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

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

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”).

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

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of अश्वमेध (aśvamedhá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	अश्वमेधः aśvamedháḥ	अश्वमेधौ / अश्वमेधा¹ aśvamedhaú / aśvamedhā́¹	अश्वमेधाः / अश्वमेधासः¹ aśvamedhā́ḥ / aśvamedhā́saḥ¹
Vocative	अश्वमेध áśvamedha	अश्वमेधौ / अश्वमेधा¹ áśvamedhau / áśvamedhā¹	अश्वमेधाः / अश्वमेधासः¹ áśvamedhāḥ / áśvamedhāsaḥ¹
Accusative	अश्वमेधम् aśvamedhám	अश्वमेधौ / अश्वमेधा¹ aśvamedhaú / aśvamedhā́¹	अश्वमेधान् aśvamedhā́n
Instrumental	अश्वमेधेन aśvamedhéna	अश्वमेधाभ्याम् aśvamedhā́bhyām	अश्वमेधैः / अश्वमेधेभिः¹ aśvamedhaíḥ / aśvamedhébhiḥ¹
Dative	अश्वमेधाय aśvamedhā́ya	अश्वमेधाभ्याम् aśvamedhā́bhyām	अश्वमेधेभ्यः aśvamedhébhyaḥ
Ablative	अश्वमेधात् aśvamedhā́t	अश्वमेधाभ्याम् aśvamedhā́bhyām	अश्वमेधेभ्यः aśvamedhébhyaḥ
Genitive	अश्वमेधस्य aśvamedhásya	अश्वमेधयोः aśvamedháyoḥ	अश्वमेधानाम् aśvamedhā́nām
Locative	अश्वमेधे aśvamedhé	अश्वमेधयोः aśvamedháyoḥ	अश्वमेधेषु aśvamedhéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

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

 

Descendants

• → Hindi: अश्वमेध (aśvamedh)
• → Telugu: అశ్వమేధము (aśvamēdhamu)
• → Tocharian B: aśvamet

Proper noun

अश्वमेध • (áśvamedha) stem, m

1. name of a descendant of Bharata

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “अश्वमेध”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 115, column 2.