[aśnute adhvānaṃ vyāpnoti, mahāśa- no vā bhavati Nir.; aś-kvan Uṇ. 1. 149] 1 A horse; the horses are said to have 7 breeds: amṛtādbāṣpato vahrervedebhyoṃ'ḍācca garbhataḥ. sāmno hayānāmutpattiḥ saptadhā parikīrtitā...

2 A symbolical expression for the number ‘seven’ (that being the number of the horses of the sun); sūryāśvairmasajastatāḥ saguravaḥ śārdūlavikrīḍi- taṃ V. Ratn.

3 A race of men (horse- like in...