The Sanskrit term Aśvakinī can be transliterated into English as Asvakini or Ashvakini, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Aśvakinī (अश्वकिनी).—[aśvasya kaṃ mukhaṃ tatsadṛśākāro'styasya ini ṅīp Tv.] The first Nakṣatra or lunar mansion (aśvinī).

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

Aśvakinī (अश्वकिनी).—f. (-nī) The first Nakshatra or lunar mansion. E. aśvaka a horse, ini and ṅīp affixes: see aśvinī.

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

Aśvakinī (अश्वकिनी):—[from aśva] f. the Nakṣatra Aśvinī, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Aśvakinī (अश्वकिनी):—[aśva-kinī] (nī) 3. f. 1st lunar mansion.

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Ashvakini in German

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Partial matches: Ashva, Kiṇi.

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