As a deity name
Name 473 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 132 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 857 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
धनुर्धर · dhanur-dhar · s.m.
See s.v. dhanus — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 548
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the sign of the zodiac Sagittarius
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Dictionary citations
dhanur—dhara m. = -graha, Mn.; MBh.; R. &c. (also as N. of Śiva)
the sign of the zodiac Sagittarius, Var.
N. of a son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, MBh.
dhanurdhara m. (-raḥ) An archer, a bowyer, one armed with a bow. E. dhanus a bow, and dhara who possesses.
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