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)

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Sanskrit

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɐɕ.ʋɐˈmeː.d̪ʱɐ/

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐɕ.ʋɐ.mɐj.d̪ʱɐ́/

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ɐɕ.ʋɐˈmeː.d̪ʱɐ/

• IPA^(key): /ɐɕ.ʋɐˈmeː.d̪ʱɐ/

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ́ɕ.ʋɐ.mɐj.d̪ʱɐ/

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ɐɕ.ʋɐˈmeː.d̪ʱɐ/

Noun

अश्वमेध • (aśvamedhá) m

1. (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

1. 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}}}