अश्वमेध

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अश्वमेध (aśvamedha).

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

Noun

अश्वमेध • (aśvamedh) m

  1. (Hinduism) horse sacrifice, the Ashvamedha ritual

Declension
Declension of अश्वमेध (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct अश्वमेध
aśvamedh		 अश्वमेध
aśvamedh
oblique अश्वमेध
aśvamedh		 अश्वमेधों
aśvamedhõ
vocative अश्वमेध
aśvamedh		 अश्वमेधो
aśvamedho

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
PIE word
*h₁éḱwos

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

  1. (Hinduism) horse sacrifice, the Ashvamedha ritual

Derived terms
  • अश्वमेधत्व (aśvamedhatva)
  • अश्वमेधदत्त (aśvamedhadatta)
  • अश्वमेधयाजिन (aśvamedhayājina)
  • अश्वमेधवत् (aśvamedhavat)
  • अश्वमेधेश्वर (aśvamedheśvara)

Descendants

Proper noun

अश्वमेध • (áśvamedha) m

  1. name of a descendant of Bharata

References
  1. Jackson, Peter (2002) “Light from Distant Asterisks. Towards a Description of the Indo-European Religious Heritage”, in Numen, volume 49, number 1, →DOI, →JSTOR, page 94

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