ambaṣṭhaḥ1 The offspring of a man of the Brāhmaṇa and a woman of the Vaiśya tribe; brāhmaṇād vaiśyakanyāyāmambaṣṭho nāma jāyate Ms.10.8,13.15; Y.1.91. cf. also ambaṣṭhānāṃ dārvihomiko brāhmaṇaḥ | ŚB. on MS.8.4.2. (According to Ms.10.47 the duty of an ambaṣṭha is the curing of diseases; ambaṣṭhānāṃ cikitsitam). -2 An elephant-driver. apaśyatkuvalayāpīḍaṃ kṛṣṇo'mbaṣṭhapracoditam Bhāg.10.43.2. (pl.) -3 N. of a country and its inhabitants (they seem to have occupied the country to the east of Tākṣaśilā, 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. ambāḍā). -ṣṭhā, -ṣṭhī An Ambaṣṭha woman.