As a Hindi name
धानुष्क · noun · masculine
धनुस् चलाकर अपनी जीविका का निर्वाह करनेवाला । कमनैत । धनुर्धर — Śabdasāgara
धानुष्क · dhānushk · s.m.
A bowman, an archer ( = dhānuk, q.v.) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 539
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
armed with a bow
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M1 · same meaning "dhānuṣka" is the vocative of "dhānuṣkā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
dhānuṣka mf(ī)n. armed with a bow
dhānuṣka m. bowman, archer, MBh. (-tā f., Bhartṛ. i, 13 v.l.)
dhānuṣka m. (-ṣkaḥ) A bowyer, an archer. E. dhanus a bow, ṭhañ affix. f. (-ṣkā) A tree, (Achyranthes aspera). E. dhanuṣka an archer, aṇ affix, and fem. affix ṭāp, or dhanus a bow, ṭhan aff.
dhānuṣkā f. Achyranthes Aspera, L.
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