the bow
object · 5 works · 5 mentions · 5 anchored passages
bow · bows · dhanus · his bow · the rainbow of Indra
spoken of as
2 expressionsBow3 mentions
Anabasis (Greek) · Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa (Sanskrit) · Atharvaveda (Paippalāda) (Sanskrit)
he was also adjudged the most eager to learn, and the most diligent in practising, military accomplishments, alike the use of the bow and of the javelin.
Bows1 mention
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa (Sanskrit)
Then, fastening their quivers and girding on their swords, the two Rāghavas, bearing bows, went together with Sītā toward the Gaṅgā.
in the texts
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
A bow taken up by the Vrātya that becomes identified with Indra's rainbow, described with color symbolism used against rivals.
Blue is its belly;
that became the rainbow of Indra.
With the blue he wraps the hostile rival;
Iliad
The bow used by Teucer and then snatched up by Meriones to take his own shot in the archery contest.
Meriones, who had his arrow ready while Teucer was aiming, snatched the bow out of his hand, and at once promised that he would sacrifice a hecatomb of firstling lambs to Apollo lord of the bow;
Rigveda
The archer's bow, praised as the instrument by which cattle, battles, and territory are won.
With the bow may we win cattle, with the bow may we win battles, with the bow may we conquer the fierce conflicts;
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa
The bows carried by Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa as their principal weapon throughout the forest journey, and by Guha while keeping watch.
Then, fastening their quivers and girding on their swords, the two Rāghavas, bearing bows, went together with Sītā toward the Gaṅgā.
Guha too, together with the charioteer, conversing with Saumitri, kept vigilant watch over Rāma through the night, bow in hand and alert.
Those two bearing bows, traveling comfortably as the sun hung low, reached the abode of the sage at the confluence of the Gaṅgā and Yamunā.
Anabasis
Weapon in which Cyrus is trained as part of Persian military education.
he was also adjudged the most eager to learn, and the most diligent in practising, military accomplishments, alike the use of the bow and of the javelin.