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    ambikā

    See also aṃbikā.

    Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 62.
    ambikā f. (kā)

    1 A mother.

    2 A name of PĀRVATĪ.

    3 The mother of DHṚTARĀṢṬRA.

    4 One of the female domestic deities of the Jainas.

    5 A medicinal plant. See kaṭukī.

    E. ambā a mother, and kan affix; like a mother.

    Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 49, col. 1.
    ambikā (kā) 1. f. Idem.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1st ed.)

    ☞ p. 77, col. 3.
    Ambikā, f. mother, good woman (as a term of

    respect); N. of the plant Wrightia Antidysenterica;

    a sister of Rudra; N. of Pārvatī, the wife of Śiva;

    the wife of Rudra Ugraretas; one of the female

    domestic deities of the Jainas; daughter of a king

    of Kāśi, wife of Vicitra-vīrya, and mother of Dhṛta-

    rāṣṭra; N. of a place in Bengal. —Ambikā-pati,

    is, m., N. of Śiva. —Ambikā-putra, as, m., N. of

    Dhṛta-rāṣṭra.

    Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 38.
    ámbikā f. the same; N. of a princess.

    Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 26, col. 1.
    ambikā ambikā, f. N. of Pārvatī; N. of Dhṛta-rāṣṭra's
    mother; -pati, m. Rudra or Śiva.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    ☞ p. 83, col. 2.
    ámbikā f. (voc. ámbike), mother, good woman (as a term of respect), VS. & TS. (cf. Pāṇ. vi, 1, 118), Pāṇ. vii, 3, 107 Comm. (voc. °ke) & Kāś. (in Veda voc. optionally °ka and °ke)
    ☞ p. 83, col. 3.
    a N. applied to the harvest (as the most productive season), Kāṭh.
    ☞ p. 83, col. 3.
    a sister of Rudra, VS.; ŚBr.
    ☞ p. 83, col. 3.
    N. of Pārvatī (the wife of Śiva), Hariv.; Yājñ. &c.
    ☞ p. 83, col. 3.
    of the wife of Rudra Ugraretas, BhP.
    ☞ p. 83, col. 3.
    of one of the mothers in Skanda's retinue, MBh. ix, 2630
    ☞ p. 83, col. 3.
    of a daughter of the king of Kāśi (wife of Vicitravīrya, and mother of Dhṛtarāṣṭra), MBh. &c. (cf. ambālikā)
    ☞ p. 83, col. 3.
    one of the female domestic deities of the Jainas, L.
    ☞ p. 83, col. 3.
    N. of a place in Bengal, L.
    ☞ p. 83, col. 3.
    N. of two rivers, Hcat.
    ☞ p. 83, col. 3.
    the plant Wrightia Antidysenterica.

    Śabdasāgara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 52, col. 1.
    ambikā

    f. (-kā)

    1. A mother.

    2. A name of PĀRVATĪ.

    3. The mother
    of DHṚTARĀSHṬRA.

    4. One of the female. domestic deities of the
    Jainas.

    5. A medicinal plant. See kaṭukī.

    E. ambā a mother, and kan
    affix; like a mother.

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 207.
    ambikā 1 A mother, good woman, also used like ambā as a term of respect or endearment; attike ambike śṛṇu mama vijñaptim Mk.1. -2 N. of a plant (ambā 2); N. of another plant kaṭukī. -3 N. of Pārvatī, wife of Śiva; āśīrbhiredhayāmāsuḥ puraḥ pākābhirambikām Ku.6.90. -4 N. of the middle daughter of Kāśīrāja and the eldest wife of Vichitravīrya. Like her youngest sister she had no progeny, and Vyāsa begot on her a son named dhṛtarāṣṭra. -5 Name of a Jaina deity. -Comp. -patiḥ, -bhartā N. of Śiva. -putraḥ, -sutaḥ N. of dhṛtarāṣṭra.

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 386.
    ámbikā (von ambi) f. voc. °ke P. 7, 3, 107, Vārtt. 1. VOP. 3, 76. ved. °ka oder °ke KĀŚ.

    1) Mutter, Mütterchen TRIK. 3, 3, 3. H. an. 3, 6. MED. k. 44. ŚABDAR. im ŚKDR. ambe ambike 'mbālike VS. 23, 18. ambe ambāle ambike YAJ. V. bei P. 6, 1, 118.

    — 2) N. einer Pflanze, = ambā 2. RĀJAN. im ŚKDR.

    — 3) eine andere Pflanze, Wrightia antidysenterica (kaṭukī) ŚABDAC. im ŚKDR.

    — 4) Rudra's Schwester: sàha svasrāmbîkayā VS. 3, 57. ŚAT. BR. 2, 6, 2, 9. 13.

    — 5) Śiva's Gemahlin Pārvatī AK. 1, 1, 1, 33. TRIK. 3, 3, 3. H. 203. an. 3, 6. MED. k. 44. SUŚR. 2, 422, 15. HARIV. 7593. KUMĀRAS. 6, 90. AMAR. 1. KATHĀS. 1, 17. 20, 81. 22, 16. 26, 62. Mutter von Gaṇeśa YĀJÑ. 1, 289.

    — 6) die Gemahlin des Rudra Ugraretas BHĀG. P. in VP. 59, N. 4.

    — 7) N. einer Göttin, die die Befehle des 22sten Arhant zu vollziehen hat, H. 46. an. 3, 6.

