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आसन्दीवन्त् (AsandIvant)

 
Vedic Reference
English
Āsandī-vant, ‘possessing the throne, is the title of the royal
city of Janamejaya Pārikṣita, in which the horse, for his famous
Aśvamedha, was bound. The authorities both cite a Gāthā for
the fact, but they differ as to the priest who celebrated the rite.
In the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa^1 he is stated to have been Indrota
Daivāpa Śaunaka, but in the Aitareya^2 Tura Kāvaṣeya.
1) xiii. 5, 4, 2.
2) viii. 21. Cf. Śāṅkhāyana Śrauta
Sūtra, xvi. 9, 1. Pāṇini, viii. 2, 12,
knows the name.