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वशअश्व्य (vazaazvya)

 
Vedic Reference
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1. Vaśa Aśvya is the name in the Rigveda^1 of a protégé of
the Aśvins. He is also mentioned in the Śāṅkhāyana Śrauta
Sūtra^2 as having received bounty from Pṛthuśravas Kānīta.
He is the reputed author of a Rigvedic hymn, ^3 which is
repeatedly referred to by his name Vaśa.^4 Cf. also Vyaśva.
1) i. 112, 10
116, 21
viii. 8, 20
24, 14
46, 21. 23
50, 9
x. 40, 7.
2) xvi. 11, 13.
3) viii. 46.
4) Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa, viii. 6, 2, 3
ix. 3, 3, 19
Aitareya Āraṇyaka, i. 5,
1, 2
Śāṅkhāyana Āraṇyaka, ii. 10.
11.
Cf. Weber, Episches im vedischen Ritual,
38, 39.