अश्वमेध
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Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit अश्वमेध (aśvamedha).
Pronunciation
Noun
अश्वमेध • (aśvamedh) m
- (Hinduism) horse sacrifice, the Ashvamedha ritual
Declension
Declension of अश्वमेध (masc cons-stem)
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- অশ্বমেধ (Assamese script)
- ᬅᬰ᭄ᬯᬫᬾᬥ (Balinese script)
- অশ্বমেধ (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰫𑰿𑰪𑰦𑰸𑰠 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀰𑁆𑀯𑀫𑁂𑀥 (Brahmi script)
- အၐွမေဓ (Burmese script)
- અશ્વમેધ (Gujarati script)
- ਅਸ਼੍ਵਮੇਧ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌅𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌮𑍇𑌧 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦯ꧀ꦮꦩꦺꦣ (Javanese script)
- 𑂃𑂬𑂹𑂫𑂧𑂵𑂡 (Kaithi script)
- ಅಶ್ವಮೇಧ (Kannada script)
- អឝ្វមេធ (Khmer script)
- ອຨ຺ວເມຘ (Lao script)
- അശ്വമേധ (Malayalam script)
- ᠠᡧᠣᠸᠠᠮᡝᢡᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘀𑘫𑘿𑘪𑘦𑘹𑘠 (Modi script)
- ᠠᠱᢦᠮᠧᢑᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦠𑧋𑧠𑧊𑧆𑧚𑧀 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐱𑑂𑐰𑐩𑐾𑐢 (Newa script)
- ଅଶ୍ଵମେଧ (Odia script)
- ꢂꢯ꣄ꢮꢪꢾꢤ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆯𑇀𑆮𑆩𑆼𑆣 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖫𑖿𑖪𑖦𑖸𑖠 (Siddham script)
- අශ්වමෙධ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩿 𑪙𑩾𑩴𑩔𑩮 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚀𑚧𑚶𑚦𑚢𑚲𑚜 (Takri script)
- அஶ்வமேத⁴ (Tamil script)
- అశ్వమేధ (Telugu script)
- อศฺวเมธ (Thai script)
- ཨ་ཤྭ་མེ་དྷ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒬𑓂𑒫𑒧𑒹𑒡 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨮𑩇𑨭𑨢𑨄𑨜 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
An oxytonic tatpurusa compound of अश्व (áśva, “horse”) and मेध (médha, “animal sacrifice”). Possible cognate with Gaulish Epomeduos (“name of a festival and a deity”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
अश्वमेध • (aśvamedhá) stem, m
- (Hinduism) horse sacrifice, the Ashvamedha ritual
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of अश्वमेध (aśvamedhá) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | अश्वमेधः aśvamedháḥ |
अश्वमेधौ / अश्वमेधा¹ aśvamedhaú / aśvamedhā́¹ |
अश्वमेधाः / अश्वमेधासः¹ aśvamedhā́ḥ / aśvamedhā́saḥ¹ |
| Vocative | अश्वमेध áśvamedha |
अश्वमेधौ / अश्वमेधा¹ áśvamedhau / áśvamedhā¹ |
अश्वमेधाः / अश्वमेधासः¹ áśvamedhāḥ / áśvamedhāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | अश्वमेधम् aśvamedhám |
अश्वमेधौ / अश्वमेधा¹ aśvamedhaú / aśvamedhā́¹ |
अश्वमेधान् aśvamedhā́n |
| Instrumental | अश्वमेधेन aśvamedhéna |
अश्वमेधाभ्याम् aśvamedhā́bhyām |
अश्वमेधैः / अश्वमेधेभिः¹ aśvamedhaíḥ / aśvamedhébhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | अश्वमेधाय aśvamedhā́ya |
अश्वमेधाभ्याम् aśvamedhā́bhyām |
अश्वमेधेभ्यः aśvamedhébhyaḥ |
| Ablative | अश्वमेधात् aśvamedhā́t |
अश्वमेधाभ्याम् aśvamedhā́bhyām |
अश्वमेधेभ्यः aśvamedhébhyaḥ |
| Genitive | अश्वमेधस्य aśvamedhásya |
अश्वमेधयोः aśvamedháyoḥ |
अश्वमेधानाम् aśvamedhā́nām |
| Locative | अश्वमेधे aśvamedhé |
अश्वमेधयोः aśvamedháyoḥ |
अश्वमेधेषु aśvamedhéṣu |
| Notes |
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Derived terms
- अश्वमेधत्व (aśvamedhatva)
- अश्वमेधदत्त (aśvamedhadatta)
- अश्वमेधयाजिन (aśvamedhayājina)
- अश्वमेधवत् (aśvamedhavat)
- अश्वमेधेश्वर (aśvamedheśvara)
Descendants
Proper noun
अश्वमेध • (áśvamedha) stem, m
- name of a descendant of Bharata
References
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) “अश्वमेध”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 115, column 2.