अश्विन् [ aśvin ] [ aśvin ] m. f. n. possessed of horses , consisting of horses Lit. RV.

  mounted on horseback Lit. MārkP.

  [ aśvin ] m. a cavalier

  horse-tamer Lit. RV.

  m. du. ( [ í nā ] or [ inau ] ) " the two charioteers " , N. of two divinities (who appear in the sky before the dawn in a golden carriage drawn by horses or birds ; they bring treasures to men and avert misfortune and sickness ; they are considered as the physicians of heaven) Lit. RV.

  a N. of the Nakshatra presided over by the Aśvins Lit. VarBṛS.

  the number , " two " Lit. ib. Lit. Sūryas.

  ( for [ aśvi-sutau ] ) the two sons of the Aśvins , viz. Nakula and Sahadeva Lit. MBh. v , 1816

  [ aśvinī ] f. N. of the wife of the two Aśvins (who in later times was considered as their mother ; cf. [ aśvinī-putrau ] below) Lit. RV. v , 46 , 8

  the head of Aries or the first of the 28 Nakshatras Lit. Jyot. Lit. VarBṛS.

  ( [ aśvini ] , shortened for the sake of metre) Lit. Sūryas.

  [ aśvin ] n. (= [ aśva-vat ] n. q.v.) richness in horses Lit. RV. i , 53 , 4.