Bharat Devotion

Dhanusha

शाब्दिक अर्थ (Shabdartha)

A bow's length

व्युत्पत्ति एवं धातु मूल (Vyutpatti)

Sanskrit 'dhanusha' (bow): an ancient unit of height and distance, roughly comparable to two meters, though Jain texts describe the earliest Tirthankaras as standing hundreds of dhanusha tall.

आध्यात्मिक भावार्थ व संदर्भ

Like their vast lifespans, the towering heights Jain texts give the earliest Tirthankaras (sometimes 500 dhanusha or more) signal an ancient golden age rather than a literal physical measurement meant to be pictured at human scale.