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Aswamedhika Parva was composed in Sanskrit. Several translations of the book in English are available. Two translations from 19th century, now in public domain, are those by Kisari Mohan Ganguli [1] and Manmatha Nath Dutt. [2] The translations vary with each translator's interpretations.
The Ashvamedha (Sanskrit: अश्वमेध, romanized: aśvamedha) [1] was a horse sacrifice ritual followed by the Śrauta tradition of Vedic religion. It was used by ancient Indian kings to prove their imperial sovereignty: a horse accompanied by the king's warriors would be released to wander for a year.
Chandrahasa (Sanskrit: चन्द्रहास, lit. 'laughter of the moon' [1]) is a king of the Kuntala kingdom in Hindu mythology. [2] The story of Chandrahasa is described in the Ashvamedhika Parva of the epic Mahabharata. Chandrahasa befriends Arjuna who was accompanied by Krishna guarding the ashvamedha ceremony of Yudhishthira.
Manipura (Sanskrit: मणिपुर, romanized: maṇipura, lit. 'city of jewels'), also known as Manalura , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] is a kingdom mentioned in the Hindu epic Mahabharata . According to the epic, it was located near a sea-shore , the Mahendra Mountains (present day Eastern Ghats ) and the Kalinga Kingdom (present-day southern Odisha and ...
Anugita is an ancient Sanskrit text embedded in the Book 14 (Ashvamedhika Parva) of the Hindu epic the Mahabharata. [1] Anugita literally means an Anu ("continuation, alongside, subordinate to") of Gita. The original was likely composed between 400 BCE and 200 CE, [1] but its versions probably modified through about the 15th- or 16th-century. [2]
The Ashvamedha parva of Lakshmisha's Kannada epic Jaimini Bharata. Lakshmisa (or Lakshmisha) was a noted Kannada language writer who lived during the mid-16th or late 17th century. His most important writing, Jaimini Bharata is a version of the Hindu epic Mahabharata.
Amshuman (Sanskrit: अंशुमान्, romanized: Aṃśumān) is a king of the Suryavamsha dynasty in Hinduism. The son of Asamanjasa, Amshuman becomes the king of Ayodhya after the death of his grandfather, King Sagara. Amshuman's grandson, Bhagiratha, brings the flow of the Ganges down from heaven.
Bhima (Sanskrit: भीम, IAST: Bhīma), also known as Bhimasena (Sanskrit: भीमसेन, IAST: Bhīmasena), is a hero and one of the most prominent figures in the Hindu epic Mahabharata, renowned for his incredible strength, fierce loyalty, and key role in the epic's narrative.