aṃbikā

Dictionary meanings for aṃbikā from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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aṃbikā

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1 A mother, good wo- man, also used like aṃbā as a term of respect or endearment; attike aṃbi- ke śṛṇu mama vijñaptiṃ Mk. 1.

2 N. of a plant (aṃbā 2); of another plant kaṭukī.

3 N. of Pārvatī, wife of Śiva; āśīrbhiredhayāmāsuḥ puraḥ pākābhi- raṃbikāṃ Ku. 6. 90.

4 N. of the mid- dle daughter of Kāśīrāja and the eldest wife of Vicitra-Vīrya. Like her youngest sister she had no pro- geny, and Vyāsa begot on her a...

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