aśva अश्व áśva m. (2. rarely 3 [RV.]) (√ aś, [Uṇ.]) ifc. f. a horse, stallion, [RV.] &c. the horse (in the game of chess) the number ‘seven’ (that being the number of the horses of the sun) the archer (in the Zodiac), [VarBṛ.] a particular kind of lover (horse-like in strength), [L.] N. of a teacher (with the patron. Sāmudri), [ŚBr. xiii] of a son of Citraka, [Hariv. 1921] of a Dānava, [MBh. i, 2532] [Zd. aspa; Lat. equus; Gk. ἵππος, &c.] Nom. P. aśvati, to behave like a horse, [Pāṇ. iii, 1, 11], Sch. aśvatha अश्वथ aśvathá m. N. of a man, [RV. vi, 47, 24.] aśvadā अश्वदा aśva—dā́ mfn. = -da, q.v., [RV.] (cf. án-aśva-dā.) aśvada अश्वद aśva—da mfn. giving horses, [Mn. iv, 231.] aśvaka अश्वक aśvaká m. a small or bad horse, [VS. xxiii, 18] a toy-horse, [Jātakam.] a sparrow, [L.] (ās), m. pl. N. of a people, [MBh. vi, 351], &c. (cf. aśmaka) aśvala अश्वल aśvalá m. N. of the Hotṛ-priest of Janaka king of Vaideha, [ŚBr. xiv] (cf. āśvalāyana.) aśvapa अश्वप aśva—pá m. a groom, [VS. xxx, 11.] aśvasā अश्वसा aśva—sā́ mfn. id., [RV.] aśvayā अश्वया aśvayā́ f. desire to get horses, [RV. viii, 46, 10]; [ix, 64, 4.] aśvaya अश्वय Nom. Ā. °yate = aśvataram ācaṣṭe, [L.] aśvayu अश्वयु aśvayú mfn. desiring horses, [RV.] aśvaṣā अश्वषा aśva—ṣā mfn. (Ved.) = -sā́, q.v., [Pāṇ. viii, 3, 110]; [Pat.] aśvaghna अश्वघ्न aśva—ghna m. ‘horse-bane’, a kind of Oleander (Nerium Odorum), [L.] aśvajit अश्वजित् aśva—jít mfn. gaining horses by conquest, [RV. ii, 21, 1]; [ix, 59, 1]; [AV.] aśva—jít (t), m. N. of a Buddhist Bhikṣu. aśvanta अश्वन्त v.l. for aśmanta, q.v. aśvapād अश्वपाद् aśva—pad (or aśva—pād), m. a horse's foot, [Vait.] aśvapad अश्वपद् aśva—pad (or aśva—pād), m. a horse's foot, [Vait.] aśvasya अश्वस्य Nom. P. °syati, to wish for the stallion, [Pāṇ. vii, 1, 51.] aśvatthā अश्वत्था f. day of full moon in the month Āśvina (in which month the fruit of the Ficus Religiosa generally becomes ripe) aśvatthī अश्वत्थी f. the small Pippala tree, [L.] aśvattha अश्वत्थ aśva—ttha See ss.vv. below. aśvatthá m. (ttha = stha ‘under which horses stand’) the holy fig tree, Ficus Religiosa, [AV.]; [ŚBr.] &c. a vessel made of its wood, [RV. i, 135, 8]; [x, 97, 5] the upper (or male) araṇi made of its wood, [AV. vi, 11, 1]; [ŚBr. xi]; [KātyŚr.] the plant Thespesia Populneoides, [L.] N. of a Nakṣatra (also called Śroṇā), [Pāṇ. iv, 2, 5] and [22] a N. of the sun, [MBh. iii, 151] N. of a people, [VarBṛS.] mfn. ‘relating to the Nakṣatra Aśvattha’, (with muhūrta) the moment in which the moon enters that Nakṣatra, [Pāṇ. iv, 2, 5], Sch. aśvatva अश्वत्व