aśvaḥ [
aśnute adhvānaṃ vyāpnoti,
mahāśano vā bhavati Nir.;
aś-kvan Uṇ. 1. 149]
1 A horse; the horses are said to have
7 breeds:
amṛtādbāṣpato vahrervedebhyoṃ'ḍācca garbhataḥ . sāmno hayānāmutpattiḥ saptadhā parikīrtitā ...
2 A symbolical expression for the number ‘seven’ (that being the number of the horses of the sun);
sūryāśvairmasajastatāḥ saguravaḥ śārdūlavikrīḍitaṃ V. Ratn. 3 A race of men (horselike in strength);
kāṣṭhatulyavapurdhṛṣyo mithyācāraśca nirbhayaḥ . dvādaśāṃgulameḍhraśca daridrastu hayo mataḥ .. — śvau (
du.) A horse and a mare. [
cf. L. equus;
Gr. hippos; Zend
aspa; Pers.
asp.]
Comp. — akṣaḥ N. of a plant
devasarṣapa.
— ajanī a whip.
— adhika a. strong in (
pb) cavalry, superior in horses.
— adhyakṣaḥ a guardian of horses, commander of cavalry.
— anīkaṃ a troop of horse men, cavalry.
— ariḥ a buffalo.
— avarohakaḥ N. of a tree
aśvagaṃdhā.
— āyurvedaḥ veterinary science.
— ārūḍha a. mounted, sitting on horse-back.
— āroha a. riding or mounted on a horse. (
— haḥ)
1 a horseman, rider.
2 one who is fighting.
3 a ride.
( hā), ārohakaḥ N. of the plant
aśvagaṃdhā.
— ārohin a. mounted or riding on horseback.
— iṣita a. hurried along by horses.
— urasa a. broad-chested like a horse. (
— saṃ) the chief or principal horse.
— kaṃdā,
— kaṃdikā N. of a plant
aśvagaṃdhā.
— karṇaḥ, karṇakaḥ 1 a kind of tree (Vatica Robusta)
Māl. 9.
2 the ear of a horse.
3 a term in surgery for a particular fracture of the bones. (
— rṇaḥ)
N. of a mountain.
— kuṭī a stable for horses;
Pt. 5.
— kuśala, kovida a. skilled in managing horses.
— kraṃdaḥ 1
N. of a bird.
2 a general of the army of the gods.
— kharajaḥ [
aśvaśca kharīca aśvāca kharaśca vā tābhyāṃ jāyate puṃvadbhāvaḥ Tv.] a kind of horse, mule.
— khuraḥ 1 a horse's hoof.
2 a kind of perfume. (
— rā)
N. of the plant
aparājitā.
— gatiḥ f. 1 the pace of a horse.
2
N. of a metre containing four lines of sixteen syllables in each.
— gaṃdhā [
aśvasya gaṃdha ekadeśo meḍhramiva mūlamasyāḥ]
N. of a plant Physalis Flexuosa Lin;
°tailaṃ a kind of oil.
— goyugaḥ, gaṃ a pair of horses.
— goṣṭhaṃ a stable.
— grīvaḥ 1
N. of a demon who was a foe of Viṣṇu, more commonly called Haya-grīva.
2 an incarnation of Viṣṇu.
— ghāsaḥ a pasture for horses.
— ghnaḥ [
aśvaṃ haṃti amanuṣyakartṛkatvāt]
1 a horse-bane.
2
N. of a kind of Oleander, Nerium Odorum Ait.
— cakraṃ 1 a collection of horses.
2 a kind of wheel.
— calanaśālā a riding-house.
— cikitsakaḥ vaidyaḥ a farrier, a veterinary surgeon.
— cikitsā farriery, veterinary science.
— ceṣṭitaṃ 1 the motion of horses.
2 an omen, auspicious or inauspicious.
— jaghanaḥ a kind of centaur; a creature having his lower limbs like those of a horse.
