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	Ashvamedha (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Ashvamedha, or the horse-sacrifice is one of the most important royal rites from Vedic India.
		The Ashvamedha is the rite of the annual renewal of the Sun at the New Year and the corresponding renewal of the king's rule.
		The ashva of the Ashvamedha was originally the Sun, but in medieval times this original meaning was lost and the rite degenerating into the sacrifice of a living horse.
	www.guajara.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/a/as/ashvamedha.html (138 words)

	.:SAKSIVC: Vedic Literature: Yajur Veda: Krişhņa Yajur Veda: Ashvamedha:.
		There are two different types of Ashvamedhas; one is a complete inner yajňa involving the prāņa-shakti and does not involve any horse; the second is an elaborate rite in which the animal steed plays a key role.
		Ashvamedha means offering of the life-power with all its impulses, desires, enjoyments, frustrations and also its material counterpart.
		The epic Rāmāyaņa in the chapter (1.24.33) mentions the Ashvamedha and the role of queen Kausalya in it.
	www.vedah.com /org/literature/yajurVeda/ashvamedha.asp (2555 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Nation
		The Chhattisgarh vacuum was bothering the BJP because, while it had identified its candidates for three of the states going to polls in November-December, a perception was gaining ground that the party could not find a suitable counter to Ajit Jogi.
		Today, when BJP spokesman Prakash Javdekar announced that Judeo would spearhead the Ashvamedha yatra that would roll through 36 of Chhattisgarh’s Assembly constituencies and cover more than 18,000 km, BJP sources claimed the leadership issue was clinched.
		Ashvamedha is a throwback to the mythical horse of Ramayana.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1031007/asp/nation/story_2435550.asp (542 words)

	Ashvamedha Horse Sacrifice - History and Significance for Adidam
		In the exoteric (or outward) form of the Horse-Sacrifice, which was performed only by the greatest of India’s warrior-kings, a white stallion was consecrated and then sent out to wander through the king’s domain for a year, attended by warriors, priests, and magicians.
		While the horse wandered, the people honored the king with continuous festivities and celebrations—until the end of the year, when the horse was returned to the king’s city and sacrificed at the climax of a highly elaborate ritual.
		In its most esoteric form, the Ashvamedha is the Revelation of the Ultimate Divine Being—through the Sacrifice of everything conditional, and through the Most Perfect Realization of That which Transcends the Cosmic domain.
	www.adidam.org /adida/religion/ashvamedha.htm (471 words)

	Take a BrainSip (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Ashvamedha, or the horse-sacrifice is one of the most important royal rituals from Vedic India, described in detail in the Yajurveda (books 22–25) and the pertaining commentaries.
		The Ashvamedha is referred to in the Shatapatha Brahmana as well as in the epics Ramayana (1.10–15) and Mahabharata.
		The last historically documented occurrence of the Ashvamedha is during the reign of Samudragupta I (d.
	ashvamedha.mestskadoprava.sk.cob-web.org:8888 (863 words)

	A Unique Effort after two thousand years - (Akhandjyoti)
		It is the gains and good results of Ashvamedha that gave the habitants of this land the prestige of Jagadguru in the field of knowledge of ultimate reality and Cakravarti (universal monarch) in the field of science.
		The Ashvamedha valour of repairing and reorganization was again taken up by the son of Samrat Chandra Gupta I, that is, Samrat (king) Samudra Gupta.
		With the help of Ashvamedha Anushthana he taught the lesson of national unity to the inhabitants of, Samtata, Duvaka, Kamrupa, Nepal, Kartapur, Eastern and Central Punjab, Malawa and the provinces of Western India, Kushans and Sakas.
	www.akhandjyoti.org /?Akhand-Jyoti/2005/Jul-Aug/UniqueEffort (1589 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Ashvamedha
		The Ashvamedha (अश्वमेध "horse sacrifice") is one of the most important royal rituals of Vedic religion, described in detail in the Yajurveda (TS 7.1-5, VS 22–25 and the pertaining commentary in the Shatapatha Brahmana).
		A historically documented performance of the Ashvamedha is during the reign of Samudragupta I (d.
		According to the Brahma-vaivarta Purana (Krishna-janma-khanda 185.180), the Ashvamedha is one of five rites forbidden in the Kali Yuga.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Ashvamedha (1482 words)

	The Horse Sacrifice
		In the ashvamedha, the wife of the officiating priest — the mahishi — simulated a ritual mating with the sacrificial horse.
		It is clear that the ashvamedha and the ritual Tantric matings relate to these early variants of the myth, and that they symbolize the same Cosmogonic events.
		The conclusion is that the myth indeed relates the eschatological events connected with the Flood, allegorized by the sacrifices of the horse and the goat in the ashvamedha or by the Cosmogonic Hierogamy of the King and the Whore.
	www.atlan.org /copyright/1997/articles/sacrifice (19735 words)

