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Ashva
Ashva (Sanskrit: अश्व, IAST: Aśva) 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 Avestan𐬀𐬯𐬞𐬀 (aspa), Latinequus, Ancient Greekἵππος (hippos), Proto-Germanic*ehwaz, obsolete PrussianLithuanianašvà (from Proto-Balto-Slavic*éśwāˀ), all from Proto-Indo-European*h₁éḱwos.