[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v7.c95.294 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c95.294 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c95.294 - **Language:** English ### [v7.c95.294](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c95.294) ²⁵⁶² \*Dhanus\* becomes 'dhanvan' when it is at the end of a bahuvrīhi compound, according to Pāṇini V. 4. 132. (धनुषश्च) What is the meaning of अतिधन्वन् as a बहुव्रीहि? It may mean 'who has gone beyond the bow (i. e. who is far above those who wield the bow) धन्वन् itself means a bow (as in Rg VI. 75. 2 and 3) and 'arid desert' in the Rgveda (X 4 1. धन्वाक्षव प्रपा असि) Then अतिधन्वन् may mean one who had crossed an arid desert and would have nothing to do with one wielding a bow. - [Previous: v7.c95.293](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c95.293) - [Next: v7.c95.295](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c95.295) - [Up: v7.c95](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c95) ## Cites (2) - [Aṣṭādhyāyī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.vyakarana.astadhyayi-school.astadhyayi.5.4.132) — Pāṇini, Sanskrit - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.6.75.2) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c95.294](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c95.294) · Pramāṇa