[aśvastaduttamāṃgākāro'styasya i- ni ṅīp] 1 The first of the 27 Nak- shatras or lunar mansions (con- sisting of three stars).

2 A nymph considered in later times as the mother of the Aśvins, the wife of the sun, who concealed herself in the form of a mare. Comp. ku- [Page0205-c+ 56] mārau, putrau, sutau the twin sons of Aśvinī, the sun's wife.