Ashvalayana, Āśvalāyana, Aśvalāyana: 10 definitions

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Ashvalayana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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 terms Āśvalāyana and Aśvalāyana can be transliterated into English as Asvalayana or Ashvalayana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

1) Āśvalāyana (आश्वलायन).—A son of Viśvāmitra. (Mahābhārata, Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 4, Verse 54).

2) Āśvalāyana (आश्वलायन).—An Ācārya. He was a disciple of Śaunaka. Āśvalāyana composed three famous works: Āśvalāyana Gṛhyasūtra, Āśvalāyana Śrautasūtra and Āśvalāyana Stuti.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Āśvalāyana (आश्वलायन).—A son of Sahiṣṇu avatār of the Lord.^*

* Vāyu-purāṇa 23. 213.

Source: JatLand: List of Mahabharata people and places

Aśvalāyana (अश्वलायन) is a name mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. XIII.4.53, XIII.4) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The Mahābhārata (mentioning Aśvalāyana) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 ślokas (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.

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The Purana (पुराण, 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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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Āśvalāyana (आश्वलायन).—Name of the author of a celebrated ritual work, called the Āśvalāyana Sūtras; कौसल्यश्चाश्वलायनः (kausalyaścāśvalāyanaḥ) Praśn. Up.1.1.

-śākhā The school of आश्वलायन (āśvalāyana).

Derivable forms: āśvalāyanaḥ (आश्वलायनः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Āśvalāyana (आश्वलायन).—m.

