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    aśvagrīva

    See also aśvagrīvaḥ.

    Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 90.
    aśvagrīva m. (-vaḥ) The name of a demon, more commonly named Hayagrīva.

    E. aśva and grīvā a neck; horse-necked.

    Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 70, col. 2.
    aśva-grīva (vaḥ) 1. m. Demon, Hayagrīva.

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

    ☞ p. 115, col. 1.
    aśva—grīva m. ‘horse-neck’, N. of an Asura, MBh.; R.
    ☞ p. 115, col. 1.
    of a son of Citraka, Hariv. 1920.

    Śabdasāgara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 74, col. 2.
    aśvagrīva

    m. (-vaḥ) The name of a demon, more commonly named Haya-
    griva.

    E. aśva and grīvā a neck; horse-necked.

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 521.
    aśvagrīva (von aśva + grīvā) m. N. pr. einer der Feinde Viṣṇu's H. 699. ein Sohn der Danu MBH. 1, 2533. R. 3, 20, 17. Citraka's HARIV. 1920. ein Asura, der auf der Erde unter dem Namen Rocamāna als König auftritt, MBH. 1, 2653. fg.

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 139, col. 1.
    aśvagrīva m. N.pr.

    — 1) eines Asura.

    — 2) eines Sohnes des Citraka.

    Vācaspatyam

    ☞ p. 505, col. 2.
    aśvagrīva pu0 aśvasya grīveva grīvā'sya . dānavabhede “catvāriṃśa-
    ddanoḥ putrā” ityupakramya . “aśvagrīvaśca sūkṣmaśca tuhaṇḍaśca
    mahābalaḥ” bhā0 ā0 pa0 . sa evāṃśāvatāre rocamāna
    nṛpatiramūt yathoktaṃ tatraiva . “aśvagrīva iti khyātaḥ
    satvavān yo mahāsuraḥ . rocamāna iti khyātaḥ pṛthivyāṃ
    so'bhavannṛpaḥ” . 2 viṣṇoravatārabhede hayagrīve aśvaśiraḥ-
    śabde vivṛtiḥ . yaduvaṃśyavitrakasya putrabhede aśvabāhu-
    śabde vivṛtiḥ .

    Index to the Names in the Mahābhārata

    ☞ p. 8, col. 1.
    Aśvagrīva1, brother of Aśva: I, 65 (§ 92), 2533

    (Aṃśāvat.); incarnated as king Rocamāna, I, 67 (§ 130),

    2653 (do.); XII, 227, 8262 (among the innumerable

    governors of Earth before Indra, mentioned by Bali; Bali-

    Vāsava-saṃv.).

    ☞ p. 8, col. 1.
    Aśvagrīva2, a rājarṣi = Hayagrīva: XII, 24, 723 (Haya-

    grīva) (“having fallen in the combat he rejoices in the world

    of Heaven”). As to Aśvaśiras and Aśvagrīva, cf. VP. V,

    2—3, and BR. s.v. Hayagrīva.

    The Purāṇa Index

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 125.
    Aśvagrīva (I) — a Dānava.

    Br. III. 6. 10.
    ☞ vol. 1, p. 125.
    Aśvagrīva (II) — a son of Citraka.

    Br. III. 71. 114; Vā. 96. 113.

    Puranic Encyclopedia

    ☞ p. 67, col. 2.
    AŚVAGRĪVA . Son born to the Sage, Kaśyapa by his

    wife, Danu. (Śloka 24, Chapter 65, Ādi Parva, M.B.).