# अश्व (aśva)

Canonical page: https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/ashva

अश्व (aśva) is a Sanskrit word meaning a horse or stallion, the horse in the game of chess, the number seven, the archer in the Zodiac, a particular kind of lover of exceptional strength, name of a teacher. Its 32 recorded definitions are grouped into 8 contexts, among them The Equine Animal 'Horse', Proper Name (Mythological/Human), A Class or Type of Human.

- **Root:** 1. अश् (1. aś)
- **Etymology:** E. अश to pervade, क्वन Uṇādi affix, and टाप् fem. aff — E. aśa to pervade, kvana Uṇādi affix, and ṭāp fem. aff
- **SLP1:** `aSva`  **IAST:** aśva  **Devanagari:** अश्व
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashva
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/ashva/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** आश्व (āśva), अश्वा (aśvā)

## Meanings by context

### The Equine Animal 'Horse' (14 definitions)
- A horse or stallion.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 114,3] 1. अश् (aś) व (aśva) m. (2. rarely 3 Ṛg-veda (Title) ) (√ 1. अश् (aś), Uṇādi-sūtra (Title) ) ifc. f. a horse, stallion, Ṛg-veda (Title) &c. [ ID=19869 ]
- a mare  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1B) [Printed book page 114,3] अश्वा (aśvā) f. ( g. अजा (ajā) दि (di), q.v. ) a mare, Ṛg-veda (Title) &c. [ ID=19869.8 ]
- horse  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अश्व (aśva) [Printed book page 033-1 ] अश्व (aśva) áś-va, m. horse: ā, f. mare; -kuṭī, f. stable; -kuśala, a. skilled in horses; -kovida, a. id.; -khura, m. horseʼs hoof: -vat, ad. like a horseʼs hoof; -ghāma, m. N. of a place; -ghāsa, m. horse fodder; N.; -calana-śālā, f. riding-hall; -tama, spv. best horse; -tará, m., ī́, f. mule. [ ID=3078 ]
- 1. A horse. 2. A set of men with horse-like strength. 3. A horse and a mare. 4. A mare.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अश (aśa) ्व (aśva) [Printed book page 090 ] अश (aśa) ्व (aśva) m. ( - श्वः (-śvaḥ) ) 1 A horse. 2 A set or cast of men horse-like in strength. ( - श्वौ (-śvau) ) A horse and a mare. f. ( - श्वा (-śvā) ) A mare. E. अश (aśa) to pervade, क्वन (kvana) Uṇādi affix, and टाप् (ṭāp) fem. aff. [ ID=4316 ]
- A horse  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अश्व (aśva) [Printed book page 070-a ] अश्व (aśva) ( श्वः ) ((śvaḥ)) 1. m. A horse. [ ID=3695 ]
- 1. A horse. 2. The number seven. 3. A particular class of men.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अश्व (aśva) [Printed book page 082-06 ] अश्व (aśva) (I) m. (fem. श्वा (śvā) ) 1. A horse, यत्राश्वा (śvā) विलयोनयः (yatrāśvā vilayonayaḥ) K.S. vi.39; 2. the number ‘seven’; 3. a particular class of men (thus defined- काश्ह्ठतुल्यवपुर्घृष्टो मिथ्याचारश्च निर्भयः । द्वादशांगुलमेढ्रश्च दरिद्रस्तु हयो मतः ॥ (kāśhṭhatulyavapurghṛṣṭo mithyācāraśca nirbhayaḥ. dvādaśāṃgulameḍhraśca daridrastu hayo mataḥ..) ). [ ID=4180 ]
- 1. A horse. 2. A strong group of men. 3. A horse and a mare. 4. A mare.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अश (aśa) ्व (aśva) [Printed book page 074-a ] अश (aśa) ्व (aśva) m. ( - श्वः (-śvaḥ) ) 1. A horse. 2. A set or cast of men horse-like in strength. du. ( - श्वी (-śvī) ) A horse and a mare. f. ( - श्वा (-śvā) ) A mare. E. अश (aśa) to pervade, क्वन् (kvan) Unādi affix, and टाप् (ṭāp) fem. aff. [ ID=4314 ]
- 1. A horse. 2. A mare.  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अश्व (aśva) [Printed book page 0062-a ] अश्व (aśva) aś + va (see vb. śo ). I. m. A horse, Man. 7, 96. II. f. vā, A mare, Rājat. 5, 415. — Comp. An-, m. one who is not a horse, Pañc. iv. d. 49. In- driya-, m., plur. the horse-like organs of sense, Kir. 5, 50. Gava-, n. bulls and horses, MBh. 1, 3654. Vija-, m. a stallion, Rājat. 5, 280. Vṛhadaśva, i. e. vṛ- Page0062-b+ 41 kant-, m. a proper name. Sa-, adj with horses. Saptāśva, i. e. saptan-, m. the sun. Hata- ( vb. han ), adj. having the horses killed. — Cf. Lat. equus; ἴκκος, ἴππος; Goth. aihvs. [ ID=1260 ]
- 1. A horse or a man's name. 2. A mare.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अश्व (aśva) [Printed book page 051 ] अश्व (aśva) m. horse, a man's name; f. आ (ā) mare. [ ID=3548 ]
- 1. Horse. 2. Mare or steed.  
  *Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary*
  > अश्व (aśva) [Printed book page 122-b ] áśva, m. horse; áśvā, f. mare, steed. [ cf. ἵππος, dialectic ἵκκος, Lat. equus, Old Saxon ëhu, AS. eh, eoh, ‘horse.’] [ ID=491 ]
