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Results for अम्बिका

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

अम्बिकाambikā1 A mother, good woman, also used like अम्बा as a term of respect or endearment; अत्तिके अम्बिके शृणु मम…
1. 1 A mother, good woman, also used like अम्बा as a term of respect or endearment; अत्तिके अम्बिके शृणु मम विज्ञप्तिम् Mk.1.
2. Name of a plant (अम्बा 2); Name of another plant कटुकी.
3. Name of Pārvatī, wife of Śiva; आशीर्भिरेधयामासुः पुरः पाकाभिरम्बिकाम् Ku.6.9.
4. Name of the middle daughter of Kāśīrāja and the eldest wife of Vichitravīrya. Like her youngest sister she had no progeny, and Vyāsa begot on her a son named धृतराष्ट्र.
5. Name of a Jaina deity.
Derived forms and compounds
- -पतिः, -भर्ता Name of Śiva.
- -पुत्रः, -सुतः Name of धृतराष्ट्र.
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

अम्बिकाambikā[ambikâ] f. N. of Pârvatî; N. of Dhri ta-râshtra's mother; -pati, m. Rudra or Siva.

[ambikâ] feminine; also equal for noun of Pârvatî; noun of Dhri ta-râshtra's mother; -pati, masculine Rudra or Siva.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

अम्बिकाambikāf. (voc. /अम्बिके), mother, good woman (as a term of respect) VS. and TS. (cf. Pa1n2. 6-1, 118) Pa1n2. 7-3…
1. feminine (vocative case /अम्बिके), mother, good woman (as a term of respect) VS. and TS. (confer, compare Pa1n2. 6-1, 118) Pa1n2. 7-3, 107 commentator or commentary (vocative case that the rest of a word is to be suppliedके) and Ka1s3. (in Veda वेद vocative case optionally that the rest of a word is to be suppliedक and that the rest of a word is to be suppliedके)
2. feminine a Name applied to the harvest (as the most productive season) Ka1t2h.
3. feminine a sister of Rudra रुद्र VS. S3Br.
4. feminine Name of Pa1rvati1 पार्वती (the wife of S3iva शिव) Hariv. Ya1jn5. etc.
5. feminine of the wife of Rudra रुद्र Ugraretas उग्ररेतस् BhP.
6. feminine of one of the mothers in Skanda स्कन्द 's retinue MBh. ix, 2630
7. feminine of a daughter of the king of Ka1s3i काशि (wife of Vicitravi1rya विचित्रवीर्य, and mother of Dhr2itara1sht2ra धृतराष्ट्र) MBh. etc. (confer, compare अम्बालिका)
8. feminine one of the female domestic deities of the Jainas जैन s Lexicographers
9. feminine Name of a place in Bengal Lexicographers
10. feminine Name of two rivers Hcat.
11. feminine the plant Wrightia Antidysenterica .
12. (in compound)
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अम्बिकाखण्डambikākhaṇḍam. n. N. of a ch. of the SkandaP.

masculine gender neuter gender Name of a chapter of the SkandaP.

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अम्बिकापतिambikāpatim. N. of S3iva शिव
1. masculine gender Name of S3iva शिव
2. masculine gender Name of Rudra रुद्र or S3iva शिव TA1r. Ka1d. etc.
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अम्बिकापरिणयambikāpariṇayam. N. of a Campu1

masculine gender Name of a Campu1

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अम्बिकापुत्रambikāputram. N. of Dhr2itara1sht2ra धृतराष्ट्र .

masculine gender Name of Dhr2itara1sht2ra धृतराष्ट्र .

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अम्बिकामाहात्म्यambikāmāhātmyan. N. of a ch. of the SkandaP.

neuter gender Name of a chapter of the SkandaP.

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अम्बिकावनambikāvanan. N. of a forest, BhP.

neuter gender Name of a forest, BhP.

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अम्बिकासुतambikāsutam. N. of Dhr2itara1sht2ra धृतराष्ट्र .

masculine gender Name of Dhr2itara1sht2ra धृतराष्ट्र .

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