चाप

Monier-Williams · cāpa
cāpa m. n. (fr. capa g. tālâdi) a bow vii, 192 &c ‖ (in geom.) an arc ii f. vi, xi ‖ Sagittarius ‖ a rainbow (cf. indraśakra-) i, 11, 28 ‖ a kind of astron. instrument xi, 2 and 5 ‖ a particular constellation (= dhanus) xii, 18 ‖ m. N. of a family