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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 .
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.
Dhana (deva, bhuti, etc), Lord of Kosala, son of Kausiki, the sixth of the Senapati Pushyamitra, who had performed the Ashvamedha twice, erected a shrine (or other memorial) in honor of Phalgudeva, the father of the Dharmaraja.
Ashvamedha, a horse sacrifice ritual in Hinduism; Ashvamedhika Parva, fourteenth book of the ancient Indian epic Mahabharata; Ashwamedhadatha, a king of the Kuru Kingdom in Vedic India; Ashwamedh, a Gujarati-language play by Indian writer Chinu Modi; Aswamedham, an Indian quiz television program
The main character of the play Mohini is the wife of king Vichitrasen who has enjoyed sexual orgasm at the age of 16 while riding on horse. As per the rituals of Ashvamedha yajna, once the king becomes Chakravarti (an undisputed sovereign) the chief queen requires to have sexual intercourse with the horse.
Ashvamedhika Parva begins with an advice from Krishna and Vyasa who recommend Yudhishthira to perform the Ashvamedha ceremony. Yudhishthira discloses that the treasury is empty because of the war. Krishna suggests mining gold in Himavat, near mount Meru. He recites the story of king Muratta.
Chandrahasa befriends Arjuna who was accompanied by Krishna guarding the ashvamedha ceremony of Yudhishthira. Chandrahasa anoints his son Makaraksha as the king and accompanies the army of Arjuna to help the ashvamedha. The story of Chandrahasa is also depicted in the Kannada epic Jaimini Bharatha of the poet Lakshmeesha.
Although the details of Pravarasena's military campaigns are unknown, their number and significance can be gauged from the many Vedic sacrifices that he is said to have performed. Pravarasena performed no less than four ashvamedha horse sacrifices during his reign, and each one may have marked the termination of a successful campaign. [5]