(-naḥ) The name of a sage and legislator, &c. E. aśvalāyana and aṇ patronymic aff.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Āśvalāyana (आश्वलायन) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—1. Śrautasūtra. [Mackenzie Collection] 2. Io. 122 A. 986. 1039. 1660. 1727. 2075. 2140. W. p. 24-27. Oxf. 384^a. 393^b. Paris. (D 137). K. 2. B. 1, 158. Ben. 2. 5. Np. I, 22. X, 2. Burnell. 13^a. Bh. 5. Vienna. 16. Oppert. 1662. 3760. 4685. 7854. Ii, 1678. 2319. 6881. 7173. W. 1419. Bühler 537.
—[commentary] Oppert. 2770.
—[commentary] by Kalyāṇajī. NW. 10.
—[commentary] Āśvalāyanasūtraprayogavṛtti by Tālavṛntanivāsin, who followed Devasvāmin. L. 827.
—[commentary] by Dayāśaṅkara. NW. 12.
—[commentary] by Devatrāta. B. 1, 154.
—[commentary] by Nārāyaṇagarga. Io. 1129. 1252. Paris. (D 194 a). Khn. 6. 10. Ben. 2. Np. X, 6. Haug. 30. Burnell. 113^a. H. 3. Oppert. 877. 1764. Proceed. Asb. 1869, 142. W. 1420. 1421. Peters. 1, 113. 2, 169. Bühler 537. He quotes a
—[commentary] by Devasvāmin.
—[commentary] by Nīlakaṇṭha. NW. 4. 32.
—[commentary] Prayogadīpikā by Mañcanabhaṭṭa. Io. 281. L. 1387. K. 4. B. 1, 158. Ben. 5. Oppert. 1761. Rice. 44.
—[commentary] by Śukla Mathurānātha. NW. 12.
—[commentary] by Mahādeva. Ben. 5.
—[commentary] by Yallabhaṭṭasuta. Mysore. 1.
—[commentary] Abhyudayapradā by Ṣaḍguruśiṣya. Burnell. 13^a.
—[commentary] by Siddhāntin. Haug. 40. Bp. 257. 2. Gṛhyasūtra. Io. 129. 986. 1039. 1727. 1978. 2140. W. p. 34. 35. Oxf. 384^a. 387^a. 393^b. 396^a. Khn. 6. B. 1, 152. Ben. 5. Bik. 120. 121. NW. 14. Np. Ii, 10. V, 40. X, 6. Haug. 13. 23. 45. Brl. 7. Burnell. 13^b. Bh. 5. Bhk. 20. Poona. 8. H. 2. Taylor. 1, 41. Oppert. 1763. 7853. Ii, 6880. Rice. 40. 194. Peters. 2, 167. Bodl. Xv. Bühler 537.
—[commentary] Paris. (D 138). K. 174. Rādh. 1. Rice. 42.
—[commentary] by Ānandarāya Vājapeyayajvan. Burnell. 13^b.
—[commentary] by Gadādhara. K. 172. 174.
—[commentary] Vimalodayamālā by Jayantasvāmin. B. 1, 156. Bhk. 18. Bühler 539.
—[commentary] by Devatrāta. Np. Vii, preface.
—[commentary] by Devasvāmin. Khn. 8. Np. V, 40. Burnell. 13^b.
—[commentary] by Nārāyaṇa. Io. 285. 668. 793 A. 1252. K. 4. B. 1, 156. Np. Ii, 10. X, 6. Burnell. 13^b. Poona. Ii, 2. Rice. 42. D 2. Bühler 537.
—[commentary] by Viṣṇugūḍhasvāmin. Np. V, 144. Vi, 8.
—[commentary] Anāvilā by Haradatta. Bik. 120. Burnell. 13^b. Oppert. Ii, 5155. Agnihotrahoma. Poona. Ii, 29. Antyeṣṭi. B. 1, 152. Aparaprayoga. Burnell. 26^a. Āgnīdhraprayoga. B. 1, 216. Ādhānasūtra. Bik. 106. Aurdhvadehikapaddhati. B. 1, 158. Kārikāḥ. K. 1, 152. 154. D 2. Āśvalāyanakārikāsu Punarupanayanavidhāna. Ben. 139. Gṛhyasūtramantrasaṃhitā. Ba. 16. Cāturmāsyasūtra. Oppert. Ii, 7181. Darśapūrṇamāsasūtra. Oppert. Ii, 7185.
—[commentary] by Vidyāraṇya. B. 1, 154. Dvādaśāhahautraprayoga. Proceed. Asb. 1870, 313. Pariśiṣṭa. B. 1, 154. 156. Np. V, 40.
—[commentary] by Viṣṇugūḍha. Np. Vi, 16. Pārvaṇaśrāddha. B. 1, 156. Pārvaṇaśrāddhapradīpabhāṣya by Nārāyaṇa. B. 1, 156. Pūrvaprayoga. Burnell. 26^a. Oppert. 2130. Ii, 572. 2338. 4068. Rice. 44. Prāyaścitta. Oppert. 1395.
—[commentary] by Ananta, Āśva (?), Govinda. B. 1, 156. Brahmatva. L. 1363. Bhojanavidhi. B. 1, 156. Mahārudrapaddhati by Nārāyaṇa. B. 1, 156. Mahāsarasvatīstotra. W. p. 363. Vināyakastavarāja. Burnell. 198^b. Śānti. Rice. 218. Śrāddhapaddhati. B. 1, 158. Śrāvaṇī. B. 1, 158. Saṃdhyā. B. 1, 160. Sarasvatīdvādaśanāmastotra. Burnell. 200^a. Somaprāyaścitta. B. 1, 160. Sthālīpāka. Oppert. 6498. Sthālīpākaprayoga. Burnell. 27^a. Homaprayoga. Rice. 42.

2) Āśvalāyana (आश्वलायन):—1) Śrautasūtra. add Khn. 6. Np. V, 40. delete K. 2 and—[commentary] Oppert. 2770.
—[commentary] by Tālavṛntanivāsin. add K. 10.
—[commentary] by Devatrāta. add Np. Vii Preface. Sb. 15.
—[commentary] by Nārāyaṇagarga. add K. 12. B. 1, 158. Oppert. Ii, 1729. read Burnell. 13^a.
—[commentary] by Viṣṇugūḍhasvāmin. take from below, and add Sb. 20. 21.
—[commentary] by Siddhāntin. add Bh. 7. Sb. 14. 15. 2) Gṛhyasūtra. read Bhk. 10.
—[commentary] add Oppert. 2770.
—[commentary] by Devatrāta. delete this.
—[commentary] by Nārāyaṇa. add K. 174. NW. 4. P. 6. Oppert. 1470. Sb. 16.

