aṃbaṣṭhaḥ1 The offspring of a man of the Brāhmaṇa and a woman of the Vaiśya tribe; brāhmaṇādvaiśyakanyāyāmaṃbaṣṭho nāma jāyate Ms. 10. 8, 13, 15; Y. 1. 91. (According to Ms. 10. 47 the duty of an aṃbaṣṭha is the curing of diseases; aṃbaṣṭhānāṃ cikitsitaṃ). 2 An elephant-driver. 3 (pl.) N. (pb) of a country and its inhabitants (they seem to have occupied the country to the east of Tāk, comprising the modern district of Lahore). —ṣṭhā N. of several plants: (a) gaṇikā, yūthikā (Mar. juī); (b) pāṭhā (Mar. pāhāḍamūḻa). (c) cukrikā (Mar. cukā); (d) another plant (Mar. aṃbāḍā). —ṣṭhā, ṣṭhī An Ambaṣṭha woman.