aṃbhas

aṃbhas [By Uṇ. 4. 209 āp-asun; or aṃbh śabde asun]

1 Water; kathamapyaṃbhasāmaṃtarāniṣpatteḥ pratīkṣate Ku. 2. 37; svedyamānajvaraṃ prājñaḥ koṃbhasā pariṣiṃcati Śi. 2. 54; aṃbhasākṛtaṃ done by water P. VI. 3. 3.

2 The sky.

3 The fourth sign of the zodiac.

4 Mystical name of the letter v.

5 A God.

6 A man.

7 The world of the Manes.

8 A Rākṣasa or Asura.

9 (In phil.) tuṣṭi or acquiescence of the soul.

10 Power; splendour; fruitfulness. (dual.) aṃbhasī Heaven and earth. (pl.) Collective name for Gods, men, Manes, and demons. [cf. L. imber: Gr. ombpos]

Comp.

— ja a. produced in water, aquatic. (

— jaḥ)

1 the moon.

2 the (Indian) crane or Sārasa. (

— jaṃ) a lotus; bāle tava mukhāṃbhoje kathamiṃdīvaradvayaṃ Ś. Til. 17; so pāda°, netra°; °khaṃḍaḥ a group of lotus flowers; kumudavanamapaśri śrīmadaṃbhojakhaṃḍaṃ Śi. 9. 11, 64; °janman m.,

— janiḥ, yoniḥ the lotus-born God, epithet of Brahmā.

— janman n. a lotus.

— daḥ, dharaḥ

1 a cloud.

2 the plant mustaka.

— dhiḥ, nidhiḥ, rāśiḥ ‘receptacle of waters’, the ocean; saṃbhūyāṃbhedhimabhyeti mahānadyā nagāpagā Śi. 2. 100; yādavāṃbhonidhīnruṃddhe veleva bhavataḥ kṣamā 58; so aṃbhasāṃ nidhiḥ; śikhābhirāśliṣṭa ivāṃbhasāṃ nidhiḥ Śi. 1. 20; °vallabhaḥ a coral.

— ruh n. (ṭ),

— ruhaṃ a lotus; hemāṃbhoruhasasyānāṃ tadvāpyo dhāma sāṃprataṃ Ku. 2. 44. (

— m.) the (Indian) crane.

— sāraṃ a pearl.

— sūḥ smoke; cloudiness.

— stha a. living in water; what holds or contains water.