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aśva

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.