अम्बष्ठ (ambaSTha)

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शब्दसागरः

English

 अम्बष्ठ m.
  (-ष्ठः)
	 1. The name of a country,  stated to be in the eastern
division of India,  and supposed by Mr. WILFORD,  to be the abode
of the AMBASTŒ of Arrian. 
	 2. The offspring of a man of the Brah-
man,  and a woman of the Vaisya tribe,  a man of the medical cast.
f.
  (-ष्ठा)
	 1. A sort of jasmin,  (Jasminum auriculatum. )
	 2. A plant, 
(Cissampelos hexandra.) See वनतिक्तिका.
	 3. Woodsorrel,  (Oxalis
corniculata,  Rox.)
 E.
  अम्बा a mother,  स्था to stand,  and क affix,  what
cherishes like a mother.

Capeller Eng

English

 अम्बष्ठ m.
  N.
  of a caste,  also of a people and its
country.

Yates

English

 अम्ब-ष्ठ (ष्ठः) 1.
m.
  The name of a
country. ष्ठा
f.
  Sort of jasmin. 

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Wilson

English

 अम्बष्ठ
m.
  (-ष्ठः)
1 The name of a country,  stated to be in the eastern division of India,  and
supposed by Mr. WILFORD,  to be the abode of the AMBASTOE of Arrian. 
2 The offspring of a man of the Brahman,  and a woman of the Vaiśya
tribe,  a man of the medical cast.
f.
  (-ष्ठा)
1 A sort of jasmin,  (Jasminum auriculatum. )
2 A plant,  (Cissampelos hexandra.) See बनतिक्तिका.
3 Woodsorrel,  (Oxalis corniculata,  Rox.)
E.
  अम्बा a mother,  स्था to stand,  and क affix,  what cherishes-like
a mother.

Apte

English

अम्बष्ठः [ambaṣṭhḥ],  1 The offspring of a man of the Brāhmaṇa and a woman of the Vaiśya tribe
 ब्राह्मणाद् वैश्यकन्यायामम्बष्ठो नाम जायते Ms.*
  1.8, 13.15
 Y.*
  1.91. cf.
   also अम्बष्ठानां दार्विहोमिको ब्राह्मणः । ŚB. on MS.*  8.4.2. (According to Ms.*
  1.47 the duty of an अम्बष्ठ is the curing of diseases
 अम्बष्ठानां चिकित्सितम्).

An elephant-driver. अपश्यत्कुवलयापीडं कृष्णो$म्बष्ठप्रचोदितम् Bhāg.*
  1.43.2. (pl. )

N.
  of a country and its inhabitants (they seem to have occupied the country to the east of Tākṣaśilā,  comprising the modern district of Lahore.) -ष्ठा N.
  of several plants: (a) गणिका,  यूथिका (Mar.  जुई)
 (b) पाठा (Mar.  पाहाडमूळ). (c) चुक्रिका (Mar.  चुका)
 (d) another plant (Mar.  अम्बाडा). -ष्ठा,  -ष्ठी An Ambaṣṭha woman. 

Apte 1890

English

 अंबष्ठः 1 The offspring of a man of the Brāhmaṇa and a woman of the Vaiśya tribe
 ब्राह्मणाद्वैश्यकन्यायामंबष्ठो नाम जायते Ms. 10. 8,  13,  15
 Y. 1. 91. (According to Ms. 10. 47 the duty of an अंबष्ठ is the curing of diseases
 अंबष्ठानां चिकित्सितं). 
2 An elephant-driver. 
3 (pl.) N. of a country and its inhabitants (they seem to have occupied the country to the east of Tāk,  comprising the modern district of Lahore). 
ष्ठा N. of several plants: (a) गणिका,  यूथिका (Mar. जुई)
 (b) पाठा (Mar. पाहाडमूळ). (c) चुक्रिका (Mar. चुका)
 (d) another plant (Mar. अंबाडा). 
ष्ठा,  
ष्ठी An Ambaṣṭha woman. 

Monier Williams Cologne

English

 अम्ब-ष्ठ m.
  (fr.  अम्ब and स्थ? Pāṇ.
  viii,  3,  97) N.
  of a country and of its inhabitants,  MBh.
  
 VarBṛS.
  &c.
  

 of the king of that country,  MBh.
   vii,  3399 seqq.

 the offspring of a man of the Brāhman and a woman of the Vaiśya caste (a man of the medical caste,  Mn.
   x,  47
 an elephant-driver,  BhP.
  ),  Mn.
   x
 Yājñ.
  &c.
  

Monier Williams 1872

English

 अम्बष्ठ अम्ब-ष्ठ,  अस्,  m. (fr. अम्ब and
स्थ?),  N. of a country and of its inhabitants
 the
offspring of a man of the Brāhman and a woman of
the Vaiśya tribe,  a man of the medical caste
 (आ), 
f.,  N. of several plants,  Jasminum Auriculatum, 
Clypea Hernandifolia,  Oxalis Corniculata
 (आ) or (ई), 
f. an Ambaṣṭha woman.

