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aśvin

aśvín mfn. possessed of horses, consisting of horses, [RV.]

mounted on horseback, [MārkP.]

aśvín (ī́), m. a cavalier

horse-tamer, [RV.]

aśvín (ínā or inau), m. du. ‘the two charioteers’, N. of two divinities (who appear in the sky before the dawn in a golden carriage drawn by horses or birds; they bring treasures to men and avert misfortune and sickness; they are considered as the physicians of heaven), [RV.] &c.

a N. of the Nakṣatra presided over by the Aśvins, [VarBṛS.]

the number, ‘two’, [ib.]; [Sūryas.]

(for aśvi-sutau) the two sons of the Aśvins, viz. Nakula and Sahadeva, [MBh. v, 1816]

aśvín (í), n. (= aśva-vat n. q.v.) richness in horses, [RV. i, 53, 4.]