- 1. A horse, especially a stallion. 2. The number seven. 3. A race of men horse-like in strength. 4. A mare.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > अश्व (aśva) [Printed book page 0101-b ] अश्व (aśva) 1. aśva, as, m. (rt. 1. aś? ), a horse, especially a stallion; the number ‘seven’ (that being the number of the horses of the sun); a race of men horse-like in strength; N. of a son of Citraka, also of a Dānava; ( ā ), f. a mare; ( au ), du. a horse and a mare [cf. Zend aśpa; Lat. equus; Gr. ἵππος Lith. aszwa; Old Sax. ehuscalc]. —Aśva-kandikā, f., N. of the plant Physalis Flexuosa. —Aśva-karṇa, as, m. the ear of a horse; N. of the tree Vatica Robusta W. and A., so called from the shape of its leaves; a term in surgery for a particular fracture of the bones; N. of a mountain. —Aśva-karṇaka, as, m. = the preceding in all but its last sense. —Aśva-kuṭī, f. a stable for horses. —Aśva-kuśala or aśva-kovida, as, ā, am, skilled in horses. —Aśva-kranda, as, m., N. of a bird. —Aśva-khura, as, m. a horse's hoof; a perfume, apparently a dried shell-fish; ( ā or ī ), f. the plant Clitoria Ternatea Lin. —Aśva-gati, is, f. the pace of a horse; N. of a metre containing four verses of sixteen syllables each. —Aśva-gandhā, f. the plant Physalis Flexuosa Lin. —Aśva-goyuga, am, n. a pair of horses. —Aśva-goṣṭha, am, n. a stable. —Aśva-grīva, as, m. ‘horse-neck,’ N. of a demon, a foe of Viṣṇu, more commonly called Haya- grīva. —Aśva-ghāma, as, m., N. of a place. —Aśva- ghāsa, as, m. pasture for horses. —Aśva-ghoṣa, as, m., N. of a Buddhist. —Aśva-ghna, as, m. ‘horse-bane,’ N. of a kind of Oleander, Nerium Odorum Ait. —Aśva-calana-śālā, f. a riding-house. —Aśva-cikitsaka, as, m. a farrier, a veterinary sur- geon. —Aśva-cikitsā, f. farriery. —Aśva-jaghana, as, m. a kind of centaur, a being with lower limbs like those of a horse. —Aśva-jit, t, t, t, Ved. gaining horses by conquest; ( t ), m., N. of a Buddhist Bhikṣu. —Aśva-tīrtha, am, n., N. of a place of pilgrimage near Kānyakubja on the Gaṅgā. —Aśva- da, as, ā, am, giving horses. —Aśva-daṃṣṭrā, f. the plant Tribulus Lanuginosus Lin. —Aśva-dā, ās, m., Ved. or aśva-dāvan, ā, m., Ved. giving horses. —Aśva-dūta, as, m. a riding messenger. —Aśva- nadī, f., N. of a river. —Aśva-nāya, as, m. a horse- herd, i. e. one who has the charge of a drove of grazing horses. —Aśva-nibandhika, as, m. lit. ‘a horse-fastener,’ a groom. —Aśva-nirṇij, k, k, k, Ved. decorated or embellished with horses. —Aśva-pa, as, m., Ved. a groom. —Aśva-pati, is, m., Ved. lord of horses; N. of several persons, of a king of Madra and father of Sāvitrī; and of an Asura. —Aśva- parṇa, as, ā, am, Ved. having horses for wings. —Aśva-pastya, as, ā, am, Ved. having horses for (its) home or seat or source, consisting in horses (?), depending on horses (?). —Aśva-pāda, as, ā, am, horse-footed. —Aśva-pāla, as, m. a groom. —Aśva- pucchī, f. the plant Glycine Debilis Ait. —Aśva- pṛṣṭha, am, n. horseback. —Aśva-peśas, ās, ās, as, Ved. decorated or embellished with horses. —Aśva-baḍava or aśva-vaḍava, am, n. horses. and mares; ( au ), m. du. a horse and a mare. —Aśva-bandha, as, m. lit. ‘a horse-fastener,’ a groom, an ostler. —Aśva-bandhana, am, n. fasten- ing of horses; ( as, ī, am ), used for fastening horses. —Aśva-balā, f., N. of a vegetable. —Aśva-bāla or aśva-vāla, as, m. tail or hair of a horse; a kind of reed, Saccharum Spontaneum Lin. —Aśva-bāhu, us, m., N. of a son of Citraka. —Aśva-budhna, as, ā, am, Ved. based on horses, having its origin in horses, standing on horses, i. e. on a carriage drawn by horses. —Aśva-budhya, as, ā, am, Ved. based on horses, having its origin in horses (as wealth), distinguished by horses. —Aśva-bhā, f. lightning. —Aśva-mahiṣikā, f. the natural enmity of a horse and a buffalo. —Aśva-māra or aśva-māraka, as, or aśva-hantṛ, tā, m. ‘horse-destroying,’ a kind of Oleander, Nerium Odorum. —Aśva-māla, as, m. a kind of serpent. —Aśvam-iṣṭi, is, is, i, Page0101-c+ 81 Ved. seeking or wishing for horses; procuring horses, an epithet of Agni; (Sāy.) whose rites are pervasive, or who desires quick worship. —Aśva- mukha, as, ī, am, having the head or countenance of a horse; ( as ), m. a Kinnara or celestial chorister (so represented); according to others, a kind of demi-god distinct from the preceding; N. of a pe- culiar race of people. —Aśva-muc, k, m. a horse- stealer. —Aśva-medha, as, m. the horse-sacrifice; (a celebrated ceremony, the antiquity of which reaches back to the Vedic period. For example, hymns 162 and 163 in the first Maṇḍala of the Ṛg-veda were used at this sacrifice. In later times its efficacy was so exaggerated, that a hundred such sacrifices entitled the sacrificer to displace Indra from the dominion of Svarga; kings who