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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. गाण्डीवgāṇḍīva[gândîva] m. Arguna's bow; -dhan van, m. Arguna.

    [gândîva] masculine Arguna's bow; -dhan van, masculine Arguna.

    In the Gita1·29

    गाण्डीवं स्रंसते हस्तात्त्वक्चैव परिदह्यते ॥

    gāṇḍīvaṁ sraṁsate hastāttvakcaiva paridahyate. — Arjuna said:- Seeing these my own people, O Krishna, my body shakes and my hair stands on end; Gandiva (Arjuna’s bow) slips from my hand, and all my… 1·29
    • गाण्डीवम्gāṇḍīvamnominative singular of the neuter noun gāṇḍīva (the name of Arjuna’s bow).
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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. गाण्डीवgāṇḍīvam. n. (g. अर्धर्चा*दि Pa1n2. 5-2, 110) = ˚डिव (Arjuna अर्जुन 's bow) MBh. Hariv. 9798 BhP. i, 7, 16 Pan5cat.…
    1. masculine gender neuter gender (gaRa अर्धर्चा*दि Pa1n2. 5-2, 110) Equivalent to that the rest of a word is to be suppliedडिव (Arjuna अर्जुन 's bow) MBh. Hariv. 9798 BhP. i, 7, 16 Pan5cat. iii, 14, 11
    2. masculine gender a bow (in general) Lexicographers
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  2. गाण्डीवधन्वन्gāṇḍīvadhanvanm. "having Ga1n2d2i1va गाण्डीव for his bow", Arjuna अर्जुन MBh. Megh. 48 Prab. iv, 14.

    masculine gender "having Ga1n2d2i1va गाण्डीव for his bow", Arjuna अर्जुन MBh. Megh. 48 Prab. iv, 14.

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  3. गाण्डीवमुक्तgāṇḍīvamuktamfn. discharged from the bow Ga1n2d2i1va गाण्डीव W.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective discharged from the bow Ga1n2d2i1va गाण्डीव W.

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  4. गाण्डीविन्gāṇḍīvinm. = ˚व-धन्वन् MBh. xiii, 6898 BhP. x, 58, 54
    1. masculine gender Equivalent to that the rest of a word is to be suppliedव-धन्वन् MBh. xiii, 6898 BhP. x, 58, 54
    2. masculine gender Terminalia Arjuna Lexicographers
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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. गाण्डीविन्gāṇḍīvinm.An epithet of Arjuna, the third Pāṅḍava prince; तानस्यतः शरव्रातान्बन्धुप्रियकृदर्जुनः । गाण्डीवी कालयामास…

    An epithet of Arjuna, the third Pāṅḍava prince; तानस्यतः शरव्रातान्बन्धुप्रियकृदर्जुनः । गाण्डीवी कालयामास सिंहः क्षुद्रमृगानिव ॥ Bhāg.1.58.54; Ve.4.

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