अश्वमेध

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अश्वमेध (aśvamedha).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /əʃ.ʋə.meːd̪ʱ/, [ɐʃ.ʋɐ.meːd̪ʱ]

Noun

अश्वमेध • (aśvamedh) m

1. (Hinduism) horse sacrifice, the Ashvamedha ritual

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Sanskrit

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐɕ.ʋɐ.mɐj.dʱɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐɕ.ʋɐˈmeː.d̪ʱɐ/

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

Noun

अश्वमेध • (aśvamedhá) stem, m

1. (Hinduism) horse sacrifice, the Ashvamedha ritual

Derived terms

• 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

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