हर्यश्व

{ haryaśva }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

    father of Sudeva, king of Kāśī. he was killed by the sons of Vītahavya. [Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 30, Verse 10] .
HARYAŚVA I   The five thousand sons born to Dakṣa by his wife Asiknī are known as Haryaśvas. ( see Asiknī ii).
HARYAŚVA ii   A king of the solar dynasty. The following information about him is culled from the Mahābhārata.
(1) he was king of Ayodhyā. A powerful ruler, he had a fully equipped army. [Udyoga Parva, Chapter 115. Verse 18] .
(2) he took Mādhavī, daughter of Yayāti as his wife and thus solved the problem of gurudaksiṇā for Gālava. ( see under Gālava).
(3) never in life did he eat flesh. [Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 11, Verse 67] .

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

हर्य्श्व  m.  m. a bay horse (of इन्द्र), [MBh.]; [R.]
हर्य्श्व  mfn.  mfn. possessing bay horses, [RV.]
हर्य्श्व  m.  m. N. of इन्द्र, [BhP.]
   of शिव, [MBh.]
   of various men, ib.; [Hariv.]; [R.]; [Pur.]; [Pāṇ.] N. of the sons of दक्ष, [Hariv.]; --- 10---