अश्वपति

अश्वपति

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬅᬰ᭄ᬯᬧᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• অশ্ৱপতি (Assamese script)
• অশ্বপতি (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰫𑰿𑰪𑰢𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀰𑁆𑀯𑀧𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌅𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌪𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• અશ્વપતિ (Gujarati script)
• ꦄꦯ꧀ꦮꦥꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• អឝ្វបតិ (Khmer script)
• ಅಶ್ವಪತಿ (Kannada script)
• ອຨ຺ວປຕິ (Lao script)
• അശ്വപതി (Malayalam script)
• 𑘀𑘫𑘿𑘪𑘢𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
• အၐွပတိ (Burmese script)
• 𑦠𑧋𑧠𑧊𑧂𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐱𑑂𑐰𑐥𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଅଶ୍ଵପତି (Oriya script)
• ꢂꢯ꣄ꢮꢦꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆯𑇀𑆮𑆥𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖫𑖿𑖪𑖢𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• අශ්වපති (Sinhalese script)
• అశ్వపతి (Telugu script)
• อศฺวปติ (Thai script)
• ཨཤྭཔཏི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒬𑓂𑒫𑒣𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐɕ.ʋɐ.pɐ.ti/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɐɕ.ʋɐ.pɐ.t̪i/

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Háśwapatiṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háćwapatiš. Composition: अश्व (aśva) +‎ पति (pati).

Noun

अश्वपति • (áśvapati) m

1. lord of horses
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 08.021.03

     ā́ yāhi imá índavo áśvapate gópata úrvarāpate
     sómaṃ somapate piba

     Drive here. Here are the drops, o lord of horses, lord of cows, lord of fields.
     Drink the soma, soma-lord.

Declension

Masculine i-stem declension of अश्वपति (aśvapati)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	अश्वपतिः aśvapatiḥ	अश्वपती aśvapatī	अश्वपतयः aśvapatayaḥ
Vocative	अश्वपते aśvapate	अश्वपती aśvapatī	अश्वपतयः aśvapatayaḥ
Accusative	अश्वपतिम् aśvapatim	अश्वपती aśvapatī	अश्वपतीन् aśvapatīn
Instrumental	अश्वपतिना / अश्वपत्या¹ aśvapatinā / aśvapatyā¹	अश्वपतिभ्याम् aśvapatibhyām	अश्वपतिभिः aśvapatibhiḥ
Dative	अश्वपतये / अश्वपत्ये² aśvapataye / aśvapatye²	अश्वपतिभ्याम् aśvapatibhyām	अश्वपतिभ्यः aśvapatibhyaḥ
Ablative	अश्वपतेः / अश्वपत्यः² aśvapateḥ / aśvapatyaḥ²	अश्वपतिभ्याम् aśvapatibhyām	अश्वपतिभ्यः aśvapatibhyaḥ
Genitive	अश्वपतेः / अश्वपत्यः² aśvapateḥ / aśvapatyaḥ²	अश्वपत्योः aśvapatyoḥ	अश्वपतीनाम् aśvapatīnām
Locative	अश्वपतौ aśvapatau	अश्वपत्योः aśvapatyoḥ	अश्वपतिषु aśvapatiṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Less common

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “अश्वपति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0115.
• Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “अश्वपति”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016