what does ashvamedha mean
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ʜᴏʀsᴇ sᴀᴄʀɪғɪᴄᴇ
ᴀsʜᴠᴀᴍᴇᴅʜᴀ, (sᴀɴsᴋʀɪᴛ: “ʜᴏʀsᴇ sᴀᴄʀɪғɪᴄᴇ”) ᴀʟsᴏ sᴘᴇʟʟᴇᴅ ᴀsʜᴡᴀᴍᴇᴅʜᴀ, ɢʀᴀɴᴅᴇsᴛ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴠᴇᴅɪᴄ ʀᴇʟɪɢɪᴏᴜs ʀɪᴛᴇs ᴏғ ᴀɴᴄɪᴇɴᴛ ɪɴᴅɪᴀ, ᴘᴇʀғᴏʀᴍᴇᴅ ʙʏ ᴀ ᴋɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴄᴇʟᴇʙʀᴀᴛᴇ ʜɪs ᴘᴀʀᴀᴍᴏᴜɴᴛᴄʏ. ... ɪғ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴏʀsᴇ ᴇɴᴛᴇʀᴇᴅ ᴀ ғᴏʀᴇɪɢɴ ᴄᴏᴜɴᴛʀʏ, ɪᴛs ʀᴜʟᴇʀ ʜᴀᴅ ᴇɪᴛʜᴇʀ ᴛᴏ ғɪɢʜᴛ ᴏʀ ᴛᴏ sᴜʙᴍɪᴛ.
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horse sacrifice
Ashvamedha, (Sanskrit: “horse sacrifice”) also spelled ashwamedha, grandest of the Vedic religious rites of ancient India, performed by a king to celebrate his paramountcy. ... If the horse entered a foreign country, its ruler had either to fight or to submit.
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