aśvatara

aśvatara mfn. (-raḥ-rā-raṃ) Swift, speedy. mf. (-raḥ-rī) A mule. m. (-raḥ)

1 One of the chiefs of the Nāgas or serpent race, inhabiting the regions under the earth.

2 A Gandharba or celestial quirister.

3 A male calf.

E. aśva and tara from tṛ to pass, to go, affix ap; or ṣṭarac diminutive aff.

aśva-tara (raḥ) 1. m. A chief of the
serpent race; a mule. a. Swift.

aśvatara aśva + tara. I. m. 1. A

mule, Rām. 2, 91, 53. 2. One of the

chiefs of the Nāgas or serpent race,

MBh. 1, 1555. II. f. tarī. 1. A female

mule. 2. Probably the name of a kind

of serpent, which, according to a

popular opinion, used to die when preg-

nant with or bringing forth young,

Rām. 3, 49, 49.

Aśvatara, as, ā, am, swift, speedy; (as, ī), m.

f. a mule; (as), m. a male calf; N. of a Gandharva;

one of the chiefs of the Nāgas or serpent-race, inha-

biting the regions under the earth.

aśvatara a. Swift, speedy.

— raḥ [tanuḥ aśvaḥ, aśva tanutve ṣṭarac, P. V. 3. 91]

1 A mule.

2 One of the chiefs of the Nāgas or serpent-race inhabiting the lower regions.

3 A male calf.

4 A class of Gandharvas.

— rī A mule; udarasya samutthāne svagarbho' śvatarīmiva Rām.; Pt. 2. 32; Chāṇ. 19. [cf. Pers. aster].

aśvatará m. ī́ mule.

aśva—tará a See below s.v.

aśvatará b m. (Pāṇ. v, 3, 91) a mule, AV. iv, 4, 8; ŚBr. &c.

(compar. of aśva) a better horse, Pat.

a male calf, L.

one of the chiefs of the Nāgas, MBh.; Hariv. &c.

N. of a Gandharva, L.

aśvatara

mfn. (-raḥ-rā-raṃ) Swift, speedy.

mf. (-raḥ-rī) A mule.

m. (-raḥ)

1. One
of the chiefs of the Nagas or serpent race, inhabiting the regions
under the earth.

2. A Gandharba or celestial quirister.

3. A male
calf.

E. aśva and tara from tṝ to pass, to go, affix ap; or ṣṭarac diminu-
tive aff.

aśvatara a. Swift, speedy. -raḥ [tanuḥ aśvaḥ, aśva tanutve ṣṭarac, P.V.3.91] 1 A mule; Av.4.4.8. -2 One of the chiefs of the Nāgas or serpent-race inhabiting the lower regions. -3 A male calf. -4 A class of Gandharvas. cf. aśvataraḥ suravājinoḥ...| Nm. -rī A mule; vyajāyanta kharā goṣu karabhā'śvatarīṣu ca Mb.16.2.9; udarasya samutthāne svagarbho'śvatarībhiva Rām.; Pt.2.32; Chāṇ. 19. [cf. Pers. aster.]. -Comp. -ratha A chariot drawn by a she-mule. Ait. Br.

aśvatara aśvatara m. (tṝ) mulet.

— F. aśvatarā mule.

aśvatara- m. mulet; n. d'un Nāga; d'un astre; -ī- f. mule.

aśvatará (von aśva) m.

1) Maulthier P. 5, 3, 91. TRIK. 2, 8, 44. H. 1253. an. 4, 234. MED. r. 247. AV. 4, 4, 8. AIT. BR. 3, 47. ŚAT. BR. 12, 4, 1, 10. 7, 1, 5. 2, 21. R. 2, 91, 53. f. °rī AV. 8, 8, 22. aśvatarīrathaḥ AIT. BR. 4, 19. CHĀND. UP. 4, 2, 1. ĀŚV. ŚR. 9, 11. KĀTY. ŚR. 22, 2, 25. yadā - aśvatarīgarbho jāyate (omin.) ADBH. BR. in Ind. St. 1, 40, 17. vātāpirdīkṣitānsarvāndvijānhanti sma lakṣmaṇa . udarasya samutthāne svagarbho 'śvatarīmiva .. R. 3, 49, 49. daṇḍenopanataṃ śatrumanugṛhṇāti yo naraḥ . sa mṛtyumupagṛhṇīyādgarbhamaśvatarī yathā .. MBH. 1, 5623. sakṛdduṣṭaṃ hi yo mitraṃ punaḥ saṃdhātumicchati . sa mṛtyumupagṛhṇāti garbhādaśvatarī yathā .. CĀṆ. 19 = PAÑCAT. II, 33 = HIT. II, 140. nyastāṃ sāgaratoye vā pātāle vāpi maithilīm . ānayeyamahaṃ darśe śvetāmaśvatarīmiva R. 4, 16, 41.

