Dhanu
Dhanu,(nt.) [Sk.dhanus,to Ohg.tanna fir-tree,also oak,orig tree in general,cp.dāru] a bow M.I,429; J.I,50,150; II,88; IV,327; PvA.285.
--kalāpa bow & quiver Vin.II,192; M.I,86; II,99; A.III,94; PvA.154; --kāra a bow maker Miln.331; --kārika N.of a tree J.V,420; --kārin=prec.J.V,422 (=°pāṭali); --ggaha an archer D.I,51; A.II,48; IV,107; J.I,58,356; II,87,88; III,220 (dhanuggaha) J.III,322; V,129 (where 4 kinds are enumd); Vism.150 (in simile); DA.I,156; --takkāri (f.) a plant J.VI,535; --pāṭali N.of a tree J.V,422; --lakkhaṇa prophesying from marks on a bow D.I,9.(Page 335)