ambuvāhinī

Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

☞ p. 49, col. 2.

ambu-vāhinī (nī) 3. f. A wooden
vessel used for baling out water.

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

☞ p. 83, col. 3.

ambu—vāhinī f. a wooden baling vessel, L.

☞ p. 83, col. 3.

N. of a river (v.l. madhu-vāhinī), MBh. vi, 334; VP.

Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

☞ vol. 1, p. 388.

ambuvāhinī (a° + vā°) f.

1) Geschirr mit einer Schnauze zum Wasserschöpfen TRIK. 3, 3, 130. Vgl. kāṣṭhāmbuvāhinī dass. AK. 1, 2, 3, 11.

— 2) N. pr. eines Flusses (v. l. madhuvā°) VP. 183, N. 49.

Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

☞ vol. 1, p. 100, col. 3.

ambuvāhinī f.

— 1) *ein Geschirr zum Wasserschöpfen.

— 2) N.pr. eines Flusses MBH. 6,9,27.

Vācaspatyam

☞ p. 332, col. 1.

ambuvāhinī strī ambūni vahati sthānāntaraṃ nayati
vaha—ṇini 6 ta0 ṅīp . 1 naukājalasecanārthe kāṣṭhanirmite
pātrabhede 2 jalavāhikāyāṃ striyāñca .

Śabdakalpadruma

☞ vol. 1, p. 88.

ambuvāhinī , strī, (ambūni vahati sthānāntaraṃ
nayati, ambu + vaha + ṇini, upapadasamāsaḥ,
ṅīp .) kāṣṭhāmbuvāhinī . kāṣṭhādikṛtacchinnā-
granaukākṛtijalasecanī . ityamaraṭīkāyāṃ mathu-
rānāthaḥ ..

Index to the Names in the Mahābhārata

☞ p. 33, col. 1.

Ambuvāhinī. § 775 (Anuśāsanik.): XIII, 166, 7646

(among the rivers whose names ought to be recited at sunset

and sunrise).

Puranic Encyclopedia

☞ p. 30, col. 2.

AMBUVĀHINĪ . A river. (M.B., Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter

9, Verse 27). Praising this river at dawn and dusk will

bring divine grace. (M.B., Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter

165, Verse 20).

Mahābhārata Cultural Index

☞ p. 288, col. 2.

Ambuvāhinī f.: Name of a river.

Listed by Saṃjaya among the rivers of

the Bhāratavarṣa 6. 10. 26, 5; its water used

for drinking by people 6. 10. 13; all these

rivers are described as very strong (mahā-

balāḥ) and mothers of the universe (viśvasya

mātaraḥ) 6. 10. 35; finds place in the Daivata-

Ṛṣi-Vaṃśa 13. 151. 15, 2.