ambaṣṭha

1 The name of a country, stated to be in the eastern division of India, and supposed by Mr. WILFORD, to be the abode of the AMBASTOE of Arrian.

2 The offspring of a man of the Brahman, and a woman of the Vaiśya tribe, a man of the medical cast. f. (-ṣṭhā)

1 A sort of jasmin, (Jasminum auriculatum.)

2 A plant, (Cissampelos hexandra.) See banatiktikā.

3 Woodsorrel, (Oxalis corniculata, Rox.)

E. ambā a mother, sthā to stand, and ka affix, what cherishes-like a mother.

of a people, MBh. 2, 1189. 2. The

offspring of a Brāhmaṇa father and a

Vaiśyā mother, Man. 10, 8.

m. (-ṣṭhaḥ)

1. The name of a country, stated to be in the eastern
division of India, and supposed by Mr. WILFORD, to be the abode
of the AMBASTΠof Arrian.

2. The offspring of a man of the Brah-
man, and a woman of the Vaisya tribe, a man of the medical cast.
f. (-ṣṭhā)

1. A sort of jasmin, (Jasminum auriculatum.)

2. A plant,
(Cissampelos hexandra.) See vanatiktikā.

3. Woodsorrel, (Oxalis
corniculata, Rox.)

E. ambā a mother, sthā to stand, and ka affix, what
cherishes like a mother.

— F. jasminum auriculatum, cissampelos hexandra, oxalis monadelpha, bot.

Np. m. pays dans l'est de l'Inde.

ambaṣṭhakī f. cissampelos hexandra, bot.

1) m. N. eines Landes und des dasselbe bewohnenden Volkes H. an. 3, 173. MED. ṭh. 11. AV. PARIŚ. 56. in Verz. d. B. H. 93. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 14, 7. ebend. 240. SETUS. ebend. No. 535. MBH. 2, 1189 (vgl. Z. f. d. K. d. M. 3, 185. 195.) 7, 3399. fgg. LIA. I, 820. HARIV. 1679 (ambāṣṭha). VP. 177. Nach dem Gesetzbuch: der Sohn eines Brahmanen von einer Frau aus der dritten Kaste M. 10, 8. 13. 15. YĀJÑ. 1, 91. AK. 2, 10, 2. TRIK. 3, 3, 105. H. 896. an. MED. giebt sich mit der Heilkunde ab M. 10, 47. ist Elephantentreiber: ambaṣṭhāmbaṣṭha mārgaṃ no dehyapakrāma māciram BHĀG. P. im ŚKDR. = kāyasthajātiviśeṣaḥ . iti paścimadeśe prasiddhaḥ . ŚKDR. f. °ṣṭhī M. 10, 19. Vgl. āmbaṣṭha und āmbaṣṭhya .

— 2) f. °ṣṭhā N. verschiedener Pflanzen:

a) Jasminum auriculatum Vahl. AK. 2, 4, 2, 51. TRIK. 3, 3, 105. H. an. MED. Vgl. gaṇikā, yūthikā .

— b) Clypea hernandifolia W. u. A. AK. 2, 4, 3, 3. TRIK. H. an. MED. Vgl. pāṭhā .

— c) Oxalis corniculata L., gehörnter Sauerklee, viel gebraucht in der Medicin, AK. 2, 4, 5, 6. H. an. MED. SUŚR. 1, 141, 9. 150, 19. 157, 17. 2, 277, 14. 367, 19. 434, 13. Vgl. ambā, amlikā .

— d) kṣupaviśeṣaḥ . ambāḍā iti khyātā . RĀJAN. im ŚKDR.

— 3) f. °ṣṭhī s. u. 1. - P. 8, 3, 97. wird das Wort in amba + stha zerlegt.

1) Z. 8 die aus dem BHĀG. P. angeführte Stelle steht 10, 43, 4 (vgl. 2); st. no ist nau zu lesen.

— 2)

a) lies 52 st. 51.

— 1) m.

— a) Pl. N.pr. eines Volkes. Sg. ein Fürst dieses Volkes MBH. 7,93,62. fgg.

— b) der Sohn eines Brahmanen von einer Frau aus der dritten Kaste GAUT. 4,16.

— 2) f. ā (KULL. zu M. 10,15) und ī f. zu 1) b).

