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

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    áśva—pati m. lord of horses, RV. viii, 21, 3 (voc.; said of Indra), VS. xvi, 24
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    N. of a Kaikeya, ŚBr. x
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    of a brother-in-law of Daśaratha, R. ii, 1, 2
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    of an Asura, MBh.; Hariv.
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    of a king of Madras and father of Sāvitri, MBh.

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 523.
    áśvapati (a° + pa°) m.

    1) Rossegebieter VS. 16, 24.

    — 2) N. pr. P. 4, 1, 84. ein Kaikeya ŚAT. BR. 10, 6, 1, 2. fgg. CHĀND. UP. 5, 11, 4. WEBER, Lit. 69. 116. Schwager Daśaratha's und Oheim Bharata's R. 2, 1, 2. ein König von Madra und Vater von Sāvitrī SĀV. 1, 3. LIA. I, 300, N. 1. ein Asura MBH. 1, 2532. 2650. HARIV. 2282. 14283.

    Grassmann Wörterbuch zum Rig Veda

    ☞ p. 141.
    aśva-pati, m., Herr der Rosse [páti].

    -e [V.] {641,3} von Indra.

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 139, col. 2.
    áśvapati m.

    — 1) Rossegebieter.

    — 2) N.pr. eines Asura und verschiedenen Männer.

    Schmidt Nachträge zum Sanskrit-Wörterbuch

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    Aśvapati N. °eines Landes? Prabandh. 277, 5 v.u.

    Bopp Glossarium Sanscritum

    ☞ p. 23, col. 2.
    aśvapati m. (equorum dominus, TATP. ex aśva et pati)

    nom. pr. SA. 1. 3.

    Vācaspatyam

    ☞ p. 508, col. 1.
    aśvapati pu0 6 ta0 . vājipālake rāmāyaṇaprasiddhe kaikeyenṛpabhede ca .

    Index to the Names in the Mahābhārata

    ☞ p. 9, col. 1.
    Aśvapati1, brother of Aśva1: I, 65 (§ 92), 2532 (Aṃśāvat.);

    incarnate as king Hārdikya, I, 67 (§ 130), 2650 (do.).

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    Aśvapati2, a king of the Madras, father of Sāvitrī (Pa° vra°

    mā°): III, 294, 16621, 16628, (16629); 294, (16662),

    (16673), (16678); 235, (16698), (16700), 16706; 299,

    16914 (with Mālavī he got 100 sons; these are called

    Mālavāḥ; 297, 16807).

    The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 44.
    Aśva-pati (‘lord of horses’) is a name of a prince of the

    Kekayas, who instructed Prācīnaśāla and other Brahmins.1 [Footnote] 1) Chāndogya Upaniṣad, v. 11, 4; Satapatha Brāhmaṇa, x. 6, 1, 2.

    The Purāṇa Index

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 127.
    Aśvapati — the king of Madras; issueless sacrificed to

    goddess Sāvitrī and was blessed with a daughter of that

    name.

    M. 208. 5-11.

    Indian Epigraphical Glossary

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    Aśvapati (IE 8-2; CII 4)), cf. Aśvapati-Gajapati-Nara-

    pati-rāja-tray-ādhipati; royal title; the king as ‘the leader of the

    cavalry’; title of the Vijayanagara kings on account of their

    strength in horses (ASLV); title assumed by the rulers of

    some royal families.

    (EI 9, 21; CII 3; HD), an official title meaning either the

    master of the stables or the commander of the cavalry; cavalry

    officer; cf. Aśv-ādhyakṣa (EI 18). See CII, Vol. III,

    p. 259.

    Puranic Encyclopedia

    ☞ p. 67, col. 2.
    AŚVAPATI I . Father of the most chaste woman, Sāvitrī.

    He was King of Madra. He was without children for a

    long period and for eighteen years he worshipped the

    goddess, Sāvitrī and got a maiden from Agnihotra whom

    he named as Sāvitrī. For more details see under Sāvitrī.

    (Chapter 293, Vana Parva, M.B.).
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    AŚVAPATI II . The son born to Kaśyapa of his wife

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