aśvin

[apte] a. [aśva-astyarthe ini] Posses- sed of horses, consisting of horses; Rv. 4. 2. 5. --m. A cavalier, a horse-tamer. --nau (du.) 1 The two physicians of the gods who are represented as the twin sons of the sun by a nymph in the form of a mare; cf. tvāṣṭrī tu saviturbhāryā vaḍavārūpadhāriṇī.. asūyata mahā- bhāgā sāṃtarīkṣe'śvināvubhau... [According to Vedic conception they are the har- bingers of Uṣas or the dawn; they...