aśva—tvá n. the state of a horse, [ŚBr. xiii.] aśvavat अश्ववत् áśva—vat (áśva-), mfn. rich in horses, [AV. vi, 68, 3] áśva—vat (t), n. ‘consisting of horses’, possession of horses, [RV. viii, 46, 5]; [ix, 105, 4]; [AV. xviii, 3, 61] (cf. áśvā-vat) áśva—vat mfn. containing the word aśva, [PBr.] aśvavid अश्वविद् aśva—vid m. (√ vid), ‘skilled in training horses’, a N. of Nala, [L.] aśva—víd mfn. (√ 3. vid), procuring horses, [RV. ix, 55, 3]; [61, 3.] aśvayuj अश्वयुज् aśva—yúj mfn. harnessing horses, [RV. v, 54, 2] having horses put to (as a carriage), [R. v, 27, 14] born under the constellation Aśvayuj, [Pāṇ. iv, 3, 36] (cf. āśvayuja) aśva—yúj (k), f. sg. N. of a constellation (the head of Aries), [Pāṇ. iv, 3, 36]; [VarBṛS.] &c. aśva—yúj (-yújau), f. du. id., [AV. xix, 7, 5]; [TBr.] aśva—yúj (k), m. the month Āśvina (Sept.-Oct.), [VarBṛS.] aśvabhāra अश्वभार aśva—bhāra m. the load of a horse, (g. vaṃśādi, q.v.) aśvadhāṭī अश्वधाटी aśva—dhāṭī f. N. of a poem by Jagannātha Paṇḍita-rāja aśvaghāma अश्वघाम aśva—ghāma m. N. of a place, [Rājat.] aśvaghāsa अश्वघास aśva—ghāsa m. ([Pāṇ. ii, 1, 36] Comm.) fodder for horses, [Kathās.] aśvaghoṣa अश्वघोष aśva—ghoṣa m. N. of a Buddhist patriarch. N. of the author of the Buddha-carita (2nd or 3rd cent, A.D.) aśvakhurī अश्वखुरी aśva—khurī f. the plant Clitoria Ternatea, [L.] aśvakhura अश्वखुर aśva—khura m. a horse's hoof, [Suśr.]; [Pañcat.] a perfume (apparently a dried shell-fish), [L.] aśvaśālā अश्वशाला aśva—śālā f. a stable for horses, [MBh.] aśvaśāva अश्वशाव aśva—śāva m. a foal. aśvaśapha अश्वशफ aśva—śaphá m. a horse's hoof, [ŚBr. xiii]; [KātyŚr.] aśvaśaka अश्वशक aśva—śaká n. excrements of a horse, [ŚBr. vi.] aśvabāhu अश्वबाहु aśva—bāhu m. N. of a son of Citraka, [Hariv. 1920] and [2088.] aśvabalā अश्वबला aśva—balā f. the vegetable Trigonella Foenum Graecum, [Suśr.] aśvadāya अश्वदाय aśva—dāya mfn. intending to present with a horse, [Pāṇ. iii, 12], [Kāś.] aśvadūta अश्वदूत aśva—dūta m. a messenger on horseback, [Lalit.] aśvadeva अश्वदेव aśva—deva m. N. of a poet, [Cat.] aśvagati अश्वगति aśva—gati f. ‘the pace of a horse’, N. of a metre (containing four verses of eighteen [or sixteen?] syllables each). aśvagopa अश्वगोप aśva—gopa m. the attendant of a horse, [Bcar.] aśvahana अश्वहन aśva—hana m. = -ghna, q.v., [Car.] aśvahanu अश्वहनु aśva—hanu m. N. of a man, [Hariv. 