Assa3 [Vedic aśva, cp. Av. aspō; Gr. i(/ppos, dial. i(/kkos; Lat. equus; Oir. ech; Gall. epo -- ; Cymr. ep, Goth. aíhva; Os. ehu; Ags. eoh] a horse; often mentioned alongside of and combd. with hatthi (elephant) Vin iii.6 (pañcamattehi assa -- satehi), 52 (enumd. under catuppadā, quadrupeds, with hatthi oṭṭha goṇa gadrabha & pasuka); A ii.207; v.271; Sn 769 (gavâssa). At Th ii.229 the commentary explains caturassa as ʻ four in hand ʼ; but the context shows that the more usual sense of caturassa (see assa2) was probably what the poet meant; Dh 94, 143, 144 (bhadra, a good horse), 380 (id.); Vv 203 (+ assatarī); VvA 78; DhA i.392 (hatthi -- assâdayo); Sdhp 367 (duṭṭh˚).

-- ājāniya [cp. BSk. aśvājāneya Divy 509, 511] a thoroughbred horse, a blood horse A i.77, 244; ii.113 sq., 250 sq.; iii.248, 282 sq.; iv.188, 397; v.166, 323; PvA 216. See also ājāniya. -- âroha one who climbs on a horse, a rider on horseback, N. of an occupation "cavalry" D i.51 (+ hatthâroha; expld. at DA i.156 by sabbe pi assācariyaassavejja -- assabhaṇḍādayo). -- kaṇṇa N. of a tree, Vatica Robusta, lit. "horse -- ear" (cp. similarly Goth. aíhva -- tundi the thornbush, lit. horse -- tooth) J ii.161; iv.209; vi.528. -- khalunka an inferior horse ("shaker"), opp. sadassa. A i.287 = iv.397. -- tthara a horse cover, a horse blanket Vin i.192; D i.7 -- damma a horse to be tamed, a fierce horse, a stallion A ii.112; ˚sārathi a horse trainer A ii. 112, 114; v.323 sq.; DhA iv.4. -- potaka the young of a horse, a foal or colt J ii.288. -- bandha a groom J ii. 98; v.449; DhA i.392. -- bhaṇḍa (for ˚bandha? or should we read ˚paṇḍaka?) a groom or horse -- trainer, a trader in horses Vin i.85 (see on form of word Kern, Toev. p. 35). -- bhaṇḍaka horse -- trappings J ii.113. -- maṇḍala circus Vism 308, cp. M i.446. -- maṇḍalika exercising -- ground Vin iii.6. -- medha N. of a sacrifice: the horse -- sacrifice [Vedic aśvamedha as Np.] S i.76 (v. l. sassa˚); It 21 (+ purisamedha); Sn 303. -- yuddha a horse -- fight D i.7. -- rūpaka a figure of a horse, a toy horse DhA ii.69 (+ hatthi -- rūpaka). -- lakkhaṇa (earning fees by judging) the marks on a horse D i.9. -- laṇḍa horse -- manure, horsedung DhA iv.156 (hatthi -- laṇḍa +). -- vāṇija a horsedealer Vin iii.6. -- sadassa a noble steed of the horse kind A i.289 = iv.397 (in comparison with purisa˚).