Ashvamedhika, Āśvamedhika, Aśvamedhika, Ashva-medhika: 6 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Āśvamedhika and Aśvamedhika can be transliterated into English as Asvamedhika or Ashvamedhika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryĀśvamedhika (आश्वमेधिक).—a. (-kī f.) [अश्वमेधाय हितं ठक् (aśvamedhāya hitaṃ ṭhak)] Belonging to the Horse-sacrifice.
-kam Name of the 14th Parvan of Mahābhārata.
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Aśvamedhika (अश्वमेधिक).—a. fit for a horse-sacrifice, or relating to it.
-kaḥ, -yaḥ a horse fit for the Aśvamedha sacrifice.
-kam the fourteenth parvan in the Mahābhārata; ततोऽश्वमेधिकं पर्व प्रोक्तं तच्च चतुर्दशम् (tato'śvamedhikaṃ parva proktaṃ tacca caturdaśam) Mb.
Aśvamedhika is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms aśva and medhika (मेधिक). See also (synonyms): aśvamedhīya.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAśvamedhika (अश्वमेधिक).—m.
(-kaḥ) A horse fit for the sacrifice calld Aswamedha. E. aśvamedha as above, kan added, and i inserted.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryAśvamedhika (अश्वमेधिक).—i. e. aśva -medha + ika, adj. Referring to the sacrifice of a horse, Mahābhārata 1, 354.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Aśvamedhika (अश्वमेधिक):—[=aśva-medhika] [from aśva] mfn. relating to the Aśvamedha, [Mahābhārata i, 354 and 605] (cf. āśvamedhika)
2) [v.s. ...] m. a horse fit for the Aśva-medha, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) Āśvamedhika (आश्वमेधिक):—[from āśva] mfn. ([from] idem), belonging to a horse-sacrifice, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Āpastamba-dharma-sūtra]
4) [v.s. ...] (āśva-medhi-kaṃ parva is the Name of the fourteenth book of the Mahā-bhārata.)
5) [v.s. ...] [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]
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Partial matches: Ashva, Medhika.
Starts with: Ashvamedhikadharmashastra.
Ends with: Dashashvamedhika, Pancashvamedhika, Panchashvamedhika, Ramashvamedhika.
Full-text (+1): Ashvamedhiya, Vaishnavadharmaparva, Ashvamedhiki, Tamradhvaja, Candanavati, Vivimsha, Sanjivanamani, Jayadratha, Pundra, Candrahasa, Campaka, Shabara, Ashvamedha, Candi, Kimkara, Shamika, Sharabha, Acala, Abhiras, Ekalavya.
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Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Ashvamedhika Parva < [Book 14 - Ashvamedha Parva]
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Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 3.101 < [Section VII - Duties of the Householder]
Verse 2.54 < [Section XIII - Initiation (upanayana)]
Verse 3.128 < [Section VIII - Śrāddhas]
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rig Veda 4.10.1 < [Sukta 10]
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 234 - Greatness Of Daśāśvamedha (Tīrtha) < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]
Chapter 13 - Origin of Arkasthala < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]
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