ambuvīca

ambuvīca (wohl a° + vīci) m. N. pr. eines Fürsten der Māgadha MBH. 1, 7476.

ambuvīca m. N.pr. eines Fürsten.

Ambuvīca. § 242: I, 204, 7476: Karṇa spoke con-

temptuously of Bhīṣma and Droṇa, saying that everyone's

happiness depended on destiny and not on his friends, etc.,

mentioning the Magadha king Ambuvīca at Rājagṛha, whose

affairs were in the hands of his minister Mahākarṇi, himself

never attending to them; his minister appropriated everything

belonging to the king (his queen, treasures, and sovereignty),

but he did not succeed in acquiring the kingdom.

AMBUVĪCA . One of the Kings of Magadha. He had a

minister named Mahākarṇi. (M.B., Ādi Parva, Chapter

203, Verses 17-19).