aṃdhas

Dictionary meanings for aṃdhas from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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aṃdhas

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

n. [ad-asun num dhaśca; adernu- mdhau ca Uṇ. 4. 205] Food; dvijātiśeṣeṇa yadetadaṃdhasā Ki. 1. 39; saśeṣa evāṃdhasi asāvatṛpyat Dk. 133, 157 (supposed to have in the Veda the senses of Soma, the herb itself, or its juice, juice, ghee or boiled rice, but usually taken to mean ‘food’ only by In- dian lexicographers and commenta- tors. [cf. Gr. andhos ].

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