3) Āśvalāyana (आश्वलायन):—1) Śrautasūtra. Cs. 217-19. Gb. 4 (pūrvārdha). Peters. 4, 1. Stein 12.
—[commentary] Prayogavṛtti by Tālavṛntanivāsin. Cs. 231 (ahīnadvadaśāha inc.). 252 ([fragmentary])
—54 ([fragmentary]). 342 (ahīnadvādaśāha).
—[commentary] Saṃgrahaṇadīpikā by Tippū Bhaṭṭa, son of Rāma Bhaṭṭa. L. 4174 (adhy. 2).
—[commentary] by Devatrāta. Cs. 225 (inc.).
—[commentary] by Nārāyaṇa Gārgya. Bl. 7 (adhy. 1-3). Stein 12.
—[commentary] Prayogadīpikā by Mañcanabhaṭṭa. Cs. 220-24. Stein 12 (1-6). 2) Gṛhyasūtra. Cs. 226 (adhy. 1-6). Rgb. 68. Stein 12.
—[commentary] Cs. 446 ([fragmentary]).
—[commentary] Vimalodayamālā by Jayantasvāmin. L. 4029 (1-4).
—[commentary] by Nārāyaṇa. Cs. 444. 445. 448 (adhy. 2. 3). Fl. 418.
—[commentary] Anāvilā by Haradatta. Cs. 447 ([fragmentary]). Gṛhapratiṣṭhā. Oudh. Xx, 162. Sarasvatīdvādaśanāmastotra. Oudh. Xx, 48.

4) Āśvalāyana (आश्वलायन):—1. Śrautasūtra. Hz. 432. Ulwar 42.
—[commentary] Āśvalāyanasūtraprayogavṛtti by Tālavṛntanivāsin. Hz. 176 (Ādhāna to Pauṇḍarīka). 408 (up to Pauṇḍarīka).
—[commentary] by Nārāyaṇa Gārgya, son of Narasiṃha. Cs. 630 (7-12). Ulwar 43.
—[commentary] Prayogadīpikā by Mañcana. Hz. 175. 2. Gṛhyasūtra. Cs. 437. 449 (1, 17, 7 to the end of the first adhyāya). 620. Hz. 68. Ulwar 44.
—[commentary] Vṛtti by Nārāyaṇa, son of Divākara. Cs. 621 (first adhyāya). Hz. 409. Ulwar 45.

5) Āśvalāyana (आश्वलायन):—1) Śrautasūtra. As p. 27 (2 Mss.). Bc 210. Hz. 725. L.. 32. 33. Peters. 5, 2 (5 Adhyāyāḥ). C. Saṃgrahadīpikā by Tippū Bhaṭṭa, son of Rāma Bhaṭṭa. Cs 2, 228 (second Adhyāya only). C. by Devatrāta. Bd. 87. C. by Nārāyaṇa. As p. 27. C. by Viṣṇugūḍha („Uttaraṣaṭkaprayogapaddhati”). As p. 27. 2) Gṛhyasūtra. As p. 27 (5 Mss.). 57 (and bhāṣya). Hz. 700. 1191 (inc.). L.. 34. Tb. 20. Whish 78, 5 (breaks off in 4, 8, 18). C. by Nārāyaṇa. As p. 27 (2 Mss. One contains only the first Adhyāya).

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

1) Āśvalāyana (आश्वलायन):—m. ([from] aśvala [gana] naḍādi, [Pāṇini 4-1, 99]), Name of a pupil of Śaunaka’s, author of Sūtra or ritual works (relating to the Ṛg-veda) and founder of a Vedic school

2) mf(ī)n. relating or belonging to Āśvalāyana

3) m. the school of Āśvalāyana.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Āśvalāyana (आश्वलायन):—[āśva-lāyana] (naḥ) 1. m. A sage.

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