engaged in it spent enormous sums in gifts to the Brāhmans. It is said that the horse was sometimes not immolated, but kept bound during the ceremony); N. of a son of Bharata. —Aśvamedha-kāṇḍa, am, n., N. of the thirteenth book of the Śatapatha-Brāhmaṇa. —Aśva- medha-datta, as, m., N. of a king. —Aśvamedhika or aśvamedhīya, as, ā, am, relating to the horse- sacrifice; ( as ), m. a horse fit for the sacrifice, called Aśva-medha. —Aśva-yuj, k, k, k, Ved. harnessing horses; having horses put to (as a carriage); ( k ), f., N. of a constellation, the head of Aries; the first lunar mansion; m. the month Āśvina (Sept. — Oct.); ( k, k, k ), born under the constellation Aśvayuj. —A- śva-yuja, as, m. the month Āśvina. —Aśva-yūpa, as, m., Ved. the post to which the sacrificial horse was bound. —Aśva-yoga, as, ā, am, Ved. causing the yoking of horses, joining or reaching as quickly as horses. —Aśva-rakṣa, as, m. the keeper or rider of a horse, a groom. —Aśva-ratha, as, m. a carriage drawn by horses; ( ā ), f., N. of a river. —Aśva- rādhas, ās, ās, as, Ved. furnishing horses. —Aśva- rodhaka, as, m., N. of the plant Nerium Odorum Ait. —Aśva-lalita, N. of a species of the Vikṛti metre. —Aśva-lālā, f. a kind of snake. —Aśva- loman, ā, m. horse-hair; a kind of snake. —Aśva- vaktra, as, m. a Kinnara or Gandharba. —Aśva- vaḍava, am, n. a stud of horses and mares; ( au ), m. du. a horse and a mare; ( ās ), m. horses and mares, see aśva-baḍava. — 1. aśva-vat, ind. like a horse. —2. aśva-vat, or Ved. aśvā-vat, ān, atī, at, possessed of horses, consisting of horses. —Aśva- vadana, as, m., N. of a people. —Aśva-vaha, as, m. a horseman. —Aśva-vāra or aśva-vāla, as, m. a horseman, a groom. —Aśva-vāraka, as, m. a horseman, a groom. —Aśva-vāraṇa, as, m., N. of the Bos Gavæus. —Aśva-vāha or aśva-vāhaka, as, m. a horseman. —Aśva-vikrayin, ī, m. a horse-dealer. —Aśva-vid, t, t, t, skilled in taming horses, an epithet of Nala; a jockey; Ved. procuring horses. —Aśva-vṛṣa, as, m., Ved. a stallion. —Aśva-vaidya, as, m. a farrier, a veterinary surgeon. —Aśva-śaka, am, n., Ved. excrements of a horse. —Aśva-śakṛt, t, n. excrements of a horse, horse- dung; N. of a river. —Aśva-śaṅku, us, m., N. of a Dānava. —Aśva-śālā, f. a stable. —Aśva-śāva, as, m. a foal, a colt. —Aśva-śāstra, am, n. a manual or text-book of veterinary science. —Aśva-śiras, as, n. a horse's head; ( ās, ās, as ), having the head of a horse, an epithet of Nārāyaṇa; ( ās ), m., N. of a Dānava. —Aśva-śṛgālikā, f. the natural enmity between the horse and the jackal. —Aśva-ścandra, as, ā, am, Ved. causing joy (by means of) horses; brilliant with horses. —Aśva-ṣaṅgava, am, n. a set or team of six horses. —Aśva-sani, is, is, i, Ved. or aśva-sā or aśva-ṣā, ās, ās, am, Ved. gaining or procuring horses. —Aśva-sāda, as, or aśva-sādin, ī, m. a horseman, a rider, a horse-soldier. —Aśva- sārathya, am, n. management of horses and cars, horsemanship and driving, coachmanship, charioteer- ship. —Aśva-sūkti, is, m., N. of an author of Vedic hymns. —Aśva-sūnṛta, as, ā, am, Ved. praised sincerely for (the gift of) horses; whose praise for (giving) horses is agreeable and true. —Aśva-sena, as, m., N. of a Nāga. —Aśvasena-nṛpa-nandana, as, m., N. of a king and saint, also Sanatkumāra. Page0102-a+ 81 —Aśvastomīya, as, ā, am, Ved. relating to the praise of the sacrificial horse. —Aśva-sthāna, am, n. a stable or stall for horses; ( as, ā, am ), born in a stable. —Aśva-haya, as, ā, am, Ved. driving or spurring a horse. —Aśva-hāraka, as, m. a horse-stealer. —Aśva-hṛdaya, am, n. horse- manship. —Aśvākṣa (°va-ak°), as, m., N. of a plant. —Aśvājanī (°va-aj°), f. a whip. —Aśva- dhika (°va-adh°), as, ā, am, strong in cavalry, superior in horses. —Aśvādhyakṣa (°va-adh°), as, m. a guardian of horses. —Aśvā-magha, as, ī, am, Ved. rich in horses. —Aśvāyur-veda (°va-āy°), as, m. veterinary science. —Aśvāri (°va-ari), is, m. a buffalo. —Aśvārūḍha (°va-ār°), as, ā, am, mounted, sitting on horseback. —Aśvāroha (°va-ā°), as, ā, am, riding or mounted on a horse; ( as ), m. a horseman; ( ā ), f., N. of the plant Aśvagandhā. —Aśvārohaka (°va-ār°), as, m., N. of the plant Aśvagandhā. —Aśvārohin (°va-ār°), ī, iṇī, i, mounted or riding on horseback. —Aśvā-vat, ān, atī, at, fur- nished with horses. —Aśvāvarohaka (°va-av°), as, m., N. of the plant Aśvagandhā. —Aśveṣita (°va- iṣ°), as, ā, am, hurried along by horse. —Aśvorasa (°va-ur°), as, ī, am, broad-chested like a horse. [ ID=7297 ]
- a horse of the moon chariot  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Aśva (IV) — a horse of the moon's chariot. Vā. 52. 53. [ ID=987 ]
