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Ashvapati, ś貹پ, Ashva-pati: 13 definitions

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Ashvapati means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India. 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 ś貹پ can be transliterated into English as Asvapati or Ashvapati, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Ashvapati in Purana glossary
: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

1) ś貹پ (अश्वपत�).—Father of the most chaste woman, Sāvitrī. He was King of Madra. He was without children for a long period and for eighteen years he worshipped the goddess, Sāvitrī and got a maiden from Agnihotra whom he named as Sāvitrī. For more details see under Sāvitrī. (Chapter 293, Vana Parva, Ѳٲ).

2) ś貹پ (अश्वपत�).—The son born to Kaśyapa of his wife Danu. (Śloka 24, Chapter 65, Ādi Parva, Ѳٲ).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

ś貹پ (अश्वपत�).—The king of Madras; issueless sacrificed to goddess Sāvitrī and was blessed with a daughter of that name.*

  • * Matsya-purāṇa 208. 5-11.
: JatLand: List of Mahabharata people and places

ś貹پ (अश्वपत�) is a name mentioned in the Ѳٲ (cf. I.59.24, I.65, I.61.15) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The Ѳٲ (mentioning ś貹پ) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 śǰ첹 (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.

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The Purana (पुरा�, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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Arthashastra (politics and welfare)

: Wisdom Library: Arthaśāstra

ś貹پ (अश्वपत�) refers to a “superintendents of cavalry� and represents an official title used in the political management of townships in ancient India. Officers, ministers, and sovereigns bearing such titles [eg., ś貹پ] were often present in ancient inscriptions when, for example, the king wanted to address his subjects or make an important announcement.

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Arthashastra (अर्थशास्त्�, arthaśāstra) literature concerns itself with the teachings (shastra) of economic prosperity (artha) statecraft, politics and military tactics. The term arthashastra refers to both the name of these scientific teachings, as well as the name of a Sanskrit work included in such literature. This book was written (3rd century BCE) by by Kautilya, who flourished in the 4th century BCE.

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General definition (in Hinduism)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Ashvapati in Hinduism glossary
: WikiPedia: Hinduism

Ashwapati (अश्‍वपत�): Uncle of Bharata and Shatrughna

India history and geography

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary

ś貹پ.�(IE 8-2; CII 4)), cf. ś貹پ-Gajapati-Nara- pati-rāja-tray-ādhipati; royal title; the king as ‘the leader of the cavalry�; title of the Vijayanagara kings on account of their strength in horses (ASLV); title assumed by the rulers of some royal families. (EI 9, 21; CII 3; HD), an official title meaning either the master of the stables or the commander of the cavalry; cavalry officer; cf. Aśv-ādhyakṣa (EI 18). See CII, Vol. III, p. 259. Note: ś貹پ is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary� as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Ashvapati in Sanskrit glossary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

ś貹پ (अश्वपत�).�

1) lord of horses ṻ岹 8.21.3.

2) Name of several persons; of a king of Madra and father of Sāvitri.

Derivable forms: ś貹پ� (अश्वपतिः).

ś貹پ is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ś and pati (पत�).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Ā貹پ (आस्वपत�).�(*), nowhere recorded except in [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit] ppp. āsupta, and caus. adj. or nom. act. āsvāpana, qq.v.; must have meant goes to sleep (caus. puts to sleep).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ś貹پ (अश्वपत�).—m. a proper name.

ś貹پ is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ś and pati (पत�).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) ś貹پ (अश्वपत�):—[=ś-pati] [from ś] m. lord of horses, [Ṛg-veda viii, 21, 3] ([vocative case]; said of Indra), [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā xvi, 24]

2) [v.s. ...] Name of a Kaikeya, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa x]

3) [v.s. ...] of a brother-in-law of Daśaratha, [Rāmāyaṇa ii, 1, 2]

4) [v.s. ...] of an Asura, [Ѳٲ; Harivaṃśa]

5) [v.s. ...] of a king of Madras and father of Sāvitri, [Ѳٲ]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), 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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Kannada-English dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Ashvapati in Kannada glossary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

ś貹پ (ಅಶ್ವಪತ�):�

1) [noun] a lord of horses.

2) [noun] an ancient coin.

3) [noun] (myth.) name of a king, father of Sāvitri.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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