aṡvamedhêṡvara

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