Macdonell

English

 अम्बष्ठ amba-ṣṭha,  m.
  (ā,  ī) child of a Brāhman 🞄and a woman of the third caste: pl.
  N. of a people.

Benfey

English

 अम्बष्ठ अम्बष्ठ,  m.
 
 1. The name
of a people,  MBh. 2,  1189.
 2. The
offspring of a Brāhmaṇa father and a
Vaiśyā mother,  Man.  10,  8.

Apte Hindi

Hindi

अम्बष्ठः
पुं*
  - अम्ब+स्था+क
ब्राह्मण पिता तथा वैश्य माता से उत्पन्न सन्तान

अम्बष्ठः
पुं*
  - अम्ब+स्था+क
महावत

अम्बष्ठः
पुं*
  - अम्ब+स्था+क
एक देश तथा उसके निवासियों का नाम

Shabdartha Kaustubha

Kannada

अम्बष्ठ
पदविभागः - > पुल्लिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣನಿಗೆ ವೈಶ್ಯ ಹೆಂಗಸಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಜನಿಸಿದ ಬೆರಕೆ ಜಾತಿಯವನು
अम्बष्ठ
पदविभागः - > पुल्लिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > ಚಿಕಿತ್ಸಕ /ವೈದ್ಯ
अम्बष्ठ
पदविभागः - > पुल्लिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > ಮಾವಟಿಗ /ಮಾವುತ
अम्बष्ठ
पदविभागः - > पुल्लिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > ಅಂಬಷ್ಠದೇಶ

L R Vaidya

English

 ambazWa {% (I) m. pl. %} The name of a country and its inhabitants.

 ambazWa {% (II) m. %} 1. The offspring of a man of Brāhmaṇa and of a woman of Vaiśya tribe,  (ब्राह्मणाद्वैश्यकन्यायानम्बष्ठोनामजायेत M.x.8)
 2. an elephant-driver.

Schmidt Nachtrage zum Sanskrit Worterbuch

German

 अम्बष्ठ m. °Elefantentreiber,  Kaṃs. VI,  9c.

Sanskrit Tibetan

Tibetan

skyur gnas
अम्बष्ठ

अभिधानचिन्तामणिः

Sanskrit

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क्षत्त्रियायां द्विजान्मूर्धाभिषिक्तो विट्स्त्रियां पुनः ॥ ८९५ ॥
अम्बष्ठोऽथ पारशवनिषादौ शूद्रयोषिति ।
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मूर्धाभिषिक्त (पुं),  अम्बष्ठ (पुं),  पारशव (पुं),  निषाद (पुं)

Mahabharata

English

Ambashṭha^1,  pl. (ºāḥ),  a people. § 285 (Digvijayap.,  Nakula): II,  32,  1189 (in the west,  conquered by Nakula). --§ 295 (Dyūtap.): II,  52,  1871 (among the people who paid tribute to Yudhishṭhira).--§ 576 (Bhagavadgītāp.): VI,  18,  688 (among the people who protected Bhīshma)
 20,  750 (in the army of Bhīshma).--§ 587 (Bhīshmavadhap.): VI,  117,  5485 (vanquished by Arjuna on the tenth day of the battle
 Kaikeyaiḥ saha)
 119,  5649 (among the people who abandoned Bhīshma on the tenth day of the battle
 do.).-§ 589 (Droṇābhishekap.): VII,  4,  120 (had fought Karṇa)
 7,  183 (in the rear of Droṇa's troops).--§ 592 (Saṃśaptakavadhap.): VII,  20,  802 (at the back of Droṇa's array on the twelfth day of the battle).--§ 599 (Jayadrathavadhap.): VII,  121,  4819 (headed by Duryodhana,  they,  with Śakas,  etc.,  and the Saṃśaptakas,  attacked Sātyaki).--§ 600 (Ghaṭotkacavadhap.): VII,  157,  6948 (Yudhishṭhira began to slay the A.
 the nightly combat after the fourteenth day)
 161,  7206 (Yudhishṭhira slew the A.).--§ 702 (Mokshadh.): XII,  297,  10868 (among the kshattriyas who had sprung from the original orders by intermixture).

Ambashṭha^2,  the Ambashṭha king (Śrutāyu). § 585 (Bhīshmavadhap.): VI,  96,  4360 (rājānaṃ loke viśrutam vanquished by Abhimanyu).--§ 592 (Saṃśaptakavadhap.): VII,  25,  1112 (rājānaṃ,  vanquished by the Cedi-king),  1113.--§ 599 (Jayadrathavadhap.): VII,  93,  3397 (Śrutāyus tathāmbashṭhas,  fights Arjuna),  33{??}9,  3402.--§ 604 (Karṇap.): VIII,  5,  107 (Śrutāyur api cāmbashṭhaḥ,  has been killed by Arjuna)
 6,  161 (ºsya sutaḥ,  killed by Duryodhana's son Lakshmaṇa).

