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Definition of Asvins
1. Noun. (literally 'possessing horses' in Sanskrit) in Hinduism the twin chariot warriors conveying Surya.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Asvins
Literary usage of Asvins
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Contributions to the Science of Mythology by Friedrich Max M�uller (1897)
"asvins as Temporal Gods. That everything belonging to the asvins is golden ...
Hence in the morning the asvins may be said to bring light or to deliver the ..."
2. Hindu Mythology, Vedic and Purānic by William Joseph Wilkins (1882)
"THE asvins. From the hymns addressed to these deities it is not at all easy to
know who or what they are. Yaska, the commentator of the Vedas, deriving the ..."
3. The Mythology of the Aryan Nations by George William Cox (1870)
"Functions of ihe asvins. of light from darkness; and ' this palpable ...
These asvins have been made the subject of a somewhat lengthened controversy. ..."
4. Lectures on the Science of Language: Delivered at the Royal Institution of by F. Max (Friedrich Max) Müller, Royal institution of Great Britain (1890)
"109,4), and they share several other attributes in common with the asvins.
They are called brothers, they are called twins; ..."
5. Lectures on the Science of Language: Delivered at the Royal Institution of by Friedrich Max Müller (1864)
"0 asvins, sharpen these songs that long for you, as a sword is sharpened with
... Like the two asvins, who are in later times distinguished by the names of ..."
6. A Classical Dictionary of India: Illustrative of the Mythology, Philosophy by John Garrett (1871)
"asvins—" The asvins seem to have been a puzzle even to the oldest Indian commentators."
(Muir.) Professor Roth says "they are the earliest bringers of light ..."
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