page_title: Ashva
hierarchical_section_title: Ashva
caption_attribution_description: Hindutempel in Hamm Pferde an Wagen für die Prozession
context_page_description: Ashva is the Sanskrit word for a horse, one of the significant animals finding references in the Vedas as well as later Hindu scriptures. The word is cognate to Avestan aspa, Latin equus, Greek ἵππος, Germanic *ehwaz and Baltic *ašvā all from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos.
context_section_description: Ashva (aśva, अश्व) is the  Sanskrit word for a horse, one of the significant animals finding references in the Vedas as well as later Hindu scriptures. The word is cognate to Avestan aspa, Latin equus, Greek ἵππος (hippos), Germanic *ehwaz and Baltic *ašvā all from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos.
caption: Ashva and chariot
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