Ashva
Sign in to savethumb|240px|Ashva and chariot Ashva (, ) is the Sanskrit word for a horse, one of the significant animals finding references in the Vedas as well as later Hindu scriptures. The word is cognate to Avestan (), Latin , Ancient Greek (), Proto-Germanic , obsolete Prussian Lithuanian (from Proto-Balto-Slavic ), all from Proto-Indo-European .
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- Usage in Vedas and Hindu mythology
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thumb|240px|Ashva and chariot Ashva (, ) is the Sanskrit word for a horse, one of the significant animals finding references in the Vedas as well as later Hindu scriptures. The word is cognate to Avestan (), Latin , Ancient Greek (), Proto-Germanic , obsolete Prussian Lithuanian (from Proto-Balto-Slavic ), all from Proto-Indo-European .
==Usage in Vedas and Hindu mythology== thumb|Uchchaihshravas