— jit a. gaining horses by conquest.
— tīrthaṃ N. of a place of pilgrimage near Kānyakubja on the Gaṅgā.
— da a. giving horses.
— daṃṣṭrā the plant (
pb) Tribulus Lanuginosus (
gokṣura).
— dāḥ,
— dāvan m. giving horses.
— dūtaḥ a riding messenger.
— nadī N. of a river.
— nāyaḥ one who has the charge of a drove of grazing horses; a horseherd.
— nibaṃdhikaḥ a groom, a horsefastener.
— nirṇij a. Ved. decorated or embellished with horses.
— paḥ Ved. a groom.
— patiḥ 1 lord of horses.
2
N. of several persons; of a king of Madra and father of Sāvitrī.
— parṇa a. [
aśvānāṃ parṇaṃ gamanaṃ yatra]
1 having horses (as a chariot);
Rv. 1. 88. 1.
2 a cloud (that penetrates everywhere).
— pālaḥ, pālakaḥ, rakṣaḥ a horse-groom.
— pucchī N. of the tree
māṣapaṇīṃ.
— pṛṣṭhaṃ horse-back.
— peśas a. decorated or embellished with horses.
— baṃdhaḥ a groom.
— baṃdhana a. used for fastening horses. (
— naṃ) fastening of horses.
— balā N. of a vegetable.
— bālaḥ 1 a kind of reed, Saccharum Spontaneum Lin.
2 the tail or hair of a horse.
— budhna a. Ved. based on horses, standing on horses,
i. e. on a carriage drawn by horses.
— budhya a. Ved. based on horses, having its origin in horses (wealth); distinguished by horses.
— bhā lightning.
— mahiṣikā [
aśvamahiṣayorvairaṃ vun] the natural enmity between a horse and a buffalo.
— māraḥ,
— mārakaḥ, haṃtṛ m. ‘horse-destroying,’ a kind of Oleander, Nerium Odorum Ait.
— mālaḥ a kind of serpent.
— mukha a. [
aśvasya mukhamiva mukhamasya] having the head or face of a horse. (
— khaḥ) a horse-faced creature, a Kinnara or celestial chorister; (according to others) a kind of demigod distinct from the preceding. (
— khī) a Kinnara woman;
bhiṃdaṃti maṃdāṃ gatimaśvamukhyaḥ Ku. 1. 11.
— muk m. a horse-stealer.
— medhaḥ [
aśvaḥ pradhānatayā medhyate hiṃsyate'tra, medh hiṃsane ghañ] a horse-sacrifice;
yathāśvamedhaḥ kraturāṭ sarvapāpāpanodanaḥ Ms. 11. 261. [In Vedic times this sacrifice was performed by kings desirous of offspring; but subsequently it was performed only by kings and implied that he who instituted it was a conqueror and king of kings. A horse was turned loose to wander at will for a year, attended by a guardian; when the horse entered a foreign country, the ruler was bound either to submit or to fight. In this way the horse returned at the end of a year, the guardian obtaining or enforcing the submission of (
pb) princes whom he brought in his train. After the successful return of the horse, the rite called Aśvamedha was performed amidst great rejoicings. It was believed that the performance of 100 such sacrifices would lead to the attainment of the seat or world of Indra, who is, therefore, always represented as trying to prevent the completion of the hundredth sacrifice].
°kāṃḍaṃ N. of the thirteenth book of the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa.
— medhika,
— medhīya a. fit for a horse-sacrifice, or relating to it. (
— kaḥ, yaḥ) a horse fit for the
Aśvamedha sacrifice. (
— kaṃ) the fourteenth parvan in the Mahābhārata;
tato'śvamedhikaṃ parva proktaṃ tacca caturdaśaṃ Mb. — yuj a. 1 yoking the horses.
2 having horses yoked to it (as a carriage);
rathenāśvayujā Rām. 3 born under the constellation
aśvayuj. (
— f.)
