anuttamāmbhas

anuttamāmbhas Tatpur. n. (-mbhaḥ) A technical term in the Sāṅkhya

philosophy denoting one of the five sorts of external ac-

quiescence or indifference (see tuṣṭi), viz. that condition of

mind in which a man abstains from sensual enjoyments on

the ground that there is no repose for the senses when at-

tachment to sensual pleasures prevails. Some call this in-

difference nārīka; compare also ambhas, salila, ogha, vṛṣṭi,

sutamas, pāra, sunetra, supāra, apāra, pārāpāra, uttamāmbhas

and the following. E. a neg. and uttamāmbhas(?).

an-uttamāmbhas n. (in Sāṅkhya phil.) indifference to and consequent abstinence from sensual enjoyment (as fatiguing).