- 1. Created from the feet of the Lord. 2. Horses of the Tamra line.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Aśvas (II) — created from the feet of the Lord; 1 horses of Tāmrā line. 2 Page1-125+ 32 [ Footnote: 1) Vi. I. 5. 49.] [ Footnote: 2) Vi. I. 21. 17.] [ ID=990 ]
- the commonest word for horse in Vedic literature  
  *The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects*
  > अश्व (aśva) [Printed book page 1-042 ] Aśva is the commonest word for ‘horse’ in the Vedic literature. The horse is also called ‘the runner’ ( atya ), ‘the swift’ ( arvant ), ‘the strong,’ for pulling ( vājin ), ‘the runner’ ( sapti ), and ‘the speeding’ ( haya ). The mare is termed aśvā, atyā, arvatī, vaḍavā, etc. Horses of various colour were known, dun ( harita, hari ), ruddy ( aruṇa, aruṣa, piśaṅga, rohita ), dark brown ( śyāva ), white ( śveta ), etc. A white horse with black ears is mentioned in the Atharvaveda as of special value. 1 Horses were highly prized, 2 and were not rare, as Roth 3 thought, for as many as four hundred mares are mentioned in one Dānastuti (‘Praise of Gifts’). 4 They were on occasion ornamented with pearls and gold. 5 Mares were preferred for drawing chariots because of their swiftness and sureness. 6 They were also used for drawing carts, but were not ordinarily so employed. 7 No mention is made of riding in battle, but for other purposes it was not unknown. 8 Horses were often kept in stalls, 9 and fed there. 10 But they were also allowed to go out to grass, 11 and were then hobbled. 12 They were watered to cool them after racing. 13 Their attendants Page1-043+ 59 are frequently referred to ( aśva-pāla, 14 aśva-pa, 15 aśva-pati ). 16 Stallions were frequently castrated ( vadhri ). 17 Besides reins ( raśmayaḥ ), reference is made to halters ( aśvābhidhānī ), 18 and whips ( aśvājani ). 19 See also Ratha. Horses from the Indus were of special value, 20 as also horses from the Sarasvatī. [ Footnote: 1) Av. v. 17, 15.] [ Footnote: 2) Rv. i. 83, 1; iv. 32, 17; v. 4, 11; viii. 78, 2, etc.] [ Footnote: 3) Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgen- ländischen Gesellschaft, 35, 686.] [ Footnote: 4) Rv. viii. 55, 3. Cf. v. 33, 8; vi. 47, 22-24; 63, 10; viii. 6, 47; 46, 22, and Hopkins, American Journal of Philology, 15, 157.] [ Footnote: 5) Rv. x. 68, 11.] [ Footnote: 6) Pischel, Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, 35, 712- 714; Vedische Studien, 1, 10, 305. Cf. ratho vadhūmān, Rv. i. 126, 3; vii. 18, 22, vājinīvān, vii. 69, 1.] [ Footnote: 7) Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa, v. 5, 4, 35.] [ Footnote: 8) The Aśvins ride, Rv. v. 61, 1-3. An aśva-sāda is referred to in Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā, xxx. 13; Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa, iii. 4, 7, 1; and riding is meant in Rv. i. 162, 17; 163, 9. Av. xi. 10, 24. is doubtful. Cf. Hopkins, Journal of the American Oriental Society, 13, 262; Lud- wig, Translation of the Rigveda, 3, 221. Zimmer, Altindisches Leben, 230, denies the use; but see p. 295, where it is admitted for ordinary purposes.] [ Footnote: 9) Cf. the epithet of richness, ‘filling the stalls with horses’ ( aśva-pastya ), in Rv. ix. 86, 41, and see Av. vi. 77, 1; xix. 55, 1.] [ Footnote: 10) Av. loc. cit. ] [ Footnote: 11) Zimmer, op. cit., 232, denies this, but it is the natural sense of the Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā, xv. 41.] [ Footnote: 12) The expression for this is paḍbīśa, Rv. i. 162, 14. 16; Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad, vi. 2, 13; Chāndogya Upani- ṣad, v. 1, 12; Śāṅkhāyana Āraṇyaka, ix. 7. Cf. Pischel, Vedische Studien, 1, 234-236.] [ Footnote: 13) Rv. ii. 13, 5; 34, 3; Maitrāyaṇī Saṃhitā, i. 11, 6; Pischel, op. cit., 1, 189, 190.] [ Footnote: 14) Śāṅkhāyana Srauta Sūtra, xvi. 4, 5.] [ Footnote: 15) Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā, xxx. 11; Tait- tirīya Brāhmaṇa, iii. 4, 9, 1.] [ Footnote: 16) Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā, xvi. 24; Kāṭhaka Saṃhitā, xvii. 13.] [ Footnote: 17) Rv. viii. 46, 30.] [ Footnote: 18) Av. iv. 36, 10; v. 14, 6; Aitareya Brāhmaṇa, vi. 35; Śatapatha Brāh- maṇa, vi. 3, 1, 26; xiii. 1, 2, 1.] [ Footnote: 19) Rv. v. 62, 7; vi. 75, 13; Vāja- saneyi Saṃhitā, xxix. 50.] [ Footnote: 20) Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad, vi. 2, 13; Sāṅkhāyana Āraṇyaka, ix. 7; vājinīvatī as epithet of Sindhu, Rv. x. 75, 8, of Sarasvatī, i. 3, 10; ii. 41, 18; vi. 61, 3. 4; vii. 96, 3; Pischel, op. cit., i. 10. Cf. Zimmer, op. cit., 230-232.] [ ID=171 ]