1
N. of a constellation, the head of Aries.
2 the first lunar mansion.
3 the month of Āśvina.
4 a chariot having horses.
— yūpaḥ the post to which the sacrificial horse was bound.
— yoga a. 1 causing the yoking of horses.
2 joining or reaching as quickly as horses.
— rakṣaḥ the keeper or rider of a horse, a groom.
— rathaḥ a carriage drawn by horses. (
— thā)
N. of a river near
gaṃdhamādana.
— ratnaṃ, rājaḥ the best or lord of horses;
i. e. uccaiḥśravas.
— rādhas a. Ved. furnishing horses.
— rodhakaḥ N. of a plant (
aśvamāra).
— lakṣaṇaṃ a sign or mark of a horse.
— lalitaṃ N. of a species of the Vikṛti metre.
— lālā a kind of snake.
— loman n. horse-hair; a kind of snake.
— vaktraḥ =
aśvamukha q. v.; a Kinnara or Gandharva.
— vaḍavaṃ a stud of horses and mares. (
— vau) a horse and a mare. (
— vāḥ) horses and mares.
— vadanaḥ =
°mukha.
— vahaḥ a horseman.
— vāraḥ — vālaḥ, vārakaḥ [
aśvaṃ vārayati upa.
sa.] a horseman, groom;
duḥkhena niścakramuraśvavārāḥ Śi. 3. 66.
— vāraṇaṃ N. of the Bos Gavæus (
gavaya).
— vāhaḥ,
— vāhakaḥ [
aśvaṃ vāhayati cālayati] a horseman.
— vikrayin a. a horse-dealer.
— vid a. 1 skilled in taming or managing horses.
2 [
aśvaṃ viṃdate vid-kvip] procuring horses. (
— m.)
1 a jockey.
2 an epithet of Nala.
— vṛṣaḥ a stallion.
— vaidyaḥ a farrier.
— śakṛt n.,
— śakaṃ Ved. 1 excrements of a horse, horse-dung.
2
N. of a river.
— śaṃkuḥ a pillar to tie a horse.
— śālā a stable.
— śāvaḥ a colt, a foal.
— śāstraṃ a (
pb) manual or text-book of veterinary science.
— śiras a. having the head of a horse, an epithet of Nārāyaṇa. (
— n.)
1 a horse's head.
2
N. of a Dānava.
— śṛgālikā [
aśvaśṛgālayorvairaṃ dvaṃdvāt vaire vun] the natural enmity between a horse and a jackal.
— ṣaḍgavaṃ a set or team of six horses.
— sani, ṣā,
— sā a. Ved. (
P. VIII. 3. 110 and
Mbh.) gaining or procuring horses, giving horses.
— sādaḥ, sādin m. a horseman, a rider, a horse-soldier;
R. 7. 47.
— sārathyaṃ coachmanship, charioteership, management of horses and chariots;
sūtānāmaśvasārathyaṃ Ms. 10. 47.
— sūnṛta a. Ved. 1 praised sincerely for (the gift of) horses.
2 whose praise for (giving) horses is agreeable and true.
— senaḥ 1
N. of a king.
2
N. of a Nāga.
— stomīya a. relating to the praise of the sacrificial horse.
— sthāna a. born in a stable. (
— naṃ) a stable or stall for horses.
— haṃtṛ a. killing a horse. (
— tā)
N. of a fragrant plant.
— haya a. [
aśvena hinoti gacchati hi kartari ac]
1 driving or spurring a horse, riding a horse;
Rv. 10. 26. 5.
2 to be traversed by a horse;
Rv. 9. 96. 2.
— harakaḥ a horse-stealer.
— hṛdayaṃ [
aśvasya hṛdayaṃ manogatabhāvādi]
1 the desire or intention of a horse.
2 a kind of veterinary science.
3 horsemanship;
aśvahṛdaye niveśyātmānaṃ K. 80.