Word origin · etymology
Sanskrit feminine aśvinī, from the aśva / aśvin word family.
Aśva denotes a horse; aśvin describes possession of horses or a horseman, and aśvinī is its feminine form and a mansion name.
Monier-Williams (1899): aśvin / aśvinī — University of Hyderabad digital edition ↗
How we know · epistemology
Lexical attestation, ritual tradition and a stated coordinate convention
The dictionary records the horse-related forms; the hymn identifies a ritual deity. Those attestations establish a linguistic and cultural association, not healing ability in a person whose Moon occupies this sector.
Monier-Williams (1899): aśvin / aśvinī — University of Hyderabad digital edition ↗Taittiriya Nakshatra Sukta — Sanskrit text, Rajagopal Iyer transcription ↗Minakshi Srivastava, Jyotish Global: Basics of Nakshatra, slide 10 ↗
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