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• -कणः a drop of water.

• -कण्टकः (short-nosed), alligator.

• -कन्दः An acquatic plant Trapa bispinosa (Marâthî शिंगाडा).

• -किरातः alligator.

• -कीशः कूर्मः a tortoise (शिशुमार); particularly Gangetic.

• -केशरः lemon-tree (छालङ्गवृक्ष).

• -क्रिया libation of water; Bk.; presentation of water to the Manes of the deceased.

• -कुक्कुटी An acquatic hen.

• -ग, -चर, -चारिन् Adjective moving or living in water, aquatic (as fish etc.); अद्रिं दधाराम्बुचरात्मना Bhāg.8.5. 11; Ms.12.57.

• -घनः hail.

• -चत्वरम् a lake.

• -चामरम् an aquatic plant (शैवाल).

• -ज

  1. Adjective produced in water, aquatic (Opposite of स्थलज); सुगन्धीनि च माल्यानि स्थलजान्यम्बु- जानि च Rām.
  2. (जः) the moon.
  3. camphor.
  4. the Sārasa bird.
  5. the conch; दध्मौ तारेण चाम्बुजम् Mb.7.173.9.
  6. Name of a tree (हिज्जल). (-जम्)
  7. a lotus; इन्दीवरेण नयनं मुखमम्बुजेन Ś. Til.3; Atmanepada Rām. 4.1.2.
  8. the thunderbolt of Indra. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedभूः, denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedआसनः 'the lotus-born god' Brahmā; Atmanepada Rām. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedआसना the goddess Lakṣmī.

• -जन्मन्

  1. Neuter a lotus; -Masculine
  2. the moon.
  3. the conch.
  4. Sārasa.

• -तस्करः 'waterthief', the sun (whose heat drinks up water).

• -तालः Equivalent to denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedचामर.

• -द

  1. Adjective giving or yielding water. (-दः)
  2. a cloud; नवाम्बुदानीकमुहूर्तलाञ्छने R.3.53;

• -देवम्, -दैवम् The astronomical mansion पूर्वाषाढा.

• -धर

  1. [धरतीति धरः, अम्बूनां धरः; धृ-अच्]
  2. a cloud; वशिनश्चाम्बुधराश्च योनयः Ku.4.43; शरत्प्रमृष्टाम्बुधरोपरोधः R.6.44.
  3. the plant मुस्तक.
  4. talc.

• -धिः

  1. अम्बूनि धीयन्ते अत्र; धा-कि
  2. any receptacle of waters; such as a jar; अम्बुधिर्घटः Sk. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied-स्रवा Aloe perfoliata (Marâthî कोरफड).
  3. the ocean; क्षारdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied Bh.2.6.
  4. the number four (in Mathematics). denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedप्रसवा Name of a plant (घृतकुमारी).

• -नाथः The ocean.

• -नामन् Andropogon muricatum (Marâthî वाळा).

• -निधिः 'treasure of waters', the ocean; देवासुरैरमृतम्बुनिधिर्ममन्थे Ki.5.3.

• -प

  1. Adjective drinking water.
  2. (पः) the ocean.
  3. Varuṇa, the regent of waters; रक्षोऽम्बुपानिलशशीशपुराणि चाष्टौ Śid. Śir; शक्राम्बुपयमानां च चतुर्थस्त्वं भविष्यसि Rām.7.4.17.
  4. Name of a plant (चक्रमर्दक; Marâthîटाकळा).

• -पतिः Varuṇa; यथाम्बुपतिमित्रौ हि तारकं दैत्यसत्तमम् (अधावताम्) Mb.7.155.36.

• -पत्रा Name of a plant (उच्चटावृक्ष; Marâthî फुरडी).

• -पद्धतिः Feminine

• -पातः current, flow or stream of water, cascade; गङ्गाम्बुपातप्रतिमा गृहेभ्यः Bk.1.8.

• -प्रसादः -प्रसादनम् अम्बूनि प्रसादयति the clearing nut tree (कतक Marâthî निवळी). Strychnos Potatorum (the nuts of this tree are used for purifying water; when rubbed on the inner surface of the vessel, they precipitate the impurities which the water contains; (फलं कतकवृक्षस्य यद्यप्यम्बुप्रसादकम् । न नामग्रहणादेव तस्य वारि प्रसीदति) Ms.6.67.

• -भवम् a lotus.

• -भृत्

  1. Masculine
  2. water-bearer, a cloud.
  3. the ocean.
  4. Equivalent to denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedपत्रा quod vide, which see
  5. Name of a plant मुस्तक.
  6. talc.

• -मात्रज Adjective produced only in water. (-जः) a conchshell.

• -मुच् Masculine a cloud; ध्वनितसूचितमम्बुमुचां चयम् Ki.5.12.

• -राजः

  1. the ocean.
  2. Varuṇa.

• -राशिः receptacle or store of water, the ocean; त्वयि ज्वलत्यौर्वं इवाम्बुराशौ Ś.3.3; चन्द्रोदयारम्भ इवाम्बुराशिः Ku.3.67, R.6.57;9.82.

• -रुह्

  1. Neuter
  2. a lotus.
  3. Sārasa.

• -रुहः हम्, a lotus; विपुलिनाम्बुरुहा न सरिद्वधूः Ki.5.1. (-हा) Name of the land-lotus plant (स्थलपद्मिनी).

• -रोहिणी a lotus.

• -वाची अम्बु तद्वर्षणं वाचयति सूचयति an epithet applied to the earth during four days from the 1th to the 13th in the dark half of the month of Āṣāḍha when it is supposed to be unclean (रजस्वला इव) and agriculture is prohibited; Brav. Parasmaipada2.77. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedप्रदः the 1th day; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedत्यागः 13th day.

• -वासिनी, -वासी Name of a plant (पाटला), the trumpet flower.

• -वाहः

  1. अम्बु वहतीति
  2. a cloud; तडित्वन्त- मिवाम्बुवाहम् Ki.3.1; भर्तुर्मित्रं प्रियमविधवे विद्धि मामम्बुवाहम् Me. 11.
  3. a lake.
  4. water-bearer.
  5. the number 17.
  6. a sort of grass.

• -वाहिन्

  1. Adjective carrying or conveying water. -Masculine
  2. a cloud.
  3. Equivalent to मुस्तक.
  4. (नी) a wooden vessel, a sort of bucket.
  5. a woman fetching water.
  6. Name of a stream.

• -विहारः sporting in water.

• -विस्रवा Equivalent to घृतकुमारी.

• -वेग Adjective flowing quickly; यथानदीनां बहवोऽम्बुवेगाः Bg.11.28.

• -वेतसः a kind of cane or reed growing in water. (Marâthî लव्हाळा).

• -शिरीषिका Name of plant.

• -सरणम् flow or current of water.

• -सर्पिणी a leech (अम्बुनि सर्पति).

• -सेचनी a wooden baling vessel.