    — 8) N. pr. die Tochter eines Königs von Kāśi und Gemahlin Vicitravīrya's MBH. 1, 4137. Z. f. d. K. d. M. 1, 75, N. LIA. I, 632. Mutter von Dhṛtarāṣṭra MED. k. 44. PAÑCAT. I, 176. von Pāṇḍu H. an. 3, 6.

    ☞ vol. 5, p. 1035.
    ambikā

    5) Verz. d. Oxf. H. 25,a,34. 149,b,10. Hierher wohl °khaṇḍa 84,b,12.

    — 8) MBH. 3, 277.

    — 9) N. pr. einer der Mütter im Gefolge Skanda's MBH. 9, 2630.

    — 10) N. pr. eines Frauenzimmers Verz. d. Oxf. H. 263,a,1. 274,b, No. 651. fg.

    — 11) N. pr. einer Localität WILSON, Sel. Works 1, 173.

    — 12) = śarad KĀṬH. 30, 14.

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 100, col. 1.
    ámbikā f.

    — 1) Mütterchen VS.

    — 2) *Die jüngste Schwester GAL.

    — 3) Herbst KĀṬH.

    — 4) *Wrightia antidysenterica und *Hibiscus cannabinus (RĀJAN. 4,79).

    — 5) Bein. der Pārvatī und der Lakṣmī (Ind. St. 9,98).

    — 6) N.pr.

    — a) einer Schwester Rudra's und eines best. Rudra.

    — b) einer der Mütter im Gefolge Skanda's.

    — c) *einer Göttin bei den Jaina.

    — d) der Tochter eines Fürsten von Kāśi und anderer Frauen.

    — e) einer Oertlichkeit.

    Schmidt Nachträge zum Sanskrit-Wörterbuch

    ☞ p. 62, col. 1.
    Ambikā 6. f) N. zweier Flüsse, Hemādri 1, 314, 11; 315, 18; einer Apsaras, MBh. 1, 123, 62.

    Abhidhānaratnamālā of Halāyudha

    ☞ p. 3.
    ambikā;
    rudrāṇī śarvāṇī kālī kātyāyanī bhavānī ca .
    āryāmbikā mṛḍānī haimavatī pārvatī gaurī .. 15 ..
    umā bhagavatī durgā caṇḍī dākṣāyaṇī śivā .
    aparṇā syānmahādevī girijā menakātmajā .. 16 ..
    1.1.1.15

    Vācaspatyam

    ☞ p. 329, col. 1.
    ambikā strī ambaiva kan . 1 mātari 2 durgāyām “āśī-
    rbhiredhayāmāsuḥ puraḥ . pākābhirambikām” kumā0 . kāśī-
    rājasya madhyamakanyāyāṃ vicitravīryyasya bhāryyāyāṃ dhṛta-
    rāṣṭrasya 2 mātari .

    Śabdakalpadruma

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 87.
    ambikā , strī, (ambā + svārthe kan, striyāṃ ṭāp .)
    durgā .
    “īpsitārthakriyodāraṃ te'bhinandya girervacaḥ .
    āśīrbhiredhayāmāmuḥ puraḥpākābhirambikāmḥ” ..
    iti kumārasambhave . mātā . iti medinī ..
    jainadevīviśeṣaḥ . iti hemacandraḥ .. kaṭukīvṛkṣaḥ .
    iti śabdacandrikā .. ambaṣṭhā . iti rājanirghaṇṭaḥ ..
    kāśīrājasya madhyamāduhitā . vicitravīryyasya
    patnī . dhṛtarāṣṭrasya mātā .
    “amvā jyeṣṭhā'bhavattāsāmambikātvatha madhyamā .
    ambikāmbālike bhāryye prādādbhrātre yavīyase ..
    bhīṣmo vicitravīryyāya vidhidṛṣṭena karmmaṇā” .
    iti mahābhārate .)

    Index to the Names in the Mahābhārata

    ☞ p. 31, col. 1.
    Ambikā1, sister of Ambālikā (q.v.). § 156 (Pūruvaṃś.):

    I, 95, 3804 (Ambikāmbālike Kauśalyātmaje Kāśirāja-

    duhitarau).—§ 167 (Vicitravīryoparama): I, 102, 4137.—

    § 171 (Vicitravīryasutotp.): I, 106, 4277.—§ 196 (Vyāsa):

    I, 128, 4973, 4975.—§ 573 (Ambop.): V, 173, 5951, 5952

    (madhyamā); 175, 5990; 176, 6068. Cf. Kausalyā.

    ☞ p. 31, col. 1.
    Ambikā2, an Apsaras. § 191 (Pāṇḍavotp.): I, 123, 4818

    (among the Apsarases who danced and sang at the birth of

    Arjuna).

    ☞ p. 31, col. 1.
    Ambikā3, a mātṛ. § 615u (Skanda): IX, 46θ, 2630

    (enumeration).—§ 770 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 151ε, 7106

    (Skandaś cāmbikayā saha; among those the recital of whose

    names cleanses from all sins).

    Puranic Encyclopedia

    ☞ p. 30, col. 2.
    AMBIKĀ I . Elder sister of Ambālikā. (See AMBĀ-

    LIKĀ).
    ☞ p. 30, col. 2.
    AMBIKĀ II . Another name of Pārvatī. (Agni Purāṇa,

    Chapter 12).