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Ashva (Sanskrit: अश्व, IAST: Aśva) is the Sanskrit word for a horse, one of the significant animals finding references in the Vedas as well as later Hindu scriptures. The word is cognate to Avestan 𐬀𐬯𐬞𐬀 ( aspa ), Latin equus , Ancient Greek ἵππος ( hippos ), Proto-Germanic * ehwaz , obsolete Prussian Lithuanian ašvà ...
' long-ears' or 'neighing aloud' ') [1] is a seven-headed flying horse, created during the churning of the milk ocean. It is considered the best of horses, as prototype and king of the horses. [1] Uchchaihshravas is often described as a vahana of Indra, but is also recorded to be the horse of Bali, the king of the asuras.
The Sun's Seventh Horse (Hindi: सूरज का सातवाँ घोड़ा; Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda) is a 1952 Hindi meta fiction novel by Dharamvir Bharati, one of the pioneers of modern Hindi literature. [1] The novel presents three related narratives about three women: Jamuna, Sati, and Lily.
' The Sun's Seventh Horse ') is a 1992 Indian Hindi film directed by Shyam Benegal and based on the novel The Sun's Seventh Horse by Dharmavir Bharati. It won the 1993 National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi. [1] The self-reflexive film is also known for its subversive take on the "Devdas" syndrome. [2]
The horse was then set loose towards the north-east, to roam around wherever it chose, for the period of one year, [8] or half a year, according to some commentators. The horse was associated with the Sun, and its yearly course. [9] If the horse wandered into neighbouring provinces hostile to the sacrificer, they were to be subjugated.
Anuvāka 21: Peculiarities in regard to establishing of the fire in connexion with the horse sacrifice; Anuvāka 22: Certain details regarding the recitation of the Vahispuramana hymns; Anuvāka 23: How the other animals are to be arranged about the horse; Prapāṭhaka 9: On the operations of the second and third days of the horse sacrifice
The Ashvamedha or horse sacrifice is a notable ritual of the Yajurveda. As horses were difficult to breed in the Indian climate, they were imported in large numbers, usually from Central Asia, but also from elsewhere. Horse traders are already mentioned in Atharvaveda 2.30.29.
The chronology of Shvetashvatara Upanishad, like other Upanishads, is uncertain and contested. [6] The chronology is difficult to resolve because all opinions rest on scanty evidence, an analysis of archaism, style and repetitions across texts, driven by assumptions about likely evolution of ideas, and on presumptions about which philosophy might have influenced which other Indian philosophies.