— 2) ein männliches Kalb DHAR. im ŚKDR.

— 3) N. pr. eines Gandharva (gandharvaviśeṣa) DHAR. im ŚKDR.

— 4) N. pr. eines Nāga H. 1311. an. 4, 234. MED. r. 247. MBH. 1, 1555. 2, 361. HARIV. 228. 4443. VP. 149.

aśvatara

1) am Schluss die Stelle R. 4, 16, 41 erklärt der Schol. der ed. Bomb. ( 4, 17, 51) folgendermaassen: sāgaratoye tanmadhyavartidvīpe śvetāmaśvatarīmiva śvetāśvatarīrūpiṇīṃ śrutim .. madhukaiṭabhābhyāṃ pātāle nigṛhītāṃ yathā hayagrīvo bhuvamānayati sma tadvat .. Der Schol. der anderen Recension erwähnt eine Lesart aśvatarī yathā und führt folgende Erklärung VIMALABODHA'S an: aśvatarī sūryaḥ śvetāṃ śuklāṃ vidhukalāṃ darśe amāvāsyāyāṃ jaladhigatāṃ nyastāṃ pātāle gobhī raśmibhirānayati tathāham u. s. w. garbhamaśvataryasahā PĀR. GṚHY. 3, 13.

— 4) BHĀG. P. 12, 11, 44.

— Vgl. śvetāśvatara .

aśvatara m. auch ein besserer Hengst, f. ā eine bessere Stute PAT. a. a. O. 5,60,a.

aśvatará

— 1) m.

— a) Maulthier.

— b) *ein besserer Hengst.

— c) *männliches Kalb.

— d) N.pr.

— α) *eines Gandharva.

— β) eines Schlangendämons.

— 2) *f. ā eine bessere Stute.

— 3) f. ī́ Maulthierweibchen. Eine Leibesfrucht soll ihm den Tod bringen.

aśvatara m. ° = taruṇo 'svaḥ, young horse, Harṣac. 30, 4.

aśvatara;
śivikā yāpyayānaṃ syādvesaro'śvataro mataḥ .
2.1.1.450

aśvatara pu0 tanuraśvaḥ aśva + tanutve ṣṭarac . aśvāyāmaśvenotpa-
nnatve'śvatvaṃ tasya tanutvañcānyapitṛkatve . 1 garddabhenāśvāyāmu
tpanne 1 khacare'śvaviśeṣe” 2 sarpabhede ca . jātitvena striyā-
mubhayatra ṅīp . “jānaśrutiḥ pautrāyaṇaḥ ṣaṭ śatāni gavāṃ
niṣkamaśvatarīrathaḥ” iti chā0 u0 . daṇḍenopapanataṃ
śatrumanugṛhṇāti yonaraḥ . sa mṛtyumupagṛhṇīyādgarbhamaśvatarī
yathā” manuḥ . “bahutvānnāmadheyāni pannagānāṃ tapodhana!
na kīrttayiṣye sarveṣāṃ prādhānyena tu me śṛṇu . śeṣaḥ prathamato-
jāto vāsukistadanantaram” ityupakramya “kambalāśvatarau cāpi
nāgaḥkālīyakastathā” bhā0 ā0 pa0 . ayañca varuṇaloke-
sthitaḥ” bhā0 sa0 pa0 varuṇasabhāvarṇane “kambalāśvatarau
nāgaudhṛtarāṣṭravalāhakau” 3 gandharvabhede . “tadyathaivādodhāva-
yato'śvo vā aśvataro vā gadāyeta” śata0 brā0 .

