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). aśvamedhin अश्वमेधिन् aśva—medhin mfn. engaged in an Aśva-medha, [PBr.] aśvamitra अश्वमित्र áśva—mitra m. N. of a teacher of the Gobhila family, [VBr.] aśvamiṣṭi अश्वमिष्टि áśva—m-iṣṭi (áśvam-iṣṭi), mfn. wishing for horses, [RV. viii, 61, 7] procuring horses, [RV. ii, 6, 2.] aśvamāraka अश्वमारक aśva—māra or aśva—māraka, m. = -ghna, q.v., [Suśr.] aśvamahiṣa अश्वमहिष aśva—mahiṣa n. sg. a horse and a buffalo, ib. [ii, 4, 9], [Kāś.] aśvamedhīya अश्वमेधीय aśva—medhīya m. = -medhika (q.v.) m., [L.] aśvamedhaja अश्वमेधज aśva—medha—ja m. N. of a king, [BhP.] aśvamedhaka अश्वमेधक aśva—medhaka m. (= aśvamedha-ja above) N. of a king, [BhP.] aśvamedhika अश्वमेधिक aśva—medhika mfn. relating to the Aśvamedha, [MBh. i, 354] and [605] (cf. ā́śvamedhika) aśva—medhika m. a horse fit for the Aśva-medha, [L.] aśvamohaka अश्वमोहक aśva—mohaka m. = -ghna, q.v., [L.] aśvamaṇiṃda अश्वमणिंद aśva—ballava and -maṇiṃda, m. a groom, [Pāṇ. vi, 2, 66], [Kāś.] aśvamandurā अश्वमन्दुरा aśva—mandurā f. = -goṣṭha, q.v., [Kād.] aśvamedhatva अश्वमेधत्व aśva—medha—tvá n. the state of an Aśva-medha, [ŚBr. x] aśvamedhavat अश्वमेधवत् aśva—medhá—vat mfn. receiving an Aśva-medha aśva—medhá—vat ind. as with the Aśva-medha, [KātyŚr.] aśvamahiṣikā अश्वमहिषिका aśva—mahiṣikā f. the natural enmity of a horse and a buffalo, [L.] aśvamacarcikā अश्वमचर्चिका aśva—matallikā and -macarcikā, f. (= -kuñjara), ib. [ii, 1, 66], [Kāś.] aśvamatallikā अश्वमतल्लिका aśva—matallikā and -macarcikā, f. (= -kuñjara), ib. [ii, 1, 66], [Kāś.] aśvamedhadatta अश्वमेधदत्त aśva—medha—datta m. N. of a king, [MBh. i, 3838]; [VP.] aśvamedhakāṇḍa अश्वमेधकाण्ड aśva—medha—kāṇḍa (aśvamedha), n. N. of [ŚBr. xiii] (treating of the Aśvamedha) aśvamedhayājin अश्वमेधयाजिन् aśva—medha—yājín m. engaged in an Aśva-medha, [ŚBr. xiii], [xiv] aśvamedheśvara अश्वमेधेश्वर áśva—me°dheśvara m. N. of a king, [MBh. ii, 1066.]