अश्विन
Ashvin
Aśvin · IAST
The horseman-deva of dawn; the divine physician of the heavens.
Boy1 scripture references
Etymology · व्युत्पत्ति
अश्विन् = हलन्त-लोप → अश्विन
The root word अश्विन् carries a final halant (the grammatical stem); as a given name the halant is dropped (अश्विन), and the English form takes no trailing schwa, so “Aśvin”, not “Aśvina”.
Scripture references
Bhagavad Gītā · 11.6
पश्यादित्यान्वसून्रुद्रानश्विनौ मरुतस्तथा । बहून्यदृष्टपूर्वाणि पश्याश्चर्याणि भारत ॥
paśyādityān vasūn rudrān aśvinau marutas tathā | bahūny adṛṣṭapūrvāṇi paśyāścaryāṇi bhārata ||
Behold the Ādityas, the Vasus, the Rudras, the two Aśvins, and the Maruts. See many wonders never seen before, O Bhārata [Arjuna].
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