aśvinī

aśvinī f. (-nī)

1 The first of the twenty-eight Nakṣatras or constellations in the moon's path, hence considered its mansions.

2 In mythology, a nymph, the asterism personified.

3 The wife of SŪRYA, who concealed herself in the form of a mare.

E. aśva a horse, in and ṅīp affix; the symbol of the Nakṣatra is a horse's head, figured by three stars in the head of ARIES.

aśvinī (nī) 3. f. The first lunar
mansion; a nymph, wife of
the sun.

aśvinī [aśvastaduttamāṃgākāro'styasya ini ṅīp]

1 The first of the 27 Nakshatras or lunar mansions (consisting of three stars).

2 A nymph considered in later times as the mother of the Aśvins, the wife of the sun, who concealed herself in the form of a mare.

Comp. (pb)

— kumārau, putrau, sutau the twin sons of Aśvinī, the sun's wife.

aśvinī (ínī), f. N. of the wife of the two Aśvins (who in later times was considered as their mother; cf. aśvinī-putrau below), RV. v, 46, 8

the head of Aries or the first of the 28 Nakṣatras, Jyot.; VarBṛS.

(aśvini, shortened for the sake of metre), Sūryas.

aśvinī

f. (-nī)

1. The first of the twenty-eight Nakshatras or constella-
tions in the moons path, hence considered its mansions.

2. In my-
thology, a nymph, the asterism personified.

3. The wife of SURYA,
who concealed herself in the form of a mare.

E. aśva a horse, in and
ṅīp affixes; the symbol of the Nakshatra is a horse's head, figured
by three stars in the head of ARIES.

aśvinī [aśvastaduttamāṅgākāro'styasya ini ṅīp] 1 The first of the 27 Nakṣatras or lunar mansions (consisting of three stars). -2 A nymph considered in later times as the mother of the Aśvins, the wife of the Sun, who concealed herself in the from of a mare. -Comp. -kumārau, -putrau, -sutau the twin sons of Aśvinī, the Sun's wife.

aśvinī strī aśvastaduttamāṅgākāro'styasya ini ṅīp .
saptaviṃśatidhāvibhaktarāśicakrasya prathame bhāge . asyā-
stathākāratvamaśleṣāśabde uktam . “aśninīmaghamūlānāṃ
gaṇḍā ādyāstrināḍikāḥ” jyo0 nakṣatraparatve na0 .
“puṣyāśvihastā laghuḥ” jyo0 aśvāyā ākāro'styasyāḥ ini
ṅīp . hayarūpadhāriṇyāṃ tvaṣṭṛsutāyāṃ 3 saviturbhā-
ryyāyāmaruṇātmajaśabde 269 pṛ0 vivṛtiḥ .

aśvinī , strī, (aśvaḥ aśvarūpaṃ vidyate yasyāḥ . aśva
+ in + ṅīp .) saptaviṃśatinakṣatrāntargataprathama-
nakṣatraṃ . aśvinyādayo revatyantāḥ saptaviṃśati-
tārā dakṣasyāpatyatvāt dākṣāyaṇya ucyante . tatpa-
ryyāyaḥ . aśvayuk 2 dākṣāyaṇī 3 . ityamaraḥ ..
sā candrasya bhāryyā . navapādātmakameṣarāśerādi-
catuṣpādarūpā ca .. asyā rūpaṃ . ghoṭakamukhā-
kṛtitārātrayātmakaṃ . asyā adhiṣṭhātrī devatā
aśvārūḍhapuruṣaḥ . iti jyotiḥśāstraṃ . tasyāṃ
jātaphalaṃ . “sadaiva devābhyudito vinītaḥ sattvā-
nvitaḥ prāptasamastasampat . yoṣāvibhūṣātmaja-
bhūritoṣaḥ syādaśvinījanmani mānavasya” . iti
koṣṭhīpradīpaḥ .. tasya mastakopari udaye karkaṭa-
lagnasya 1 . 30 triṃśatpalādhikadaṇḍaiko gato bha-
vati . yathā . “tanvi ghoṭakamukhākṛtau tribhe
mastakorddhvapathabhāji vājini . cārucandramukhi
karkaṭodayāt nirgatā gaganarandhraliptikā” .. iti
śrīkālidāsakṛtarātrilagnanirṇayaḥ ..

Aśvinī¹, a nakṣatra, the first of the younger series, the

twenty-seventh of the older, beginning with Kṛttikā (see

Whitney to Sū° Si°, VIII, 9; VP. II, ch. 8, vol. ii, p. 261 ff.;

junction-star β Arietis).—§ 746 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 64,

3285 (he who under A. gives a carriage yoked with horses is

reborn in a family that is rich in elephants, horses, and

carriages).—§ 749 (do.): 89, 4268 (plur.: °ṣv aśvān

vindeta, obtains horses; of the result of bringing a śrāddha

“aśvinīyoge”).—§ 759 (do.): 110, 5390 (°yāṃ sakthinī caiva,

cf. Aśleṣāḥ).—Cf. Aśvinī².

Aśvinī², a tīrtha (?). § 733 (Ānuśās.): XIII, 25, 1708

(°yām: then a man acquires beauty and glory—rūpavar-

caskam—after death).

Aśvinī. See Nakṣatra.

Aśvinī (I) — the wife of Akrūra, and mother of thirteen

sons.

M. 45. 32-3.

Aśvinī (II) — a nakṣatra; as part of Nāgavithī;¹ effect of

Śrāddha, performed in;² as the presiding deity of musical

melody Aśvakrantā.³ [Footnote] 1) Vā. 66. 48. [Footnote] 2) Ib. 82. 14. [Footnote] 3) Ib. 86. 64.

Aśvinī f.: Name of a constellation.

Nārada told Devakī (13. 63. 2-4) that

one who gave as gift a chariot with horses

under the Aśvinī nakṣatra, was born in a

family that had many elephants, horses and

chariots 13. 63. 34. [See Aśvayuja]