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.]; [Pur.]