1943.] aśvahaya अश्वहय aśva—hayá mfn. driving horses, [RV. ix, 96, 2]; [x, 26, 5.] aśvakaśā अश्वकशा aśva—kaśā f. a whip for a horse, [Nir. ix, 19.] aśvakeśa अश्वकेश aśva—keśa m. pl. N. of a people, [MārkP.] aśvakinī अश्वकिनी f. the Nakṣatra Aśvinī, [L.] aśvakuṭī अश्वकुटी aśva—kuṭī f. a stable for horses, [Pañcat.] aśvalālā अश्वलाला aśva—lālā f. a kind of snake, [L.] aśvamāla अश्वमाल aśva—māla m. a kind of serpent, [L.] aśvamāra अश्वमार aśva—māra or aśva—māraka, m. = -ghna, q.v., [Suśr.] aśvamedha अश्वमेध aśva—medhá m. the horse-sacrifice (a celebrated ceremony, the antiquity of which reaches back to the Vedic period; 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.] &c., (cf. arkāśvamedhá) 2. áśva—medha (áśva-), m. N. of a descendant of Bharata, [RV. v, 27, 4]-[6.] aśvamukhī अश्वमुखी aśva—mukhī f. a Kiṃnarī, [R.]; [Kum. i, 11] aśvamukha अश्वमुख aśva—mukha mf(I)n. having the head of a horse, [VarBṛS.] aśva—mukha m. N. of a mythical being, [Suparṇ.] a Kiṃnara, [Kād.] aśva—mukha m. pl. N. of a people, [VarBṛS.] (v.l. śva-mukha). aśvanāga अश्वनाग aśva—nāga m. (= kuñjara), [Pāṇ. ii, 1, 62], [Kāś.] aśvanāya अश्वनाय aśva—nāya m. a horse-herd, one who has the charge of a drove of grazing horses, [ChUp.] aśvanadī अश्वनदी aśva—nadī f. N. of a river, [MBh. iii, 17132.] aśvapāda अश्वपाद aśva—pāda mfn. horse-footed, (g. hasty-ādi, q.v.) aśva—pāda m. N. of a Siddha, [Rājat.] aśvapāla अश्वपाल aśva—pāla m. (f(I). g. revaty-adi, q.v.) a groom, [Ratnāv.] one who has to guard the sacrificial horse, [ŚāṅkhŚr.] aśvapada अश्वपद aśva—pada n. the print of a horse's foot, [KātyŚr.] aśvapati अश्वपति áśva—pati m. lord of horses, [RV. viii, 21, 3] (voc.; said of Indra), [VS. xvi, 24] N. of a Kaikeya, [ŚBr. x] of a brother-in-law of Daśaratha, [R. ii, 1, 2] of an Asura, [MBh.]; [Hariv.] of a king of Madras and father of Sāvitri, [MBh.] aśvapeja अश्वपेज aśva—peja or aśva—peya, m. N. of a man, [Pāṇ. iv, 3, 106], [Kāś.] aśvapeya अश्वपेय aśva—peja or aśva—peya, m. N. of a man, [Pāṇ. iv, 3, 106], [Kāś.] aśvapota अश्वपोत aśva—pota m. a foal, [L.] aśvarāja अश्वराज aśva—rāja m. ‘king of horses’, N. of the horse Uccaiḥ-śravas (q.v.), [MBh. i, 1097] N. of Śākyamuni, [Lalit.] aśvarathā अश्वरथा aśva—rathā f. N. of a river, [MBh. iii, 11681.] aśvaratha अश्वरथ aśva—rathá m. a carriage drawn by horses, [ŚBr. v]; [KātyŚr.] aśva—rathá mfn. driving in such a carriage, [PBr.] aśvaripu अश्वरिपु aśva—ripu m. ‘enemy of horses’, a buffalo, [Bhpr.]; [L.] aśvasāda अश्वसाद aśva—sādá m. a horseman, [VS. xxx, 13.] aśvasūta अश्वसूत aśva—sūta m. a charioteer, [MBh.] aśvasani अश्वसनि aśva—sáni mfn. gaining or procuring horses, [VS. viii, 12] (cf. g. savanādi, q.v.) aśvasena अश्वसेन aśva—sena m. N. of a Nāga, [MBh. i, 803], [8237] of a son of