释义 |
hippocaust|ˈhɪpəʊkɔːst| [f. Gr. ἵππο-ς horse: after holocaust; rendering Skr. açwamedha.] The burning of a horse in sacrifice.
1858F. Hall in Jrnl. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 249 Not..even by a hundred hippocausts. 1866― in H. H. Wilson's tr. Vishńu Puráńa III. 198 note, Or offers a hippocaust accompanied by remuneration, agreeably to rule. |