English Explanatory Dictionary

Ashvamedha

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. One of the most important Vedic sacrificial rituals related to kings, and name of the Rigvedic hymns 1.162-163 which deal with horse sacrifice.

Word forms

Ashvamedha Ashwamedha

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अश्वमेध (áśva-medhá, “horse-sacrifice”), an oxytonic tatpuruṣa compound of अश्व (áśva, “horse”) and मेध (médha, “animal sacrifice”).

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