— 3) f. ā gehörnter Sauerklee , Clypea hernandifolia W. u. A. SUŚR. 1,150,19. *Jasminum auriculatum Vahl. und *Hibiscus cannabinus (RĀJAN. 4,79)

Nakula): II, 32, 1189 (in the west, conquered by Nakula).

—§ 295 (Dyūtap.): II, 52, 1871 (among the people who

paid tribute to Yudhiṣṭhira).—§ 576 (Bhagavadgītāp.): VI,

18, 688 (among the people who protected Bhīṣma); 20, 750

(in the army of Bhīṣma).—§ 587 (Bhīṣmavadhap.): VI,

117, 5485 (vanquished by Arjuna on the tenth day of the

battle; Kaikeyaiḥ saha); 119αα, 5649 (among the people who

abandoned Bhīṣma on the tenth day of the battle; do.).—

§ 589 (Droṇābhiṣekap.): VII, 4β, 120 (had fought Karṇa);

7, 183 (in the rear of Droṇa's troops).—§ 592 (Saṃśaptaka-

vadhap.): VII, 20θ, 802 (at the back of Droṇa's array on

the twelfth day of the battle).—§ 599 (Jayadrathavadhap.):

VII, 121εε, 4819 (headed by Duryodhana, they, with Śakas,

etc., and the Saṃśaptakas, attacked Sātyaki).—§ 600 (Ghaṭot-

kacavadhap.): VII, 157ρ, 6948 (Yudhiṣṭhira began to slay

the A.; the nightly combat after the fourteenth day); 161δδ,

7206 (Yudhiṣṭhira slew the A.).—§ 702 (Mokṣadh.): XII,

297γ, 10868 (among the kṣattriyas who had sprung from

the original orders by intermixture).

(Bhīṣmavadhap.): VI, 96, 4360 (rājānaṃ loke viśrutam

vanquished by Abhimanyu).—§ 592 (Saṃśaptakavadhap.):

VII, 25, 1112 (rājānaṃ, vanquished by the Cedi-king),

1113.—§ 599 (Jayadrathavadhap.): VII, 93, 3397 (Śrutāyus

tathāmbaṣṭhas, fights Arjuna), 3399, 3402.—§ 604 (Karṇap.):

VIII, 5, 107 (Śrutāyur api cāmbaṣṭhaḥ, has been killed by

Arjuna); 6, 161 (°sya sutaḥ, killed by Duryodhana's son

Lakṣmaṇa).

pada whose warriors sided with the Kau-

ravas.

A. Location: To the west of Khā-

ṇḍavaprastha (niryāya khāṇḍavaprasthāt

pratīcīm abhito diśam) 2. 29. 2; at one place

they are reckoned among those who lived

in the northwest (sāmbaṣṭhāḥ pratīcyodī-

cyavāsinaḥ) 7. 6. 6. B. Characterization:

Referred to as a Janapada (śālvā matsyās

tathāmbaṣṭhās … dvādaśaite janapadāḥ) 6.

18. 13-14; 6. 114. 77; called Kṣatriyas (am-

baṣṭhāḥ … kṣatriyāḥ) 2. 48. 14, 16; 6. 20.

10; according to Parāśara they were a

sub-caste of Kṣatriyas born of intermixture

of Kṣatriyas with the other three Varṇas

(kṣatrajātir athāmbaṣṭhā … ete caturbhyo

varṇebhyo jāyante vai parasparam//) 12.

285. 8-9. C. Qualities: Brave and

willing to die in war (śūrās tanutyajaḥ)

6. 18. 14; strong (balavantaḥ) 6. 112. 107;

very difficult to be defeated in war (saṃ-

khye sudurjayāḥ) 8. 57. 31; according to

Yudhiṣṭhira they were not wicked and were

of good character and good conduct (anṛ-

śaṃsāḥ śīlavṛttopapannāḥ) 5. 30. 24; they

were ranked as mahārathas 6. 112. 107, 111;

D. Epic Events: (1) Mentioned among

the peoples conquered by Nakula in his

expedition to the west before the Rājasūya

(ambaṣṭhān … vyajayat puruṣarṣabhaḥ) 2.

