Ashvamedha, Aśvamedha, Ashva-medha: 20 definitions
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Ashvamedha has 18 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Aśvamedha can be transliterated into English as Asvamedha or Ashvamedha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchAśvamedha (अश्वमेध):—1. (a + me) m. Rossopfer, nicht ein bloss allegorisches oder erst in später Zeit eingeführtes, sondern im höchsten Alter ganz gewöhnliches Opfer, dessen Kraft und Wirkung nur nachmals in’s Wunderbare gesteigert und für welches eben darum unerschwinglicher Aufwand und Vorbereitung gefordert wurde. Zu dem Opfer diente z. B. das Lied [Ṛgveda 1, 162.] [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 22 - 25.] [Aśvalāyana’s Śrautasūtrāni 10, 6. fgg.] [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 18, 22.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 6, 6, 1, 1. 10, 1, 5, 3. 6, 5, 7] [?(= Bṛhadāranyakopaniṣad 1, 2, 7). 11, 2, 5, 1. fgg. Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 20, 8, 19. 20. 21, 1, 14.] yathāśvamedhaḥ kraturāṭsarvapāpāpanodanaḥ [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 11, 260.] aśvemedhena yaj [5, 53. 11, 74. Nalopākhyāna 5, 43. 12, 9.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 1, 91.] aśvamedhayājin [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 13, 1, 2, 3. 14, 6, 3, 2] [?(= Bṛhadāranyakopaniṣad 3, 3, 2).] rājasūyāśvamedhānāṃ kratūnām [Nalopākhyāna 12, 32.] [Indralokāgamana 1, 15.] Vgl. [Lassen’s Indische Alterthumskunde I, 542, Nalopākhyāna 3. 700. II, 982.] aśvamedhatrirātra m. [Maśaka’s Kalpasūtrāni 6, 6] in [Weber’s Verzeichniss 73.] aśvamedhakāṇḍa heisst das 13te Buch des [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa]
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Aśvamedha (अश्वमेध):—2. (wie eben) m. Nomen proprium ein Bhārata nach [Ṛgveda] [Anukramaṇikā] [Ṛgveda 5, 27, 4—6.] — Vgl. āśvamedha .
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Aśvamedha (अश्वमेध):—1. [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 5, 4, 12, 3.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 13, 3, 3, 6.]
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Āśvamedha (आश्वमेध):—m. patron. von aśvamedha [Ṛgveda 8, 57, 15.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungAśvamedha (अश्वमेध):—1. m. Rossopfer. aśvamedhavat Adv. wie beim R. [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtra 21,1,14.] tva n. Nom.abstr. [Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 10,6,5,7.] yājin Adj. aśvamedhakāṇḍa n. Titel des 13ten Buches im [Śatapathabrāhmaṇa] aśvamedhatrirātra m.
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Aśvamedha (अश्वमेध):—2. m. Nomen proprium eines Mannes.
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Āśvamedha (आश्वमेध):—m. Patron. von Aśvamedha.
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Partial matches: Ashva, Medha.
Starts with (+2): Ashvamedhabhashya, Ashvamedhacampu, Ashvamedhadatta, Ashvamedhahautra, Ashvamedhaja, Ashvamedhaka, Ashvamedhakanda, Ashvamedhandapille, Ashvamedhapaddhati, Ashvamedhaparva, Ashvamedhaparvanukramanika, Ashvamedhaparvasamgraha, Ashvamedhaprashna, Ashvamedhaprayoga, Ashvamedhasutra, Ashvamedhatva, Ashvamedhavant, Ashvamedhavat, Ashvamedhayaga, Ashvamedhayajin.
Ends with: Achidrashvamedha, Arkashvamedha, Dashashvamedha, Prashvamedha, Ramashvamedha, Sashvamedha.
Full-text (+266): Ashvamedhika, Jayayajna, Govinata, Patantaka, Ashvamedhakanda, Jaruthya, Annahoma, Kraturaj, Ashvamedhayajin, Ashvamedhatva, Ashvamedhavat, Ashvamedhaja, Hayamedha, Ashvamedhadatta, Ashvamedhya, Jayapattra, Ashvamedhin, Haryata, Ashvamedheshvara, Turagamedha.
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