	The Haunted Forest: A Spirit Walk
		But the Christian imagery of the Eucharist was stripped away and the deep structure of the ritual-the ancient cycle of death and renewal was manifest.
		I don't think the Ashvamedha was significant-I was reading a selection of hymns from the Rig Veda at the time-but it could just as easily have been the Greek tale of Demeter and Kore or the Egyptian myth of Isis and Osiris.
		Indeed, in choosing to describe my experience as seeing the Ashvamedha, this is only a point of reference, inexact words to describe something that is, at its most basic-indescribable.
	mensightmagazine.com /Articles/Walker/haunted2.htm (934 words)

	Ashvamedham (was Re: [Advaita-l] A lost Vedic ritual is brought alive) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		However, the benefits of the ashvamedha can be obtained by merely chanting the mantras.
		The 8th and 9th prashnas of the 3rd aShTakam of the taittiriiya braahmaNa are known as the ashvamedha prashnas.
		The inner principle of the ashvamedha yajna is beautifully explained in this upanishad.
	www.advaita-vedanta.org /archives/advaita-l/2005-November/015956.html (441 words)

	Mummery intro (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		It is a portion of that liturgy of the Ashvamedha, in which the Puja of the Ashvamedha sacrifice follows "The Mummery".
		The purpose of all these celebrations is to convert everyone to right practice and move them to greater practice, to reorient everyone rightly.
		If you understand "The Mummery" and the Ashvamedha that follows it truly in terms of your real practice in relation to Me—if you truly profoundly did that, then that would be fulfilling the purpose of going through that Puja.
	www.dabase.net /muminex.htm (504 words)

	Hindutva Series : The Kshatriyas - The Martial Caste among the Hindu Community in India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Whereas originally in the Ashwamedha Yagna, the horse was killed to be roasted and eaten, in later times and the ritual did not remain a sacrifice, except in name.
		Thus the Ashvamedha Yagna also changed from being a simple act of killing a horse for consumption, to being a medium for the grabbing of land and property of adjoining kingdoms - a form of nascent imperialism.
		This episode shows how the Ashvamedha Yagna had become a medium for territorial expansion from it original purpose of being a simple act of ritually killing and eating a horse.
	www.hindutva.org /castekshatriya.html (3109 words)

	Somadeva
		Priests who were known for meticulous performance and conduction of sacrificial ceremonies were not only enormously rich but were held in high esteem.
		To perform an Ashvamedha Yagya was the most cherished dream of every mighty king of those days.
		But the ill effects of these sacrifices on interstate relations had started to take their toll, that too in an alarming proportion.
	www.writers-club.com /works/story/3yogi.htm (481 words)

	From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan eBook
		The Scythians were a wandering nation, and are described by Hesiod as “living in covered carts and feeding on mare’s milk.” And the Rajputs have been a sedentary people from time immemorial, inhabiting towns, and having their history at least several hundred years before Christ—that is to say, earlier than the epoch of Herodotus.
		Herodotus says that the Scythians, who called themselves Skoloti, hated foreigners, and never let any stranger in their country; and the Rajputs are one of the most hospitable peoples of the world.
		As to the Ashvamedha, which Colonel Tod thinks to be the chief illustration of his theory, the custom of killing horses in honor of the sun is mentioned in the Rig-Veda, as well as in the Aitareya-Brahmana.
	www.bookrags.com /ebooks/6687/124.html (541 words)

	VNN Editorial - Birth Of Lord Rama
		However Dasaratha is a worried man. Coming in the lineage of the Sun god (Surya-vamsha) and great kings like Raghu, Sibi and Harishcandra, he is worried that the dynasty may end with him, for he has no sons.
		Hoping to please the gods, he resolves to perform the Ashvamedha yajna (sacrifice), one of the most difficult and potent sacrifices.
		The preparation of the Ashvamedha sacrifice are elaborate and extensive.
	www.vnn.org /editorials/ET0104/ET02-6685.html (1687 words)

	Parashurama - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He then conducted the Ashvamedha sacrifice, done only by sovereign kings, and gave the entire land he owned to the priests who performed at the yagya, viz.
		Parashurama then became responsible for killing the world's kings and warriors who came to attack him in revenge for the killing of Kartavirya Arjuna, to prevent a Brahmin from being emperor and threatening their position.
		The Ashvamedha demanded that the kings either submit to Parashurama's imperial position or thwart the sacrifice by defeating him in battle.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Parasurama (1210 words)

	Lokamanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak — The Arctic Home in the Vedas — Chapter 8
		The hundred sacrifices, which are regarded as constituting the essence of Indraship in the Purâṇas, are there said to be the Ashvamedha sacrifices and it may, at the outset, be urged that the shata-râtra sacrifice mentioned in the sacrificial works is not an Ashvamedha sacrifice.
		The Ashvamedha sacrifice is a Soma sacrifice and is described in the sacrificial works along with the night-sacrifices.
		The duration of the Ashvamedha sacrifice is again not fixed, inasmuch as it depends upon the return of the horse and in the Ṛig-Veda (I, 163, 1) the sacrificial horse is identified with the sun moving in waters.
	www.vaidilute.com /books/tilak/tilak-08.html (10040 words)

	Mythic Resurgence by Pradip Bhattacharya
		It is in his post-war wanderings to Indraprastha and the conquered lands for the Ashvamedha that the apotheosis of the book is reached.
		For, these journeys become a survey of his whole life as he re-visits all the kingdoms he had been to before the war and sees the sea-change wrought in the years gone by.
		One only wishes that in the evocation of the meeting of Chitrangada and Arjuna after more than a decade the author had absorbed the unforgettable Chitra of Tagore and that in the picturisation of the Karna-Krishna meetings she had at the back of her mind the marvellous insights of Buddhadeb Bose’s Pratham Partha.
	www.boloji.com /bookreviews/035c.htm (799 words)

	Learn about Hinduism--Beliefnet.com
		The best description of an animal sacrifice, specifically the horse sacrifice (ashvamedha), is RV 1.162.
		In the RV (1.105.8; 10.33.2), there are several hymns that speak of encompassing ribs and that they are restrictive.
		As for further ritual instructions on the bones, I think other texts might be more useful (such as the brahmanas).
	www.beliefnet.com /boards/message_list.asp?pageID=2&discussionID=418637&messages_per_page=4 (354 words)

	Wikinfo \| Vedic religion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Ashvamedha (horse sacrifice) has parallels in the 2nd millennium BC Andronovo culture, in India allegedly continued until the 4th century AD.
		The Agnicayana, the sophisticated ritual of piling the fire altar.
		The Ashvamedha or horse sacrifice described in the Yajurveda
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Vedic_religion (578 words)

	Indoor Event Management,Outdoor Event Management,Indoor Event Management Services,Outdoor Event Management ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Ashvamedha Entertainment is a dynamic events management firm providing services for various outdoor and indoor events.
		Located at Mumbai - the commercial capital of India, Ashvamedha Entertainment is a renowned event management company comprising of a group of dynamic and innovative professionals.
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	www.indiamart.com /ashvamedha (457 words)

	VEDA STUDY - COW
		For example, development of sexual feeling is because of the fact that some part of energy has been clogged in different parts of the body which needs to be freed from this bondage.
		In Ashvamedha sacrifice, a horse is supposed to be worthy of sacrifice when nobody on the earth hinders it's motion.
		In a similar way, it is to be investigated what it may mean when sacred texts say that cows were stolen by demons, panis etc. The fire which takes birth from ukhaa has been given the form of a hawk.
	www.angelfire.com /in4/vedastudy (543 words)

	11 names of Shiva Bhagawan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		According to the shastras, a King who wishes to be considered a samrat (emperor) or chakravarti (world-conqueror) must perform the yagna known as ashvamedha.
		So the horse was let loose with due ceremony with the 60,000 sons of King Sagara as its' guards.
		Because He knew that He had only reached that exalted station by performing 100 ashvamedhas, He was insecure and jealous of anyone else who undertook that yagna in case they tried to usurp His place.
	www.advaita-vedanta.org /series/11_names_of_shiva/11_names_of_shiva_bhagawan-8.htm (752 words)

	Welcome to Sentinel
		It seems that neither the author nor the reviewer has either a sound knowledge of the Mahabharata or logical integrity to appraise the ethno-cultural and linguistic attribute of a community.
		In Mahabharata, as mentioned in the Adi Parva and Ashvamedha Parva, Arjuna during exile, visited Anga (Bihar), Banga (Bengal) and Kalinga (Orissa) and then travelled towards the south along the sea coast and crossed Mahendra mountain and finally reached Manipur.
		Thus Mahabharata’s Manipur is located to the south of Orissa and near the sea.
	www.sentinelassam.com /sentinel_en/archives/aug1503/letters.htm (1021 words)

	VNN Editorial - The Hollow Earth In The Puranas
		There is yet another prominent Puranic story which openly makes reference to the hollow portion of the Earth- It is the story of the sons of Maharaj Sagara.
		Indra had stolen the sacrificial horse meant for the ashvamedha sacrifice (a type of fire sacrifice).
		As the story goes, his sons went searching after the horse and came to a Northern ocean, which they traveled over, and entered into the " bowels " of the Earth.
	www.vnn.org /editorials/ET0002/ET16-5483.html (1138 words)

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