aśvadāvan

†aśva°dāvan m. giver of horses.

aśva—dāvan mfn. id., RV. v, 18, 3 (voc.)

aśvadāvan (a° + dā°) adj. dass. ṚV. 5, 18, 3 (voc.).

aśva-dāvan, a., dass.

-an [V.] {372,3}.

Aśva-dāvan. — Ludwig¹ finds a prince of this name in a passage

of the Rigveda,² where a gift of fifty horses is mentioned, but

the word appears to be an epithet of Indra (‘bestower of

horses’). [Footnote] 1) Translation of the Rigveda, 3, 274. [Footnote] 2) v. 18, 3.