अश्वमेध

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अश्वमेध (aśvamedha).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /əʃ.ʋə.meːd̪ʱ/

Noun

अश्वमेध • (aśvamedh) m

  1. (Hinduism) horse sacrifice, the Ashvamedha ritual

Declension
Declension of अश्वमेध
Singular Plural
Direct अश्वमेध (aśvamedh) अश्वमेध (aśvamedh)
Oblique अश्वमेध (aśvamedh) अश्वमेधों (aśvamedhõ)
Vocative अश्वमेध (aśvamedh) अश्वमेधो (aśvamedho)

Sanskrit

Etymology

An oxytonic tatpurusa compound of अश्व (áśva, “horse”) and मेध (médha, “animal sacrifice”).

Pronunciation

Noun

अश्वमेध • (aśvamedhá) m

  1. (Hinduism) horse sacrifice, the Ashvamedha ritual

Derived terms
  • अश्वमेधत्व (aśvamedhatva)
  • अश्वमेधदत्त (aśvamedhadatta)
  • अश्वमेधयाजिन (aśvamedhayājina)
  • अश्वमेधवत् (aśvamedhavat)
  • अश्वमेधेश्वर (aśvamedheśvara)

Descendants

Proper noun

अश्वमेध • (áśvamedha) m

  1. name of a descendant of Bharata

References

Monier Williams (1899), “अश्वमेध”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page {{{1}}}.

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