† hippocaustn.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; apparently originally modelled on a Sanskrit lexical item. Etymons: hippo- comb. form, holocaust n.

Etymology: < hippo- comb. form + -caust (in holocaust n. (compare sense 1 at that entry), in early use apparently after Sanskrit aśvamedha ( < aśva horse (see hippo- comb. form) + medha sacrificial offering, animal sacrifice).

Obsolete. rare.

The ritual killing of a horse as an offering to a god or gods.In the Vedic ritual referred to in quots. 1858 and 1866, the horse was typically not burned, but portions of its body were cooked. See M. Stutley Folklore 80 (1969) 253–61.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > sacrifice or a sacrifice > kinds of sacrifice > [noun] > of animal > of horse

hippocaust1858

1858 F. Hall tr. in Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 1858 (1859) 27 249 Not..even by a hundred hippocausts [Skr. aśvamedhaśatena].

1866 F. Hall in H. H. Wilson tr. Vishńu Puráńa III. 198 (note) Or offers a hippocaust [Skr. aśvamedhena] accompanied by remuneration, agreeably to rule.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	hippocaust
释义	† hippocaustn. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; apparently originally modelled on a Sanskrit lexical item. Etymons: hippo- comb. form, holocaust n. Etymology: < hippo- comb. form + -caust (in holocaust n. (compare sense 1 at that entry), in early use apparently after Sanskrit aśvamedha ( < aśva horse (see hippo- comb. form) + medha sacrificial offering, animal sacrifice). Obsolete. rare. The ritual killing of a horse as an offering to a god or gods.In the Vedic ritual referred to in quots. 1858 and 1866, the horse was typically not burned, but portions of its body were cooked. See M. Stutley Folklore 80 (1969) 253–61. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrifice or a sacrifice > kinds of sacrifice > [noun] > of animal > of horse hippocaust1858 1858 F. Hall tr. in Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 1858 (1859) 27 249 Not..even by a hundred hippocausts [Skr. aśvamedhaśatena]. 1866 F. Hall in H. H. Wilson tr. Vishńu Puráńa III. 198 (note) Or offers a hippocaust [Skr. aśvamedhena] accompanied by remuneration, agreeably to rule. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1858
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