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विजिताश्व

   { vijitāśva }
Script: Devanagari

विजिताश्व

Puranic Encyclopaedia  | English  English |   | 
VIJITĀŚVA   one of the five sons of emperor Pṛthu. Vijitāśva decided to perform one hundred horsesacrifices and completed ninetynine. seeing this indra feared that he might be deposed. So he stealthily took away the sacrificial horse of Vijitāśva. there was a fierce battle between indra and Vijitāśva in which indra was defeated, and Vijitāśva recovered the stolen horse from indra. it was from that day onwards that this son of Pṛthu got the name Vijitāśva. being pleased with the king at this expert fighting, Devendra taught him the art of vanishing. [Bhāgavata. Skandha 4] .

विजिताश्व

A Sanskrit English Dictionary | Sanskrit  English |   | 
वि-जि°ताश्व  m. 2.m.N. of a son of पृथु, [BhP.]
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