dhánvan n. a bow RV. &c. (esp. ifc
• cf. asthi-, ugra-, kṣipra- &c., and Pāṇ. 5-4, 132 &c. Vām. v, 2, 67)
• rain-bow MānGṛ. i, 4
• the sign of the zodiac Sagittarius Jyot.
• (also m.) dry soil, shore (samudasya
• cf. dhanu)
• a desert, a waste RV. &c. &c
• m. Alhagi Maurorum L.
• N. of a country. BhP. (Cf. dhanu, ○nus.)

Sanskrit-English Dictionary, by M. Monier William