Ashushravas, Āśuśravas: 3 definitions
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Ashushravas means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Āśuśravas can be transliterated into English as Asusravas or Ashushravas, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: KathāsaritsāgaraĀśuśravas (आशुश्रवस्) is the name of a horse and the son of Ucchaiḥśravas, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 58. Accordingly, as Mātali said to Somaprabha: “... you are a Vidyādhara, a friend of Indra’s, born on earth, and he has sent you an excellent horse named Āśuśravas, the son of Ucchaiḥśravas, in memory of his former friendship; if you mount it you will be invincible by your foes”.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Āśuśravas, is a famous Sanskrit epic story revolving around prince Naravāhanadatta and his quest to become the emperor of the vidyādharas (celestial beings). The work is said to have been an adaptation of Guṇāḍhya’s Bṛhatkathā consisting of 100,000 verses, which in turn is part of a larger work containing 700,000 verses.
Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryĀśuśravas (आशुश्रवस्):—[=āśu-śravas] [from āśu] m. Name of a mythical horse, [Kathāsaritsāgara]
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
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