### Proper Name (Mythological/Human) (9 definitions)
- Name of a teacher  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of a teacher (with the patron. Sāmudri), Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa (Title) xiii [ ID=19869.5 ]
- a son of Citraka  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a son of Citraka, Harivaṃśa (Title) 1921 [ ID=19869.6 ]
- a Danava  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a Dānava, Mahābhārata (Title) i, 2532 [ ID=19869.7 ]
- a Danava  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > अश्व (aśva) [Printed book page 007-2 ] Aśva 1, a Dānava: I, 65 (§ 92), 2532 (Aṃśāvat.) (the 14th of the forty sons of Danu and Kaśyapa); 67 (§ 130), 2649 (do.) (incarnated as king Aśoka). XII, 227, 8264 (among the innumerable governors of Earth before Indra, mentioned by Bali; Bali-Vāsava-saṃv.). [ ID=83 ]
- an epithet of Shiva  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > Aśva 2 = Śiva (1000 names 2 ). [ ID=84 ]
- an avatar of Hari  
  *The Purana Index*
  > अश्व (aśva) [Printed book page 1-124 ] Aśva (I) — an avatār of Hari. Bhā. X. 2. 40. [ ID=984 ]
- 1. A Satya god. 2. A progenitor.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Aśva (II) — a Satya god, and a progenitor. Br. II. 36. 35; III. 11. 76. [ ID=985 ]
- a son of Khasha and a Rakshasa  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Aśva (III) — a son of Khaśā and a Rākṣasa. Br. III. 7. 136. [ ID=986 ]
- a son of Citraka  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Aśva (V) — a son of Citraka. Vā. 96. 114. [ ID=988 ]

