# अश्वपति (aśvapati)

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अश्वपति (aśvapati) is a Sanskrit word meaning lord of horses, name of a Kaikeya, a brother-in-law of Dasharatha, an Asura, a king of Madras and father of Savitri, brother of Asva and incarnate as king Hardikya. Its 9 recorded definitions are grouped into 5 contexts, among them Kaikeya King/Prince, King of Madras, Father of Sāvitrī, An Asura / Son of Danu.

- **SLP1:** `aSvapati`  **IAST:** aśvapati  **Devanagari:** अश्वपति
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashvapati
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/ashvapati/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Kaikeya King/Prince (3 definitions)
- Name of a Kaikeya  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of a Kaikeya, Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa (Title) x [ ID=19924.1 ]
- a brother-in-law of Dasharatha  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a brother-in-law of Daśaratha, Rāmāyaṇa (Title) ii, 1, 2 [ ID=19924.2 ]
- lord of horses, a prince of the Kekayas who instructed Prachinashala and other Brahmins  
  *The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects*
  > अश्वपति (aśvapati) [Printed book page 1-044 ] Aśva-pati (‘lord of horses’) is a name of a prince of the Kekayas, who instructed Prācīnaśāla and other Brahmins. 1 [ Footnote: 1) Chāndogya Upaniṣad, v. 11, 4; Satapatha Brāhmaṇa, x. 6, 1, 2.] [ ID=176 ]

### King of Madras, Father of Sāvitrī (3 definitions)
- a king of Madras and father of Savitri  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a king of Madras and father of Sāvitri, Mahābhārata (Title) [ ID=19924.4 ]
- a king of the Madras and father of Savitri  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > Aśvapati 2, a king of the Madras, father of Sāvitrī (Pa° vra° mā°): III, 294, 16621, 16628, (16629); 294, (16662), (16673), (16678); 235, (16698), (16700), 16706; 299, 16914 (with Mālavī he got 100 sons; these are called Mālavāḥ; 297, 16807). [ ID=106 ]
- the king of Madras who sacrificed to the goddess Savitri and was blessed with a daughter of that name  
  *The Purana Index*
  > अश्वपति (aśvapati) [Printed book page 1-127 ] Aśvapati — the king of Madras; issueless sacrificed to goddess Sāvitrī and was blessed with a daughter of that name. M. 208. 5-11. [ ID=1008 ]

### An Asura / Son of Danu (1 definition)
- an Asura  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of an Asura, Mahābhārata (Title); Harivaṃśa (Title) [ ID=19924.3 ]

### Brother of Aśva / Incarnation of King Hārdikya (1 definition)
- brother of Asva and incarnate as king Hardikya  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > अश्वपति (aśvapati) [Printed book page 009-1 ] Aśvapati 1, brother of Aśva 1 : I, 65 (§ 92), 2532 (Aṃśāvat.); incarnate as king Hārdikya, I, 67 (§ 130), 2650 (do.). [ ID=105 ]

### Lord of Horses / Cavalry Commander / Royal Title (1 definition)
- lord of horses  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 115,1] अश्व (aśva) — पति (—pati) m. lord of horses, Ṛg-veda (Title) viii, 21, 3 ( voc.; said of Indra), Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā (Title) xvi, 24 [ ID=19924 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Index to the Names in the Mahabharata; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); The Purana Index; The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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