Ashvatara, Aśvatara: 16 definitions

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Ashvatara has 15 English definitions available.

The Sanskrit term Aśvatara can be transliterated into English as Asvatara or Ashvatara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Aśvatara (अश्वतर):—(von aśva) m.

1) Maulthier [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 3, 91.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 8, 44.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1253.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 4, 234.] [Medinīkoṣa r. 247.] [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 4, 4, 8.] [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 3, 47.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 12, 4, 1, 10. 7, 1, 5. 2, 21.] [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 91, 53.] f. [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 8, 8, 22.] aśvatarīrathaḥ [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 4, 19.] [Chāndogyopaniṣad 4, 2, 1.] [Aśvalāyana’s Śrautasūtrāni 9, 11.] [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 22, 2, 25.] yadā aśvatarīgarbho jāyate (omin.) [ADBH. BR.] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 1, 40, 17.] vātāpirdīkṣitāṃsarvāndvijāṃhanti sma lakṣmaṇa . udarasya samutthāne svagarbho śvatarīmiva .. [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 49, 49.] daṇḍenopanataṃ śatrumanugṛhṇāti yo naraḥ . sa mṛtyumupagṛhṇīyādgarbhamaśvatarī yathā .. [Mahābhārata 1, 5623.] sakṛdduṣṭaṃ hi yo mitraṃ punaḥ saṃdhātumicchati . sa mṛtyumupagṛhṇāti garbhādaśvatarī yathā .. [Cāṇakya 19] [?= Pañcatantra II, 33 = Hitopadeśa II, 140.] nyastāṃ sāgaratoye vā pātāle vāpi maithilīm . ānayeyamahaṃ darśe śvetāmaśvatarīmiva [Rāmāyaṇa 4, 16, 41.] —

2) ein männliches Kalb [Dharaṇīkoṣa im Śabdakalpadruma] —

3) Nomen proprium eines Gandharva (gandharvaviśeṣa) [Dharaṇīkoṣa im Śabdakalpadruma] —

4) Nomen proprium eines Nāga [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1311.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 4, 234.] [Medinīkoṣa r. 247.] [Mahābhārata 1, 1555. 2, 361.] [Harivaṃśa 228. 4443.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 149.]

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Āśvatara (आश्वतर):—patr. des Buḍila (Bulila): bulila āśvatara āśviḥ [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 6, 30.] nach [Sāyaṇa] Nachkomme des Aśvatara, Sohn des Aśva. āśvatarāśvi heisst er [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 4, 6, 1, 9. 10, 6, 1, 1. 14, 8, 15, 11] [?(= Bṛhadāranyakopaniṣad 5, 14, 8). Chāndogyopaniṣad 5, 11, 1.]

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Aśvatara (अश्वतर):—

1) am Schluss die Stelle [Rāmāyaṇa 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 [Pāraskara’s Gṛhyasūtrāṇi 3, 13.] —

4) [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 12, 11, 44.] — Vgl. śvetāśvatara .

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Aśvatara (अश्वतर):—m. auch ein besserer Hengst, f. ā eine bessere Stute [Patañjali] [?a. a. O.5,60,a.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Aśvatara (अश्वतर):——

1) m. — a) Maulthier. — b) *ein besserer Hengst. — c) *männliches Kalb. — d) Nomen proprium — α) *eines Gandharva. — β) eines Schlangendämons. —

2) *f. ā eine bessere Stute.

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

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Āśvatara (आश्वतर):—m. Patron. von aśvatara.

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