m. [aśvasyeva sthāma ba- lamasya, pṛṣoº samāsaḥ; cf. Mb. aśvasyevāsya yatsthāma nadataḥ pradiśo gatam.. aśvatthāmaiva bā- loyaṃ tasmānnāmnā bhaviṣyati..] N. of a celebrated Brāhmaṇa warrior and general on the side of the Kaura- vas, son of Droṇa and Kṛpī. [After the last great battle in which Duryodhana was mortally wounded, Aśvatthāman, with two other surviving Kauravas, entered the Pāṇḍava camp at night, where he...