ambuambu, n. (fr. rt. amb?), water; the watery element of the blood [cf. ὄμβρος imber]; the plant Andropogon Schœnanthus; N. of a metre; a term in astrology = ambā. —Ambu-kaṇa, as, m. a drop of water. —Ambu-kaṇṭaka, as, m. the short- nosed alligator. —Ambu-kirāta, as, m. an alligator. —Ambu-kīśa or ambu-kūrma, as, m. a porpoise, especially the Gangetic, Delphinus Gangeticus. —Am-bu-keśara, as, m. lemon tree. —Ambu-kriyā, f. a funeral rite = jala-kriyā. —Ambu-ga, as, ā, am, water-goer, living in water. —Ambu-ghana, as, m. hail, frozen rain. —Ambu-cara, as, ī, am, moving in the water, aquatic. —Ambu-cāmara, am, n. water- chowrī, an aquatic plant, Valisneria. —Ambu-cārin,ī, iṇī, i, moving in water, as a fish, &c. —Am-bu-ja, as, ā, am, produced in water, water-born, aquatic; (as), m., N. of a plant, Barringtonia Acutangula Gærtn.; a lotus, Nymphæa Nelumbo; the thunderbolt of Indra. —Ambu-janman, a, n. a lotus, Nymphæa Nelumbo. —Ambuja-bhū, ūs, m. the god Brahmā. —Ambuja-stha, as, ā, am, sitting on a lotus. —Ambu-taskara, as, m. water-thief, the sun. —Ambu-tāla, as, m. the plant Valisneria. —Ambu-da, as, ā, am, shedding or giving water; (as), m. a cloud; the plant Cyperus Hexastychius Communis. —Ambu-dhara, as, m. a cloud. —Ambu-dhi, is, m. (receptacle of waters), the ocean; the number ‘four.’ —Ambudhi-sravā, f., N. of a plant, Aloes Perfoliata. —Ambu-nidhi, is, m. (treasury of waters), the ocean. —Ambu-pa, as, ā, am, drinking or im- bibing water; (as), m. a plant, Cassia Tora or Alata. —Ambu-pattrā, f., N. of a plant, Cyperus Hexasty- chius Communis Nees. —Ambu-paddhati, is, f. or ambu-pāta, as, m. current, stream, flow of water. —Ambu-prasāda, as, m. or ambu-prasādana,am, n. the clearing nut tree, Strychnos Potatorum: the nuts of this plant are generally used in India for purifying water; they are rubbed upon the inner surface of a vessel, and so precipitate the impurities of the fluid it contains. —Ambu-bhṛt, t, m. a cloud; the ocean (?); a grass, Cyperus Pertenuis; talc. —Ambu-mat, ān, atī, at, watery, having or con- taining water; (tī), f., N. of a river. —Ambu-mātra-ja, as, ā, am, produced only in water; (as), m. a bivalve shell. —Ambu-muc, k, m. a cloud. —Ambu-rāja, as, m. the ocean; N. of Varuṇa. —Ambu-rāśi, is, m. (heap of waters), the ocean. —Ambu-ruha, am, n. the lotus; (ā), f. Hibiscus Mutabilis. —Ambu-rohiṇī, f. the lotus. —Ambu-vācī, f. four days in Āṣāḍha, the tenth to the thirteenth of the dark half of the month, when the earth is supposed to be unclean, and agriculture is prohibited. —Ambu-vācī-tyāga, the thirteenth of the same. —Ambu-vācī-prada, am, n. the tenth in the second half of the month Āṣāḍha. —Ambu-vāsinī or ambu-vāsī, f. the trumpet flower, Bignonia Suaveolens. —Ambu-vāha, as, m. a cloud; the grass Cyperus Pertenuis; a water-carrier; talc; the number ‘seventeen.’ —Ambu-vāhin, ī, inī, i, carrying or conveying water; (inī), f. a wooden baling vessel; N. of a river. —Ambu-vetasa, as, m. a kind of cane or reed growing in water. —Ambu-śirīṣikā, f., N. of a plant. —Ambu-sītā, f., N. of a river. —Ambu-sarpiṇī, f. a leech. —Ambu-secanī, f. a wooden baling vessel.
