The Sanskrit term Aśvadāvan can be transliterated into English as Asvadavan or Ashvadavan, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Aśvadāvan (अश्वदावन्).—m. giving horses. अरिष्टो येषां रथो व्यश्वदावन्नीयते (ariṣṭo yeṣāṃ ratho vyaśvadāvannīyate) Ṛgveda 5.18. 3.

Aśvadāvan is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms aśva and dāvan (दावन्). See also (synonyms): aśvadā.

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

Aśvadāvan (अश्वदावन्).—[masculine] giver of horses.

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

Aśvadāvan (अश्वदावन्):—[=aśva-dāvan] [from aśva] mfn. idem, [Ṛg-veda v, 18, 3] ([vocative case])

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Partial matches: Ashva, Davan, Tavan.

Full-text: Asvada.

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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)

Rig Veda 5.18.3 < [Sukta 18]

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