पुराणम्

English

अम्बष्ठ १ / AMBAṢṬHA I. King Śrutāyu,  who belonged to the party of the kauravas was the ruler of ambaṣṭha land and so he was called ambaṣṭha. (M.B.,  bhīṣma parva,  Chapter 96,  Verses 39-40). He was killed in the fight with arjuna. (M.B.,  droṇa parva,  Chapter 93,  Verses  60-69).

अम्बष्ठ २ / AMBAṢṬHA II. There was a hero called ambaṣṭha among the warriors on the side of the pāṇḍavas. (M.B.,  droṇa parva,  Chapter 25,  Verse 50). He fought against King cedi who was on the side of the kauravas and in the fight King cedi fell.

अम्बष्ठ ३ / AMBAṢṬHA III. See the word “VARṆA”.

Vedic Reference

English

 Ambaṣṭha. See Āmbaṣṭhya.

शब्दकल्पद्रुमः

Sanskrit

 अम्बष्ठः,  पुं,
   (अम्बायां मातरि तिष्ठति,  अम्बा +स्था + कः,  आम्बाम्बेति षत्वं,  ञ्यापोः संज्ञाच्छन्द-सोर्बहुलमिति ह्रस्वः,  असवर्णाजातत्वात् तस्यतथात्वं ।) देशविशेषः । विप्राद्वैश्यायामुत्पन्नः ।इति मेदिनी ॥
 अयं चिकित्सावृत्तिः वैद्य इतिख्यातः । इत्यमरटीकायां भरतः ॥
 हस्तिपकः ।यथा,  --“अम्बष्ठाम्बष्ठ मार्गं नौ देह्यपक्राम मा चिरं” ।इति श्रीभागवतं ॥
 कायस्थजातिविशेषः । इतिपश्चिमदेशे प्रसिद्धः ॥

वाचस्पत्यम्

Sanskrit

 अम्बष्ठ पु०
  अम्बाय चिकित्सकबब्दाय तत्प्रख्यापनार्थं तिष्ठते-ऽभिप्रैति स्था--क पत्वम् । चिकित्सके “विप्रात् वैश्य-कन्यायां जाते १ सङ्कीर्णवर्णे,  “ब्राह्मणाद्वैश्यकन्यायामम्ब-ष्ठोनाम जायते मनुः “सजातिजानन्तरजाः षट्सुताद्विजधर्मिण” इति मनूक्तेः “द्विजातीनां समानजाती-यासु जाताः तथानुलोम्येनोत्पन्नाः ब्राह्मणेन क्षत्रि-यावैश्ययोः,  क्षत्रियेण वैश्यायामेवं षट् पुत्रा द्विजधर्म्मिणः उपनेयाः ताननन्तरजनाम्न इति यदुक्तं तत्तज्जातिव्यपदेशार्थं न संस्कारार्थमिति कस्यचिद्भ्रमः स्यात्अत एषां द्विजातिसंस्कारार्थवचनमिति” कुल्लू० उक्तेश्चअम्बष्ठादीनामुपनयनसंस्कारसत्त्वेऽपि इदानीन्तनानां सं-स्कारलोपेन शूद्रत्वम् अतएव इदानीं क्षत्रियादीनांशुद्रत्वमेवमम्बष्ठादीनामपि” इति रघु० ये तु व्रात्य-दोषप्रायश्चित्तमाचरन्ति तेषामुपनयनयोग्यता भवत्येव“येषां पित्रादयोप्यनुपनीतास्तेषामापस्तम्बोक्तम् “यस्य पितापितामहावनुपनीतौ स्यातान्तस्य संवत्सरं त्रैविद्य-कम्ब्रह्मचर्य्यं यस्य प्रपितामहादीनां नानुस्मर्य्यते उप-नयनन्तस्य द्वादशवार्षिकं त्रैविद्यकम्ब्रह्मचर्य्यमिति” मिता०उक्तेः । “सूतानामश्वसारथ्यमम्बष्ठानां चिकित्सितम्”मनूक्ता तेषां वृत्तिः । २ देशभेदे,  ३ हस्तिपके च । ४ यूथि-कायां स्त्री । स्वार्थे कनि ह्रस्वे अत इत्त्वे । अम्बष्ठिका-प्यत्रैव (वामनहाटीति) प्रसिद्धायां ५ ब्राह्मीलतायाञ्च ।

Capeller

German

 अम्बष्ठ m.
  der Angehörige einer gew. Kaste
 Pl Volksname.

Burnouf

French

 अम्बष्ठ अम्बष्ठ m.
  (स्था) homme né d'un brâhmane
et d'une vaiśyā,  et appartenant à la caste des médecins. -- F.
jasminum auriculatum,  cissampelos hexandra,  oxalis monadelpha,  bot.
Np. m.
  pays dans l'est de l'Inde.
अम्बष्ठकी f.
  cissampelos hexandra,  bot.

Stchoupak

French

 अम्बष्ठ-
 m.
  n.
  d'un pays (au Penjab) 
 (pl. ) de ses habitants 
 de son
roi (Śrutāyu) 
 fils d'un Brâhmane et d'une Vaiśyā,  f.
  -ई-।

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