Ashvala (Sanskrit: अश्वल) was the chief Hotra Brahmin priest at the court of the King Janaka in Mithila.
[1][2][3] He was the authority at the Asvamedha Yajna organised by the king Janaka in which the Brahmins of the Kurus and Panchalas were invited.
[5][6] Ashvala was one of the eight Brahmins who took part in the Shastrartha against the sage Yajnavalkya in the Bahudakshina Yajna organised by the king Janaka at his court.
In the Shastrartha, the priest Ashvala asked the first question about the way for a sacrificer to get rid from the death.
In the second question, Ashvala inquired that by what means the sacrificer would go beyond the clutches of day and night.
In the third question, Ashvala inquired that by what means the sacrificer would go beyond the clutches of bright and dark fortnights.