Aśvatara¹, in the Mhbhr. only appearing in the compound

Kambalā°au (the “Horsecloth” and the “Mule”): a pair of

Serpents: I, 35, 1555 (Sarpanāmak.) (sons of Kadrū and

Kaśyapa); II, 9, 361 (Varuṇa sabhā-v.) (dwelling in the

palace of Varuṇa); V, 103γ, 3625 (Mātalīyop.) (dwelling in

Bhogavatī).

Aśvatara², a tīrtha: III, 85, 8219 (Prayāga) (the vedi of

Prajāpati).

Aśva-tara, Aśva-tarī are respectively the masculine and

feminine name of ‘mule.’ These animals are mentioned

frequently from the Atharvaveda¹ onwards. They were known

not to be fruitful,² and were probably considered inferior to

horses,³ but a mule-car was quite common.⁴ [Footnote] 1) iv. 4, 8; viii. 8, 22; Aitareya

Brāhmaṇa, iii. 47; iv. 9; Śatapatha

Brāhmaṇa, xii. 4, 1, 10, etc.; Jaiminīya

Upaniṣad Brāhmaṇa, i. 4, 4. [Footnote] 2) Taittirīya Saṃhitā, vii. 1, 1, 2. 3.

Cf. Adbhuta Brāhmaṇa in Indische

Studien, 1, 40. [Footnote] 3) As were asses, Taittirīya Saṃhitā,

v. 1, 2, 2; Satapatha Brāhmaṇa, vi. 4,

4, 7. [Footnote] 4) Aitareya Brāhmaṇa, iv. 9; Chān-

dogya Upaniṣad, iv. 2, 1 (in both pas-

sages aśvatarī-ratha). Cf. Oertel, Trans-

actions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts

and Sciences, 15, 175.

Aśvatara (I) — a chief Nāga of Pātāla; a thousand hood-

ed snake in the Prajāpatikṣetra in Prayāga on the banks of

the Yamunā;¹ used in the chariot of Tripurāri;² presides over

the month of Ūrja;³ A Kādraveya Nāga.⁴ A Nāga of the

Sutalam;⁵ resides in the sun's chariot during Phalguna.⁶ [Footnote] 1) Bhā. V. 24. 31; M. 6. 29; 104. 5; 106. 27; 110. 8. [Footnote] 2) M.

133. 20. [Footnote] 3) Bhā. XII. 11. 44. [Footnote] 4) Br. II. 20. 23; 23. 21; III. 7. 33;

Vi. I. 21. 21. [Footnote] 5) Vā. 50. 23. [Footnote] 6) Vi. II. 10. 18.

Aśvatara (II) — heard the Viṣṇu Purāṇa from Vatsa and

narrated it to Kambala.

Vi. VI. 8. 46.

Aśvatara (III) — a nāga.

Vā. 69. 70.

Aśvataras — created by Brahmā from his feet.

Vi. I. 5. 49.

AŚVATARA . A serpent. A sacred pond built in Prayāga

also carries this name. (Śloka 76, Chapter 55, Vana

Parva and Śloka 10, Chapter 35, Ādi Parva, M.B.).

Aśvatara m.: A mythical serpent, living

in Bhogavatī Purī 5. 101. 9, 1.

A. Son of Surasā and Kaśyapa 5. 101.

4, 17; description 5. 101. 5-7. B. Men-

tioned among serpents who wait, without

fatigue (vigataklama), on Varuṇa in his

sabhā 2. 9. 9; marked with banner (patākin)

and round spots (maṇḍalin), hooded (phaṇa-

vant) 2. 9. 10. C. Also listed among the

sons of Kadrū 1. 31. 10.

Aśvatara nt.: Name of a tīrtha.

Near Prayāga; together with Prayāga,

Pratiṣṭhāna, Kambala and Bhogavatī it is

considered to be the altar of Prajāpati (vedī

proktā prajāpateḥ) 3. 83. 72; there the Vedas

and the sacrifices in bodily form, as well as

the sages, wait upon Prajāpati, and the gods

and the Cakracaras offer sacrifices 3. 83. 73.