### A Class or Type of Human (2 definitions)
- a particular kind of lover of exceptional strength  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a particular kind of lover (horse-like in strength), Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=19869.4 ]
- a class of people similar to Chandalas  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Aśvas (I) — a class of people similar to Caṇḍālas. Bhā. X. 24. 28. [ ID=989 ]

### Figurative/Symbolic Uses (2 definitions)
- the horse in the game of chess  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the horse (in the game of chess) [ ID=19869.1 ]
- the archer in the Zodiac  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the archer (in the Zodiac), Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhajjātaka (Title) [ ID=19869.3 ]

### Verb: To Act Like a Horse (2 definitions)
- to behave like a horse  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 115,3] 2. अश्व (aśva) Nom. P. अश्व (aśva) ति (aśvati), to behave like a horse, Pāṇini (Author) iii, 1, 11, Sch. [ ID=20089 ]
- to behave like a horse  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > [Printed book page 0102-a ] 2. aśva, nom. P. aśvati, to behave like a horse. [ ID=7298 ]

### A Horse and Mare Pair (Dual) (1 definition)
- A horse and a mare  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अश्व (aśva) (II) m. du. A horse and a mare. [ ID=4181 ]

### Etymology and Linguistic Roots (1 definition)
- horse  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1E) [Printed book page 114,3] अश्व (aśva) [ Zd. aspa; Lat. equus; Gk. ἵππος, &c.] [ ID=19869.805 ]

### The Number 'Seven' (1 definition)
- the number seven  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the number ‘seven’ (that being the number of the horses of the sun) [ ID=19869.2 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Index to the Names in the Mahabharata; Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary; Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; The Purana Index; The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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