Kṛṣṇa, [BhP.] of the father of the twenty-third Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇī, [L.] aśvatarā अश्वतरा f. a better mare, [Pat.] aśvatarī अश्वतरी aśvatarī́ f. a she-mule, [AV. viii, 8, 22]; [MBh.] &c. aśvatara अश्वतर aśva—tará See below s.v. aśvatará m. ([Pāṇ. v, 3, 91]) a mule, [AV. iv, 4, 8]; [ŚBr.] &c. (compar. of aśva) a better horse, [Pat.] a male calf, [L.] one of the chiefs of the Nāgas, [MBh.]; [Hariv.] &c. N. of a Gandharva, [L.] aśvavāha अश्ववाह aśva—vāha m. a horseman, [L.] aśvavāla अश्ववाल aśva—vālá m. hair from the tail of a horse, [KātyŚr.] the reed Saccharum Spontaneum, [ŚBr. iii.] aśvavāra अश्ववार aśva—vāra m. (= -vālá, q.v.) Saccharum Spontaneum, [Pāṇ. viii, 2, 18] Comm. (cf. āśvavāra.) aśva—vāra m. a horseman, [R.]; [Śiś. iii, 66], &c. a groom, [L.] aśvavaha अश्ववह aśva—vaha m. a horseman, [L.] aśvavatī अश्ववती áśva—vatī (tī), f. N. of a river, [MBh. xiii, 7651] of an Apsaras, [VP.] aśvavṛṣa अश्ववृष aśva—vṛṣá m. a stallion, [ŚBr. xiv.] aśvayūpa अश्वयूप aśva—yūpá m. the post to which the sacrificial horse is bound, [RV. i, 162, 6.] aśvayoga अश्वयोग áśva—yoga (áśva-), mf(A)n. ‘having horses put to’, reaching quickly, [RV. i, 186, 7.] aśvayuja अश्वयुज aśva—yuja m. the month Āśvina, [Kauś.]; [VarBṛS.] aśvaśīrṣa अश्वशीर्ष aśva—śīrṣa m. ‘having the head of a horse’, a form of Viṣṇu, [AgP.] aśvaśaṅku अश्वशङ्कु aśva—śaṅku m. N. of a Dānava, [MBh. i, 2531.] aśvaśakṛt अश्वशकृत् aśva—śakṛt n. id., [KātyŚr.] aśva—śakṛt f. N. of a river, [Hariv. 6445.] aśvaśatru अश्वशत्रु aśva—śatru m. = -ripu, q.v., [L.] aśvaśiśna अश्वशिश्न aśva—śiśna m. a horse's penis, [KātyŚr.] aśvaśiras अश्वशिरस् aśva—śiras n. a horse's head, [MBh.] aśva—śiras mfn. having the head of a horse (N. of Nārāyaṇa), [MBh. xii, 13100] seqq. aśva—śiras m. N. of a Dānava, [MBh.]; [Hariv.] of a king (named in connection with Nārāyaṇa), [VārP.] aśvabandha अश्वबन्ध aśva—bandha m. = -nibandhika, q.v., [MBh. iv, 62]; [R.] aśvabudhna अश्वबुध्न áśva—budhna (áśva-), mf(A)n. ‘based on horses’, carried by horses, [RV. x, 8, 3.] aśvabudhya अश्वबुध्य áśva—budhya (áśva-), mfn. based on horses, consisting of horses (as wealth), [RV. i, 92, 7] & [8]; [121, 14.] aśvacakra अश्वचक्र aśva—cakra m. N. of a man, [MBh. iii, 10272.] aśvacaryā अश्वचर्या aśva—caryā f. following the (sacrificial) horse, [R.] aśvadāvan अश्वदावन् aśva—dāvan mfn. id., [RV. v, 18, 3] (voc.) aśvagandhā अश्वगन्धा aśva—gandhā f. the plant Physalis Flexuosa, [Suśr.] Comm. on [KātyŚr.] aśvagoṣṭha अश्वगोष्ठ aśva—goṣṭha n. a stable for horses, [Pāṇ. v, 2, 29] Comm.