Dictionary/अश्वमेघ
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अश्वमेघ

ashvmegh

Definitions

Noun

Ashvamedha (Vedic horse sacrifice)

an ancient Vedic ritual in which a horse was set free to roam for a year; any territory it entered had to submit or fight(horse) + (sacrifice); performed by powerful kings to assert sovereignty; described in the Ramayana and Mahabharata

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