अश्वपति

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• অশ্বপতি (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬰ᭄ᬯᬧᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• অশ্বপতি (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰫𑰿𑰪𑰢𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀰𑁆𑀯𑀧𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• အၐွပတိ (Burmese script)
• અશ્વપતિ (Gujarati script)
• ਅਸ਼੍ਵਪਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌪𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦯ꧀ꦮꦥꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂬𑂹𑂫𑂣𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಅಶ್ವಪತಿ (Kannada script)
• អឝ្វបតិ (Khmer script)
• ອຨ຺ວປຕິ (Lao script)
• അശ്വപതി (Malayalam script)
• ᠠᡧᠣᠸᠠᢒᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘫𑘿𑘪𑘢𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠠᠱᢦᢒᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑧋𑧠𑧊𑧂𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐱𑑂𑐰𑐥𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଅଶ୍ଵପତି (Odia script)
• ꢂꢯ꣄ꢮꢦꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆯𑇀𑆮𑆥𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖫𑖿𑖪𑖢𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• අශ‍්වපති (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩿 𑪙𑩾𑩰𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚧𑚶𑚦𑚞𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
• அஶ்வபதி (Tamil script)
• అశ్వపతి (Telugu script)
• อศฺวปติ (Thai script)
• ཨ་ཤྭ་པ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒬𑓂𑒫𑒣𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨮𑩇𑨭𑨞𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Háśwapatiṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háćwapatiš. Composition: अश्व (aśva) +‎ पति (pati).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐɕ.ʋɐ.pɐ.ti/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɐɕ.ʋɐ.pɐ.t̪i/

Noun

अश्वपति • (áśvapati) stem, m

1. lord of horses
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 08.021.03:

     ā́ yāhi imá índavo áśvapate gópata úrvarāpate
     sómaṃ somapate piba

     Drive here. Here are the drops, o lord of horses, lord of cows, lord of fields.
     Drink the soma, soma-lord.

Declension

Masculine i-stem declension of अश्वपति

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	अश्वपतिः (aśvapatiḥ)	अश्वपती (aśvapatī)	अश्वपतयः (aśvapatayaḥ)
vocative	अश्वपते (aśvapate)	अश्वपती (aśvapatī)	अश्वपतयः (aśvapatayaḥ)
accusative	अश्वपतिम् (aśvapatim)	अश्वपती (aśvapatī)	अश्वपतीन् (aśvapatīn)
instrumental	अश्वपतिना (aśvapatinā) अश्वपत्या¹ (aśvapatyā¹)	अश्वपतिभ्याम् (aśvapatibhyām)	अश्वपतिभिः (aśvapatibhiḥ)
dative	अश्वपतये (aśvapataye)	अश्वपतिभ्याम् (aśvapatibhyām)	अश्वपतिभ्यः (aśvapatibhyaḥ)
ablative	अश्वपतेः (aśvapateḥ) अश्वपत्यः¹ (aśvapatyaḥ¹)	अश्वपतिभ्याम् (aśvapatibhyām)	अश्वपतिभ्यः (aśvapatibhyaḥ)
genitive	अश्वपतेः (aśvapateḥ) अश्वपत्यः¹ (aśvapatyaḥ¹)	अश्वपत्योः (aśvapatyoḥ)	अश्वपतीनाम् (aśvapatīnām)
locative	अश्वपतौ (aśvapatau) अश्वपता¹ (aśvapatā¹)	अश्वपत्योः (aśvapatyoḥ)	अश्वपतिषु (aśvapatiṣu)

• ¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “अश्वपति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0115.
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “अश्वपति”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016