Ashvashastra, Ashva-shastra, Aśvaśāstra: 8 definitions
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Ashvashastra means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Ashvashastra has 6 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Aśvaśāstra can be transliterated into English as Asvasastra or Ashvashastra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchAśvaśāstra (अश्वशास्त्र):—(a + śā) n. ein hippologisches Lehrbuch [Madhusūdanasarasvatī’s Prasthānabheda] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 1, 22, 7.]
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Aśvaśāstra (अश्वशास्त्र):—[(aśva + śāstra)] n. Titel eines best. über Pferde handelnden Lehrbuchs [Oxforder Handschriften 113,b,13.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungAśvaśāstra (अश्वशास्त्र):—n. Hippologie und Titel eines Werkes des Nakula. vid m. Beiname Nakula’s [Galano's Wörterbuch]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Partial matches: Shastra, Ashva.
Full-text: Shalihotrashastra, Ashvacikitsa, Nakula, Abhilasa.
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