áṡvā-vat

áṡva-vat

(t) n. « consisting of horses»,
possession of horses RV. VIII, 46, 5; IX, 105, 4 AV. XVIII, 3, 61 ;
(cf. áṡvā-vat);
(mfn.) containing the word aṡva PBr. ;
(ti) f. N. of a river MBh. XIII, 7651 ;
of an Apsaras VP.

áṡvā-vat

consisting of horses RV. ;
(t) n. (= ásva-vat q.v.) possession of horses RV. ;
(tī) f. N. of a river ṠivaP. Rev.

aṡvin

mounted on horseback MārkP. ;
(ī́) m. a cavalier;
horse-tamer RV. ;
(ī́nā orﾠ inau) m. du., the two charioteers
N. of two divinities (who appear in the sky before the dawn in a golden carriage drawn by horses orﾠ birds;
they bring treasures to men andﾠ avert misfortune andﾠ sickness;
they are considered as the physicians of heaven) RV. etc.;
a N. of the Nakshatra presided over by the Aṡvins VarBṛS. ;
the number, « two» ib. Sūryas. ;
(for aṡvi-sutau) the two sons of the Aṡvins, viz. Nakula andﾠ Sahadeva MBh. V, 1816 ;
( inī) f. N. of the wife of the two Aṡvins (who in later times was considered as their mother;
cf. aṡvinī-putrau below) RV. V, 46, 8 ;
the head of Aries orﾠ the first of the 28 Nakshatras Jyot. VarBṛS. ;
( aṡvini, shortened for the sake of metre) Sūryas. ;
(i) n. (= aṡva-vat n. q.v.) richness in horses RV. I, 53, 4.

áṡva-medhá

the hymns RV. I, 162 and 163 = VS. XXII seqq.,
referring to it, are however of comparatively late origin;
in later times its efficacy was so exaggerated, that a hundred such sacrifices entitled the sacrificer to displace Indra from the dominion of Svarga;
kings who engaged in it spent enormous sums in gifts to the Brāhmans;
it is said that the horse was sometimes not immolated, but kept bound during the ceremony) VS. XVIII, 22 TS. Ragh. etc..,
(cf. arkâ̱ṡvamedhá);
( aṡvamedha) - kāṇḍa n. N. of ṠBr. XIII (treating of the Aṡvamedha);
- ja m. N. of a king BhP. ;
- tvá n. the state of an Aṡv. ṠBr. X ;
- datta m. N. of a king MBh. I, 3838 VP. ;
- yājín m. engaged in an Aṡv. ṠBr. XIII, XIV ;
( aṡvamedhá) - vat mfn. receiving an Aṡv.;
ind. as with the Aṡv. KātyṠr. ;
aṡvamedhêṡvara m. N. of a king MBh. II, 1066. ;
áṡva-medha

vy-aṡva


m. N. of a Ṛishi RV. ;
of an ancient king ( alsoﾠ pl.) ib. MBh. ;
- vat ind. like Vyaṡva MW. ;
- sārathy-āyudha mfn. deprived of horses andﾠ charioteer andﾠ weapons Gaut.

menakā

of an Apsaras (wife of Hima-vat) MBh. Kāv. etc.
- मेनकात्मजा
- मेनकाप्राणेश
- मेनकाहित

ménā

speech ( = vāc) Naigh. I, 11 ;
N. of the daughter of Vṛishaṇ-aṡva RV. I, 51, 13 ( Sāy.);
of an Apsaras (= menakā, wife of Hima-vat andﾠ mother of Parvatī) Hariv. R. Pur. ;
of a river MBh. ;
- मेनाजा
- मेनाधव

sad-aṡva

( sád-) mfn. possessing good horse RV. ;
drawn by good horse BhP. ;
m. N. of a son of Samara Hariv. VP. ;
- vat ind. like a good horse MW. ;
- sena m. N. of a man Inscr. ;
- vôrmi m. N. of a man MBh. (v.l. sadasyôrmī)

sāvitrī́

alsoﾠ called gāyatrī q.v.) AitBr. etc. etc.;
initiation as a member of the three twice-born classes by reciting the above verse andﾠ investing with the sacred thread (cf. under sāvitrá, andﾠ upa-nayana) Gaut. Mn. MBh. etc.;
a partic. form of the Gāyatrī metre Ked. ;
N. of Sūryā orﾠ a daughter of Savitṛi AV. Br. MBh. etc.;
N. of the wife of Brahmā. (sometimes regarded as the above verse deified orﾠ as the mystical mother of the three twice-born classes, orﾠ as the daughter of Savitṛi by his wife Pṛiṡni) MBh. Kathās. etc.;
of a wife of Ṡiva L. ;
of a manifestation of Prakṛiti Cat. ;
of the wife of Satya-vat (king of Ṡālva;
she was daughter of Aṡva-pati, king of Madra, andﾠ is regarded as a type of conjugal love;
her story is the subject of a fine episode of the Mahā-bhārata;
seeﾠ sāvitryupâ̱khyāna) MBh. R. BhP. ;
of the wife of Dharma (daughter of Daksha) VP. ;
of the wife of Kaṡyapa Cat. ;
of the wife of Bhoja (king of Dhārā) ib. ;
of a daughter of Ashṭāvakra Kathās. ;
of the Yamunā river Bālar. ;
of the Sarasvatī R. ;
of another river BhP. ;
a ray of light, solar ray W. ;
the ring-finger L. ;
- सावित्रीतीर्थ
- सावित्रीपेञ्जर
- सावित्रीपतित
- सावित्रीपरिणय
- सावित्रीपरिभ्रष्ट
- सावित्रीपुत्र
- सावित्रीपुत्रीय
- सावित्रीभाष्य
- सावित्रीमहानाम्य
- सावित्रीव्रत
- सावित्रीव्रतक
- सावित्रीसूत्र