
5 |
| Kṛṣṇa |
5 |
| Dvāravatī, Dvārakā |
5 |
| Poetology |
5 |
| Astrology |
5 |
| agnyādhāna, agnyādheya |
5 |
| avatāras |
4 |
| pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites |
4 |
| Soma sacrifice |
4 |
| Names of Śiva, sahasranāman |
4 |
| Skanda |
3 |
| mṛtyusava |
3 |
| Brahmin |
3 |
| Vena |
3 |
| for potency |
3 |
| ekāha |
3 |
| introductory sacrifice, prāyaṇīya |
3 |
| against enemies, armies, weapons |
3 |
| fighting |
3 |
| botany, plants |
3 |
| Kṛpa, Śaradvat |
3 |
| Astronomy |
3 |
| ātman |
3 |
| Ordeal |
3 |
| King, rājanīti |
3 |
| hathayoga |
3 |
| Zoology |
3 |
| Dharmaśāstra |
3 |
| Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
3 |
| midday sacrifice, mādhyandina, mādhyaṃdinasavana |
2 |
| dharma |
2 |
| Stories |
2 |
| purohita, house priest |
2 |
| vrātya |
2 |
| alms, bhikṣā |
2 |
| arrow |
2 |
| sāman |
2 |
| Prajāpati creates the world |
2 |
| Vedic hymns, śastras |
2 |
| military formation |
2 |
| for luck in gambling |
2 |
| varṇas, castes |
2 |
| Soma |
2 |
| Kṛṣṇa and Bāṇa |
2 |
| Buddhism |
2 |
| war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras |
2 |
| Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
2 |
| brahman |
2 |
| Kālanemi |
2 |
| poison, antidotes |
2 |
| worship |
2 |
| gambling |
2 |
| Liberation, mokṣa, release |
2 |
| (handing over the) daṇḍa |
2 |
| Indra |
2 |
| Language |
2 |
| study, śiṣya, adhyāya |
2 |
| Etymology |
2 |
| Jarāsandha |
2 |
| Mahāyāna |
2 |
| Grammar |
2 |
| Alchemy |
1 |
| for love, love charms |
1 |
| vānaprastha |
1 |
| Asceticism, tapas |
1 |
| monsoon |
1 |
| Pūru |
1 |
| pṛṣṭha |
1 |
| alcohol |
1 |
| meteor, ulkā |
1 |
| brahman priest, brahmatva |
1 |
| mekhalābandhana |
1 |
| darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
1 |
| Śunaḥśepa |
1 |
| Yoga |
1 |
| prayāja |
1 |
| kāmyeṣṭi |
1 |
| Mineralogy, jewels, metals |
1 |
| agricultural rites |
1 |
| udgītha |
1 |
| śūlagava |
1 |
| viṣṭuti |
1 |
| for victory in battle |
1 |
| Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya |
1 |
| birth, pregnancy |
1 |
| Durgā |
1 |
| Meditation |
1 |
| yuga theory |
1 |
| Psychology |
1 |
| daṇḍa, punishment |
1 |
| triguṇa |
1 |
| grahas |
1 |
| Palmistry |
1 |
| Prophesy |
1 |
| pātaka |
1 |
| Burning of Kāma |
1 |
| penance, prāyaścitta |
1 |
| purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
1 |
| Kṣatriya |
1 |
| sahasranāman |
1 |
| dīkṣā |
1 |
| Agriculture |
1 |
| Cosmography |
1 |
| Underworld, hell, naraka |
1 |
| Marutta |
1 |
| burnt by Śiva |
1 |
| Sarasvatī, Vāc, speech |
1 |
| Yayāti, Devayānī, Śarmiṣṭhā |
1 |
| Urvaśī and Purūravas |
1 |
| Law |
1 |
| Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman |
1 |
| vyavahāra |
1 |
| praise of Viṣṇu (namas) |
1 |
| Agni |
1 |
| Witness |
1 |
| Māṇḍavya |
1 |
| omina, presigns, nimittas, adbhuta, omen |
1 |
| prāyaścitta |
1 |
| Property of Brahmins |
1 |
| cow |
1 |
| (Im-)purity |
1 |
| Women |
1 |
| Behaviour, strīdharma |
1 |
| Noun derivation |
1 |
| brahmacarya |
1 |
| prāṇa etc. |
1 |
| Debts and interest |
1 |
| Concept | Notes | Count |
|---|
| bow | curved piece of resilient wood with taut cord to propel arrows | 286 |
| archery | the sport of shooting arrows with a bow | 3 |
| dhanus [word] | the word dhanus | 2 |
| Shiva | the Destroyer; one of the three major divinities in the later Hindu pantheon | 2 |
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