अश्वमेध

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अश्वमेध (aśvamedha).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /əʃ.ʋə.meːd̪ʱ/

Noun

अश्वमेध • (aśvamedh) m

(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

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐɕ.ʋɐ.mɐj.d̪ʱɐ́/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ɐɕ.ʋɐˈmeː.d̪ʱɐ/

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ́ɕ.ʋɐ.mɐj.d̪ʱɐ/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ɐɕ.ʋɐˈmeː.d̪ʱɐ/

Noun

अश्वमेध • (aśvamedhá) m

(Hinduism) horse sacrifice, the Ashvamedha ritual

Derived terms

Terms derived from अश्वमेध (aśvamedha)

अश्वमेधत्व (aśvamedhatva)
अश्वमेधदत्त (aśvamedhadatta)

अश्वमेधयाजिन (aśvamedhayājina)
अश्वमेधवत् (aśvamedhavat)

अश्वमेधेश्वर (aśvamedheśvara)

Descendants

→ Hindi: अश्वमेध (aśvamedh)
→ Telugu: అశ్వమేధము (aśvamēdhamu)

Proper noun

अश्वमेध • (áśvamedha) m

name of a descendant of Bharata

References

Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page {{{1}}}

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