अषाळ्ह

Sanskrit

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *asaẓḍʰas, from *a- (un-, not) + *saẓḍʰas (conquered, overcome), from Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- (to overcome).

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Adjective

अषाळ्ह • (áṣāḷha)

  1. (Rigvedic) Alternative form of अषाढ (áṣāḍha); invincible
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.91.21:
      अषाळ्हं युत्सु पृतनासु पप्रिं स्वर्षामप्सां वृजनस्य गोपाम् ।
      भरेषुजां सुक्षितिं सुश्रवसं जयन्तं त्वामनु मदेम सोम ॥
      aṣāḷhaṃ yutsu pṛtanāsu papriṃ svarṣāmapsāṃ vṛjanasya gopām .
      bhareṣujāṃ sukṣitiṃ suśravasaṃ jayantaṃ tvāmanu madema soma .
      Invincible in fight, saver in battles, guard of our camp, winner of light and water,
      Born amid hymns, well-housed, exceeding famous, victor, in thee will we rejoice, O Soma.
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