A curved bow used in South Asian warfare and hunting traditions, or an archer using such a bow.
From Sanskrit 'dhanuṣ' (bow), related to 'dhanush.' This weapon appears throughout Indian epics like the Ramayana and Mahabharata.
Famous archers like Arjuna in the Mahabharata were celebrated for dhanuk mastery—but the epics describe the bow with such physical grace that it seems more like martial arts than weaponry!
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