ambikā | अम्बिका | ambikA
a/mbikā | अ/म्बिका | f. (voc. a/mbike | अ/म्बिके |), mother, good woman (as a term of respect), VS. & TS. (cf. Pāṇ. vi, 1, 118), Pāṇ. vii, 3, 107 Comm. (voc. ˚ke | ˚के |) & Kāś. (in Veda voc. optionally ˚ka | ˚क | and ˚ke | ˚के |)
a N. applied to the harvest (as the most productive season), Kāṭh.
a sister of Rudra, VS.; ŚBr.
N. of Pārvatī (the wife of Śiva), Hariv.; Yājñ. &c.
of the wife of Rudra Ugraretas, BhP.
of one of the mothers in Skanda's retinue, MBh. ix, 2630
of a daughter of the king of Kāśi (wife of Vicitravīrya, and mother of Dhṛtarāṣṭra), MBh. &c. (cf. ambālikā | अम्बालिका |)
one of the female domestic deities of the Jainas, L.
N. of a place in Bengal, L.
N. of two rivers, Hcat.
the plant Wrightia Antidysenterica.
a N. applied to the harvest (as the most productive season), Kāṭh.
a sister of Rudra, VS.; ŚBr.
N. of Pārvatī (the wife of Śiva), Hariv.; Yājñ. &c.
of the wife of Rudra Ugraretas, BhP.
of one of the mothers in Skanda's retinue, MBh. ix, 2630
of a daughter of the king of Kāśi (wife of Vicitravīrya, and mother of Dhṛtarāṣṭra), MBh. &c. (cf. ambālikā | अम्बालिका |)
one of the female domestic deities of the Jainas, L.
N. of a place in Bengal, L.
N. of two rivers, Hcat.
the plant Wrightia Antidysenterica.