अश्वमेध
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit अश्वमेध (aśvamedha).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əʃ.ʋə.meːd̪ʱ/
Noun
अश्वमेध • (aśvamedh) m
- (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) |
Sanskrit
Etymology
An oxytonic tatpurusa compound of अश्व (áśva, “horse”) and मेध (médha, “animal sacrifice”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɐɕ.ʋɐ.mɐj.d̪ʱɐ́/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ɐɕ.ʋɐˈmeː.d̪ʱɐ/
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɐ́ɕ.ʋɐ.mɐj.d̪ʱɐ/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ɐɕ.ʋɐˈmeː.d̪ʱɐ/
Noun
अश्वमेध • (aśvamedhá) m
- (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
- name of a descendant of Bharata
References
Monier Williams (1899), “अश्वमेध”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page {{{1}}}.