गाण्डीविन् gāṇḍīvin
boy 3 syllables SLP1 gARqIvin

As a Hindi name

No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.

As a Sanskrit word

Meaning

Terminalia Arjuna

Verified derivation

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Dictionary citations

Monier-Williams (1899) · गाण्डीविन्

gāṇḍīvin m. = ˚va-dhanvan, MBh. xiii, 6898; BhP. x, 58, 54

Monier-Williams (1899) · गाण्डीविन्

Terminalia Arjuna, L.

Wilson (1832) · गाण्डीविन्

gāṇḍīvin m. (-bī) A name of ARJUNA. E. gāṇḍīva ARJUNA'S bow, and ini aff.

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