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अंबष्ठः (aMbaSThaH)

 
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.