ambun. [amb-śabde uṇ] 1 Water; gāṅgamambu sitamambu yāmunam K. P.10. -2 The watery element of the blood (cf. imber). -3 N. of a metre. -4 A term in astrology (lagnāvadhikaṃ caturthasthānam). -Comp. -kaṇaḥ a drop of water. -kaṇṭakaḥ (short-nosed), alligator. -kandaḥ An acquatic plant Trapa bispinosa (Mar. śiṃgāḍā). -kirātaḥ alligator. -kīśaḥ, kūrmaḥ a tortoise (śiśumāra); particularly Gangetic. -keśaraḥ lemon-tree (chālaṅgavṛkṣa). -kriyā libation of water; Bk.; presentation of water to the Manes of the deceased. -kukkuṭī An acquatic hen. -ga, -cara, -cārina. moving or living in water, aquatic (as fish &c.); adriṃ dadhārāmbucarātmanā Bhāg.8.5. 11; Ms.12.57. -ghanaḥ hail. -catvaram a lake. -cāmaram an aquatic plant (śaivāla). -jaa. produced in water, aquatic (opp. sthalaja); sugandhīni ca mālyāni sthalajānyambu- jāni ca Rām. (-jaḥ) 1 the moon. -2 camphor. -3 the Sārasa bird. -4 the conch; dadhmau tāreṇa cāmbujam Mb.7.173.9. -5 N. of a tree (hijjala). (-jam) 1 a lotus; indīvareṇa nayanaṃ mukhamambujena Ś. Til.3; A. Rām.4.1.2. -2 the thunderbolt of Indra. ˚bhūḥ, ˚āsanaḥ 'the lotus-born god' Brahmā; A. Rām. ˚āsanā the goddess Lakṣmī. -janmann. a lotus; -m.1 the moon. -2 the conch. -3 Sārasa. -taskaraḥ 'waterthief', the sun (whose heat drinks up water). -tālaḥ = ˚cāmara. -daa. giving or yielding water. (-daḥ) 1 a cloud; navāmbudānīkamuhūrtalāñchane R.3.53; -devam, -daivam The astronomical mansion pūrvāṣāḍhā. -dhara [dharatīti dharaḥ, ambūnāṃ dharaḥ; dhṛ-ac] 1 a cloud; vaśinaścāmbudharāśca yonayaḥ Ku.4.43; śaratpramṛṣṭāmbudharoparodhaḥ R.6.44. -2 the plant mustaka. -3 talc. -dhiḥ [ambūni dhīyante atra; dhā-ki] 1 any receptacle of waters; such as a jar; ambudhirghaṭaḥ Sk. ˚-sravā Aloe perfoliata (Mar. koraphaḍa). -2 the ocean; kṣāra˚ Bh.2.6. -3 the number four (in Math.). ˚prasavā N. of a plant (ghṛtakumārī). -nāthaḥ The ocean. -nāman Andropogon muricatum (Mar. vāḻā). -nidhiḥ 'treasure of waters', the ocean; devāsurairamṛtambunidhirmamanthe Ki.5.30. -paa. drinking water. (-paḥ) 1 the ocean. -2 Varuṇa, the regent of waters; rakṣo'mbupānilaśaśīśapurāṇi cāṣṭau Śid. Śir; śakrāmbupayamānāṃ ca caturthastvaṃ bhaviṣyasi Rām.7.4.17. -3 N. of a plant (cakramardaka; Mar.ṭākaḻā). -patiḥ Varuṇa; yathāmbupatimitrau hi tārakaṃ daityasattamam (adhāvatām) Mb.7.155.36. -patrā N. of a plant (uccaṭāvṛkṣa; Mar. phuraḍī). -paddhatiḥf.-pātaḥ current, flow or stream of water, cascade; gaṅgāmbupātapratimā gṛhebhyaḥ Bk.1.8. -prasādaḥ -prasādanam [ambūni prasādayati] the clearing nut tree (kataka Mar. nivaḻī). Strychnos Potatorum (the nuts of this tree are used for purifying water; when rubbed on the inner surface of the vessel, they precipitate the impurities which the water contains; (phalaṃ katakavṛkṣasya yadyapyambuprasādakam | na nāmagrahaṇādeva tasya vāri prasīdati) Ms.6.67. -bhavam a lotus. -bhṛtm.1 water-bearer, a cloud. -2 the ocean. -3 = ˚patrā q. v. -4 N. of a plant mustaka. -5 talc. -mātrajaa. produced only in water. (-jaḥ) a conch-shell. -mucm. a cloud; dhvanitasūcitamambumucāṃ cayam Ki.5.12. -rājaḥ 1 the ocean. -2 Varuṇa. -rāśiḥ receptacle or store of water, the ocean; tvayi jvalatyaurvaṃ ivāmburāśau Ś.3.3; candrodayārambha ivāmburāśiḥ Ku.3.67, R.6.57;9.82. -ruhn.1 a lotus. -2 Sārasa. -ruhaḥ, ham, a lotus; vipulināmburuhā na saridvadhūḥ Ki.5.10. (-hā) N. of the land-lotus plant (sthalapadminī). -rohiṇī a lotus. -vācī [ambu tadvarṣaṇaṃ vācayati sūcayati] an epithet applied to the earth during four days from the 10th to the 13th in the dark half of the month of Āṣāḍha when it is supposed to be unclean (rajasvalā iva) and agriculture is prohibited; Brav. P.2.77. ˚pradaḥ the 10th day; ˚tyāgaḥ 13th day. -vāsinī, -vāsī N. of a plant (pāṭalā), the trumpet flower. -vāhaḥ [ambu vahatīti] 1 a cloud; taḍitvanta- mivāmbuvāham Ki.3.1; bharturmitraṃ priyamavidhave viddhi māmambuvāham Me. 101. -2 a lake. -3 water-bearer. -4 the number 17. -5 a sort of grass. -vāhina. carrying or conveying water. -m.1 a cloud. -2 = mustaka. (-nī) 1 a wooden vessel, a sort of bucket. -2 a woman fetching water. -3 N. of a stream. -vihāraḥ sporting in water. -visravā = ghṛtakumārī. -vegaa. flowing quickly; yathānadīnāṃ bahavo'mbuvegāḥ Bg.11.28. -vetasaḥ a kind of cane or reed growing in water. (Mar. lavhāḻā). -śirīṣikā N. of plant. -saraṇam flow or current of water. -sarpiṇī a leech (ambuni sarpati). -secanī a wooden baling vessel.