Ambika, Aṃbikā, Ambikā: 29 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchAmbikā (अम्बिका):—(von ambi) f. voc. ke [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 7, 3, 107, Vārttika von Kātyāyana. 1.] [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 3, 76.] ved. ka oder ke [Kāśikīvṛtti]
1) Mutter, Mütterchen [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 3.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 6.] [Medinīkoṣa k. 44.] [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] ambe ambike mbālike [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 23, 18.] ambe ambāle ambike [Yajurveda] bei [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 1, 118.] —
2) Name einer Pflanze, = ambā [2.] [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] —
3) eine andere Pflanze, Wrightia antidysenterica (kaṭukī) [Śabdacandrikā im Śabdakalpadruma] —
4) Rudra's Schwester: sa.a svasrāmbikayā [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 3, 57.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2, 6, 2, 9. 13.] —
5) Śiva’s Gemahlin Pārvatī [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 1, 33.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 3.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 203.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 6.] [Medinīkoṣa k. 44.] [Suśruta 2, 422, 15.] [Harivaṃśa 7593.] [Kumārasaṃbhava 6, 90.] [Amaruśataka 1.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 1, 17. 20, 81. 22, 16. 26, 62.] Mutter von Gaṇeśa [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 1, 289.] —
6) die Gemahlin des Rudra Ugraretas [Bhāgavatapurāṇa] in [Viṣṇupurāṇa 59, Nalopākhyāna 4.] —
7) Name einer Göttin, die die Befehle des 22sten Arhant zu vollziehen hat, [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 46.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 6.] —
8) Nomen proprium die Tochter eines Königs von Kāśi und Gemahlin Vicitravīrya’s [Mahābhārata 1, 4137.] [ Kunde des Morgenlandes 1, 75,] [Nalopākhyāna] [Lassen’s Indische Alterthumskunde I, 632.] Mutter von Dhṛtarāṣṭra [Medinīkoṣa k. 44.] [Pañcatantra I, 176.] von Pāṇḍu [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 6.]
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Ambika (अम्बिक):—m. Nomen proprium eines Mannes mit dem patron. Drauṇa und metron. Aurāputra [Anukramaṇikā] zu [Kāṭhaka-Recension 16, 7] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 3, 460.]
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Ambikā (अम्बिका):—
5) [Oxforder Handschriften 25,a,34. 149,b,10.] Hierher wohl khaṇḍa [84,b,12.] —
8) [Mahābhārata 3, 277.] —
9) Nomen proprium einer der Mütter im Gefolge Skanda's [Mahābhārata 9, 2630.] —
10) Nomen proprium eines Frauenzimmers [Oxforder Handschriften 263,a,1. 274,b, No. 651. fg.] —
11) Nomen proprium einer Localität [WILSON, Sel. Works 1, 173.] —
12) = śarad [Kāṭhaka-Recension 30, 14.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungAmbika (अम्बिक):—m. Nomen proprium eines Mannes.
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Ambikā (अम्बिका):—f. —
1) Mütterchen [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā] —
2) *Die jüngste Schwester [Galano's Wörterbuch] —
3) Herbst [Kāṭhaka (weber) ] —
4) *Wrightia antidysenterica und *Hibiscus cannabinus ([Rājan 4,79]). —
5) Beiname der Pārvatī und der Lakṣmī ([Indische studien von Weber 9,98]). —
6) Nomen proprium — a) einer Schwester Rudra’s und eines best. Rudra. — b) einer der Mütter im Gefolge Skanda's. — c) *einer Göttin bei den Jaina. — d) der Tochter eines Fürsten von Kāśi und anderer Frauen. — e) einer Oertlichkeit.
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Starts with (+3): Ambika-janika, Ambikabharta, Ambikadvirupanamadhyana, Ambikahridaya, Ambikai, Ambikakhanda, Ambikamahatmya, Ambikaparinaya, Ambikapati, Ambikaprasada, Ambikaputra, Ambikaramana, Ambikarcanacandrika, Ambikashraya, Ambikasuta, Ambikavana, Ambikayoga, Ampikai, Ampikaimalai, Ampikapati.
Ends with (+22): Avalambika, Bhavambika, Bhukadambika, Cambika, Chhidralambika, Chidralambika, Dambika, Dighalambika, Ganambika, Jagadambika, Jalambika, Kadambika, Kalambika, Kambika, Kaushambika, Kosambika, Kujambika, Kulambika, Lambika, Madambika.
Full-text (+119): Ambalika, Amba, Jalambika, Vicitravirya, Dhritarashtra, Ambikeya, Ambikasuta, Ambikaputra, Ambikapati, Jagadambika, Ambikavana, Ambaka, Ambikaparinaya, Vidura, Ambikamahatmya, Ambikakhanda, Anala, Kushmandini, Viraja, Cekatampikai.
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Search found 65 books and stories containing Ambika, Aṃbikā, Ambikā; (plurals include: Ambikas, Aṃbikās, Ambikās). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
The Markandeya Purana (Study) (by Chandamita Bhattacharya)
3. Birth of Ambikā / Kauśikī out of Pārvati’s body < [Chapter 3]
4. Birth of Kālī from Ambikā’s Forehead < [Chapter 3]
Śakti Mythology (Introduction) < [Chapter 3]
Rudra-Shiva concept (Study) (by Maumita Bhattacharjee)
2.19. Rudra as Tryambaka < [Chapter 6a - The Epithets of Rudra-Śiva]
8. Rudra and Ambikā < [Chapter 3 - Rudra-Śiva in the Brāhmaṇa Literature]
1. Rudra-Śiva In The Āraṇyaka Literature < [Chapter 4 - Rudra-Śiva in the Post-Brāhmaṇic Literature]
Cidgaganacandrika (study) (by S. Mahalakshmi)
Verse 12 [Ambika is Kilāsa] < [Chapter 1 - First Vimarśa]
Verse 11 [Ambikā, the aggregate form of Pañca Śakti] < [Chapter 1 - First Vimarśa]
Verse 32 [Revelation of Īśvara] < [Chapter 2 - Second Vimarśa]
Preceptors of Advaita (by T. M. P. Mahadevan)
The Linga Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 87 - Suppression of delusion (muni-moha-śamana) < [Section 1 - Uttarabhāga]
Chapter 105 - The origin of Vināyaka < [Section 1 - Uttarabhāga]
Chapter 27 - The description of the Jaya ablution < [Section 2 - Pūrvabhāga]
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 13 - The Glory of Svargadvāra < [Section 1 - Avantīkṣetra-māhātmya]
Chapter 119 - Greatness of Balātibaladaityaghnī (Bala-Atibala-daitya-ghnī) < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]
Chapter 4 - Pārvatī Goes to the Hermitage of Gautama < [Section 3a - Arunācala-khaṇḍa (Pūrvārdha)]
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