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    The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 69.
    Aśvatara Āśvi, or Āśvatarāśvi. — These two expressions are

    used1 as patronymics of Buḍila, denoting, according to Sāyaṇa,2

    that he was son of Aśva, and descendant of Aśvatara. [Footnote] 1) The first is found in Aitareya

    Brāhmaṇa, vi. 30; the second in Sata-

    patha Brāhmaṇa, iv. 6, 1, 9; x. 6, 1, 1;

    Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad, iv. 15, 8;

    Chāndogya Upaniṣad, v. 11, 1; 16, 1. [Footnote] 2) On Aitareya Brāhmaṇa, loc. cit.