- The
Ashvamedha (Sanskrit: अश्वमेध, romanized:
aśvamedha) was a
horse sacrifice ritual followed by the Śrauta
tradition of
Vedic religion. It was used...
-
speculated mythical union of Indo-European
kingship and the horse. The
Indian Aśvamedha is the
clearest evidence preserved, but
vestiges from
Latin and Celtic...
- 1st-century BCE, the puja tradition, and a king who had
completed the
Vedic Asvamedha sacrifice. The
inscription also
confirms the ****ociation of the two deities...
- dedicated) to all the deities.
Verily the
shining sun [ye tapati] is the
Asvamedha, and his body is the year; Agni is the
sacrificial fire (arka), and these...
- Simhavishnu.
According to the
Sivan Vāyil inscription, he
performed 10
Aśvamedha (Daśāśvamedha), Bahusuvarṇa &
Kratu sacrifices. "Royal
asiatic society...
- (domestic priest) Tura Kāvaṣeya
consencrated him as king and
officiated his
aśvamedha (horse sacrifice). It also
states that at one of his
sacrifices he did...
- as the Puranas. The
Hindu scripture Brahma Vaivarta Purana forbids the
Asvamedha Horse sacrifice in this Kali Yuga. However, the
perception that animal...
-
complete their east-ward migration. Sudās
celebrated his
victory with the
Aśvamedha ritual to
commemorate the
establishment of a realm, free of
enemies from...
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National Geographic Books. ISBN 0-500-51088-1. Kak,
Subhash (2004). The
Aśvamedha: The rite and its logic.
Motilal Banarsid****. ISBN 9788120818774. Wikiquote...
- Janamejaya, Bhimasena,
Ugrasena and Śrutasena. All of them
performed the
Asvamedha Yajna. His
bodily existence ended due to the
curse of the sage Shringi...
