bow MN.i.429; Ja.i.50, Ja.i.150 Ja.ii.88; Ja.iv.327; Pv-a.285.

• -kalāpa bow & quiver Vin.ii.192; MN.i.86; MN.ii.99; AN.iii.94; Pv-a.154;
• -kāra a bow maker Mil.331
• -kārika Name of a tree Ja.v.420;
• -kārin = prec. Ja.v.422 (= ˚pāṭali);
• -ggaha an archer DN.i.51; AN.ii.48; AN.iv.107; Ja.i.58, Ja.i.356; Ja.ii.87, Ja.ii.88; Ja.iii.220 (dhanuggaha) Ja.iii.322 Ja.v.129 (where 4 kinds are enumerated); Vism.150 (in simile) DN-a.i.156;
• -takkāri (f.) a plant Ja.vi.535;
• -pāṭali Name of a tree Ja.v.422;
• -lakkhaṇa prophesying from marks on a bow DN.i.9.

Sk. dhanus, to Ohg. tanna fir-tree, also oak, orig tree in general, cp. dāru