29. 6, 8; (2) Ambaṣṭhas are mentioned

among those Kṣatriyas who brought wealth

in hundreds for the Rājasūya of Yudhi-

ṣṭhira (ambaṣṭhāḥ kaukurās … āhārṣuḥ kṣa-

triyā … vittam) 2. 48. 14, 16; (3) Mentioned

by Yudhiṣṭhira among those warriors whom

Duryodhana was able to collect to fight

against the Pāṇḍavas; he asked Saṃjaya to

wish them well on his behalf (ye rājānaḥ

pāṇḍavāyodhanāya samānītā dhārta-

rāṣṭreṇa kecit/ … tathāmbaṣṭhā … //teṣāṃ

sarveṣāṃ kuśalaṃ tāta pṛccheḥ) 5. 30. 23-24;

(4) Mentioned among the twenty thousand

charioteers of the twelve Janapadas who

followed Duḥśāsana and other sons of

Dhṛtarāṣṭra when they acted as rear-guards

of Bhīṣma (rathā viṃśatisāhasrās tathai-

ṣām anuyāyinaḥ/ … tathāmbaṣṭhās … dvā-

daśaite janapadāḥ) 6. 18. 12-14; mentioned

among the Kṣatriyas who were near Bhīṣma

when he stood in front of the army

(bhīṣmo 'grataḥ sarvasainyasya … tasya

sainyam … ye cāmbaṣṭhāḥ kṣatriyāḥ) 6. 20.

9-10; (5) Mentioned among those who,

when instigated by Duryodhana, attacked

Arjuna as do moths the fire (ambaṣṭhāḥ

kekayaiḥ saha/abhipetū raṇe pārthaṃ

pataṅgā iva pāvakam//) 6. 112. 110; (6)

Mentioned among the twelve Janapadas

who did not forsake Bhīṣma, just before his

fall, on the tenth day of the war although

they were wounded by arrows (ambaṣṭhāḥ

… dvādaśaite janapadāḥ … saṃgrāme na

jahur bhīṣmaṃ yudhyamānaṃ kirīṭinā) 6.

114. 77; (7) Mentioned by Bhīṣma among

those people who were once defeated by

Karṇa (ambaṣṭhāś ca … jitās tvayā) 7. 4. 5;

(8) Mentioned among the warriors who,

on the eleventh day of the war, formed

the extremity of the left wing of Droṇa's

vyūha which was guarded by Kṛpa and

others (kṛpaś ca kṛtavarmā ca … savyaṃ

pārśvam apālayan//teṣāṃ prapakṣāḥ …

madrās trigartāḥ sāmbaṣṭhāḥ) 7. 6. 4-6;

(9) Mentioned among the warriors who

formed the rear of the Suparṇavyūha

(7. 19. 4) arranged by Droṇa on the ele-

venth day of the war (pṛṣṭhe kaliṅgāḥ

sāmbaṣṭhāḥ) 7. 19. 11; (10) Mentioned

among the three thousand horse-riders

who, led by Duryodhana on the fourteenth

day of the war, attacked Sātyaki as moths

do the fire (trīṇi sādisahasrāṇi duryo-

dhanapurogamāḥ … kuṇindās taṅgaṇāmba-

ṣṭhāḥ … abhyadravanta śaineyaṃ śalabhāḥ

pāvakaṃ yathā//) 7. 97. 13-14; every rock

that was thrown by the Ambaṣṭhas and

others was pierced and broken by Sātyaki

with his nārāca arrows (aśmavṛṣṭiṃ … am-

baṣṭhaiś ca kuṇindaiś ca kṣiptāṃ kṣiptāṃ

sa sātyakiḥ/nārācaiḥ prativivyādha) 7. 97.

39-40; (11) Mentioned among those who

were killed by Yudhiṣṭhira during the night

war (ambaṣṭhān … prāhiṇot mṛtyulokāya ga-

ṇān yuddhe yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) 7. 132. 23; 7. 136.

3; (12) Arjuna reported to Yudhiṣṭhira

that when his way to the Saṃśaptakas

was suddenly blocked by Aśvatthāman, the

army of the Ambaṣṭhas, resolved to fight

unto death, faced him; Arjuna killed five

hundred of them before proceeding towards

Aśvatthāman (ambaṣṭhasenā maraṇe vyati-

ṣṭhat/teṣām ahaṃ pañcaśatāni hatvā tato

drauṇim agamam) 8. 47. 3; (13) Śalya

encouraged Karṇa to fight with the same

courage with Arjuna which he showed in

defeating Ambaṣṭhas and others (vaidehā-

mbaṣṭhakāmbojās … yayā dhṛtyā jitāḥ

saṃkhye sudurjayāḥ//tāṃ dhṛtiṃ kuru

rādheya tataḥ pratyehi pāṇḍavam) 8. 57.

31-32.