gāṃḍivaḥ

Dictionary meanings for gāṃḍivaḥ from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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gāṃḍivaḥ

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

[gāṃḍirastyasya saṃjñāyām va P. V. 2. 110] 1 The bow of Arjuna, presented by Soma to Va- ruṇa by Varuṇa to Agni, and by Agni to Arjuna, when the latter assisted him in consuming the khāṃḍavavana; gāṃ- ḍīvaṃ sraṃsate hastāt Bg. 1. 29.

2 A bow in general. Comp. dhanvan m. an epithet of Arjuna; Me. 48.

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