- The
Ashvamedha (Sanskrit: अश्वमेध, romanized:
aśvamedha) was a
horse sacrifice ritual followed by the Śrauta
tradition of
Vedic religion. It was used...
- the
court of the King
Janaka in Mithila. He was the
authority at the
Asvamedha Yajna organised by the king
Janaka in
which the
Brahmins of the Kurus...
- Simhavishnu.
According to the
Sivan Vāyil inscription, he
performed 10
Aśvamedha (Daśāśvamedha), Bahusuvarṇa &
Kratu sacrifices. "Royal
asiatic society...
-
Rishyasringa to Kosala, he
instructed the
Brahmins to
perform the
asvamedha.
After the
asvamedha was
properly performed, a Putrīyā Iṣṭi was
performed for the...
- 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...
- (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...
- Mahabharata.
Bhima arriving at the
castle of
Dvaraka to
invite Krishna to the
asvamedha. Krishna, who is with his wife Satyabhama,
pretends not to hear.....
-
speculated mythical union of Indo-European
kingship and the horse. The
Indian Aśvamedha is the
clearest evidence preserved, but
vestiges from
Latin and Celtic...
