धन्वन् [ dhanvan ] [ dhánvan ] n. a bow Lit. RV. (esp. ifc. ; cf. [ asthi- ] , [ ugra- ] , [ kṣipra- ] , and Lit. Pāṇ. 5-4 , 132 Lit. Vām. v , 2 , 67)

  rain-bow Lit. MānGṛ. i , 4

  the sign of the zodiac Sagittarius Lit. Jyot.

  (also m.) dry soil , shore ( [ samudasya ] ; cf. [ dhanu ] )

  a desert , a waste Lit. RV.

  [ dhanvan ] m. Alhagi Maurorum Lit. L.

  N. of a country. Lit. BhP. ( Cf. [ dhanu ] , [ °nus ] .)