As a deity name
Name 76 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
धन्वी · adj
धनुर्धर । कमनैत · निपुण । चतुर । चालाक — Śabdasāgara
धन्वी · noun · masculine
दुरालभा । जवासा · अर्जुन वृक्ष · बकुल । मौलसिरी — Śabdasāgara
धन्वी · dhanvī · adj.
Armed with a bow — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 549
Cited formation "धन्वी" is धन्व + -ई: धन्व means "मरुभूमि । मरुस्थल", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "धन्वी" is धन्व + -ई: धन्व means "मरुभूमि । मरुस्थल", and the suffix -ई forms 'belonging to', 'having', 'coming from' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "धन्वी" is धन्व + -ई: धन्व means "मरुभूमि । मरुस्थल", and the suffix -ई forms diminutives (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
armed with a bow, a b˚-man, &c. &c. (cf. iṣu-, driḍha-, bahu.)
Scripturally attested Verified split — attested membersWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "dhanvī" is the nominative of "dhanvin" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
dhanvin mfn. (Vām. v, 2, 59) armed with a bow, a b˚-man, MBh. &c. &c. (cf. iṣu-, driḍha-, bahu.)
cunning, shrewd, L.
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