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    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    ☞ p. 115, col. 2.
    aśva—śiras n. a horse's head, MBh.
    ☞ p. 115, col. 2.
    aśva—śiras mfn. having the head of a horse (N. of Nārāyaṇa), MBh. xii, 13100 seqq.
    ☞ p. 115, col. 2.
    aśva—śiras m. N. of a Dānava, MBh.; Hariv.
    ☞ p. 115, col. 2.
    of a king (named in connection with Nārāyaṇa), VārP.

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 526.
    1. aśvaśiras (a° + śi°) n. Pferdekopf MBH. 3, 3083. 17461.
    ☞ vol. 1, p. 526.
    2. aśvaśiras (wie eben)

    1) adj. pferdeköpfig, von Nārāyaṇa MBH. 12, 13100. 13114. u.s.w. Ind. St. 1, 384.

    — 2) m. N. pr. eines Dānava MBH. 1, 2531. 2646. HARIV. 2281. 2283. 14284. Vgl. vājiśiras und Ind. St. 1, 484.

    ☞ vol. 5, p. 1073.
    2. aśvaśiras

    2) N. pr. eines Fürsten Verz. d. Oxf. H. 57,b,22.

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 140, col. 2.
    1. aśvaśiras n. Pferdekopf.
    ☞ vol. 1, p. 140, col. 2.
    2. aśvaśiras

    — 1) Adj. pferdeköpfig.

    — 2) m. N.pr.

    — a) eines Dānava

    — b) eines Fürsten.

    Vācaspatyam

    ☞ p. 514, col. 1.
    aśvaśiras na0 6 ta0 1 vājimastake . aśvasya śiraiva śiro'sya ..
    2 dānavabhede aśvaśaṅkuśabde vivṛtiḥ . “ayaḥśirā aśvaśirā
    aśvaḥśaṅkuśca vīryyavān . tathāgaganasūryyaśca vegavāṃścātra
    pañcamaḥ . pañcaite jajiṃre rājan! vīryyavantomahāsurāḥ .
    kaikayeṣu mahātmānaḥ pārthivarṣabhasattamāḥ” bhā0 ā0 pa0
    66 adhyā0 . 3 hayaśirasi viṣṇumūrttibhede, tādṛṅamūrttidhāraṇa-
    muktam” bhā0 śā0 pa0 342 adhyā0 “te'nuśiṣṭā bhagavatā devāḥ
    sarṣigaṇāstathā . namaskṛttya bhagavate jagmurdeśān yathe
    psitān . gateṣu tridivaukasmu brahmaikaḥ paryyavasthitaḥ .
    didṛkṣurbhagavantamaniruddhatanau sthitam . taṃ devo darśayāmāsa
    kṛtvā hayaśiromahat . sāṅgānāvarttayan vedān kaṇḍalu-
    tridaṇḍadhṛk . vyāsa uvāca . tato'śvaśirasaṃ dṛṣṭvā taṃ
    devamamitaujasam . lokakarttā prabhurbrahmā lokānāṃ
    hitakāmyayā . mūrddhnā praṇamya varadaṃ tasthau prāñjaliragrataḥ .
    sa pariṣvajya devena vacanaṃ śrāvitastadā . śrībhagavānuvāca .
    lokakāryyagatīḥ sarvāstvaṃ cintaya yathāvidhi . dhātā
    tvaṃ sarvvabhūtānāṃ tvaṃ prabhurjagato guruḥ . tvayyāveśitabhāro-
    'haṃ dhṛtiṃ prāpsyāmyathāñjasā . yadā ca surakāryyante
    aviṣahyaṃ bhaviṣyati . prādurbhāvaṃ gamiṣyāmi tadātma-
    jñānadaiśikam . evamuktvā hayaśirāstatraivāntaradhīyata” . “kapa-
    rddine varāhāya ekaśṛṅgāya dhīmate . vivasvate'śvaśirase-
    caturmūrttidhṛte sadā” iti ca tatraiva .

    Index to the Names in the Mahābhārata

    ☞ p. 7, col. 2.
    Aśvaśiras1 (“horse-headed”), brother of Aśva: I, 65

    (§ 92), 2531 (Aṃśāvat.); is incarnated as a king among the

    Kaikeyas (B. and V., Kekayas); I, 67 (§ 130), 2647

    (Aṃśāvat.).

    ☞ p. 7, col. 2.
    Aśvaśiras2 = Viṣṇu: XII, 127, 4662 (Rājadh.) (“reads

    the eternal Vedas” in Badarī); 341, 13100 (Nārāyaṇīya),

    13114; 348, 13454 (Nārāyaṇīya), 13458 (devasya Hari-

    medhasaḥ), 13509 (“became the dwelling of the Vedas”),

    13524 (Hariḥ); these quotations are from the chapter Nārā-

    yaṇīya, where it is related how Viṣṇu, assuming a horse-

    headed form, rescued the Vedas from the “Dānavas” Madhu

    and Kaiṭabha (who had robbed them from Brahmán just as

    he had created them and was going to create the worlds).

    placed the horse-head in the north-eastern sea (cf. VP. II,

    125—6), killed Madhu and Kaiṭabha, and gave the Vedas

    back to Brahmán that he might create the worlds.

    ☞ p. 8, col. 1.
    Aśvaśiras3 (neut.), the horse-headed form of Viṣṇu: III,

    315, 17461.

    ☞ p. 8, col. 1.
    Aśvaśiras4 (neut.), a sacred place: III, 79, 3083 (Nalop.)

    (here Bṛhadaśva bathed after having taught Yudhiṣṭhira

    the science of dice; according to Nīl. it means the science of

    horses—aśvavidyā—which Bṛhadaśva taught Yudhiṣṭhira).

    VII, 81, 2851 (Pratijñāp.) (°sthānam; visited in thought by

    Arjuna, accompanied by Kṛṣṇa, in order to obtain the

    Pāśupata weapon).

    The Purāṇa Index

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 129.
    Aśvaśiras (I) — the mantra taught by the sage Dadhy-

    aṅga to Aśvins.

    Bhā. VI. 9. 52.
    ☞ vol. 1, p. 129.
    Aśvaśiras (II) — a follower of Bali.

    M. 245. 31.

    Puranic Encyclopedia

    ☞ p. 68, col. 1.
    AŚVAŚIRAS I . A son born to Kaśyapa of Danū. (Śloka

    23, Chapter 65, Ādi Parva, M.B.).
    ☞ p. 68, col. 1.
    AŚVAŚIRAS II . Bhagavān Hayagrīva who was teaching

    the Vedas at Vaihāyasakuṇḍa near Naranārāyaṇāśrama.

    (Śloka 3, Chapter 127, Śānti Parva, M.B.).