aSvinI [ aSvastaduttamAMgAkAro'styasya ini NIp ] 1 The first of the 27 Nakṣatras or lunar mansions (consisting 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. ( pb ) — kumArO, -putrO, -sutO the twin sons of Aśvinī, the sun's wife.