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Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *asaẓḍʰas, from *a- (“un-, not”) + *saẓḍʰas (“conquered, overcome”), from Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- (“to overcome”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
अषाळ्ह • (áṣāḷha) stem
- (Rigvedic) Alternative form of अषाढ (áṣāḍha); invincible
c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE,
Ṛgveda 1.91.21:
- अषाळ्हं युत्सु पृतनासु पप्रिं स्वर्षामप्सां वृजनस्य गोपाम् ।
भरेषुजां सुक्षितिं सुश्रवसं जयन्तं त्वामनु मदेम सोम ॥- aṣāḷhaṃ yutsu pṛtanāsu papriṃ svarṣāmapsāṃ vṛjanasya gopām.
bhareṣujāṃ sukṣitiṃ suśravasaṃ jayantaṃ tvāmanu madema soma. - Invincible in fight, saver in battles, guard of our camp, winner of light and water,
Born amid hymns, well-housed, exceeding famous, victor, in thee will we rejoice, O Soma.