aśvamedhika

E. aśvamedha as above, kan added, and i inserted.

-medha + ika, adj. Referring to the

sacrifice of a horse, MBh. 1, 354.

m. (-kaḥ) A horse fit for the sacrifice calld Aswamedha.

E.
aśvamedha as above, kan added, and i inserted.

1) adj. auf ein Rossopfer bezüglich: parvan MBH. 1, 354. 605.

— 2) m. ein zum Aśvamedha sich eignendes Ross JAṬĀDH. im ŚKDR.

— Vgl. āśvamedhika .

— 1) Adj. vom Rossopfer handelnd.

— 2) *m. ein zum R. sich eignendes Ross.

Horse-sacrifice”). § 795 (Svargārohaṇap.): XVIII, 6, 278

(°aṃ samāsādya bhojanaṃ sārvakāmikaṃ), i.e. Āśvamedhika-

parvan.

parvan in the list of a hundred sub-parvans

of the Bhārata supposed to have been made

by Vyāsa in the Parvasaṃgraha 1. 2. 66, 33,

70; described as ‘the one that destroys all

sins’ (sarvapāpapraṇāśanam) 1. 2. 66;

(2) Aśvamedhika (Āśvamedhika 1. 2. 210)

nt.: Name of the fourteenth parvan among

the eighteen major parvans of the Bhārata 1.

2. 206; 1. 2. 71; according to the Parvasaṃ-

grahaparvan it has 133 chapters (adhyāyas)

and 3320 stanzas (ślokas) as counted by

(Vyāsa) who sees the truth (saṃkhyātās

tattvadarśinā) 1. 2. 210-211; described as

highly wonderful (mahādbhuta) 1. 2. 210;

this parvan contains the following topics: the

excellent narrative of Saṃvarta and Marutta;

the acquisition of gold treasures (by the

Pāṇḍavas); the birth of Parikṣit; Parikṣit,

who was burnt by the fire of the missile,

brought back to life by Kṛṣṇa; the horse

(of the Aśvamedha sacrifice) set free for

wanderings; Arjuna who followed the horse

fought various battles with enraged princes;

Arjuna's life in danger in his battle with

Babhruvāhana, son of Citrāṅgadā; the story

narrated by the mongoose at the Aśvamedha

sacrifice 1. 2. 206-209.