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अंबिका (aMbikA)

 
Apte 1890
English
अंबिका 1 A mother, good woman, also used like अंबा as a term of respect or endearment
अत्तिके अंबिके शृणु मम विज्ञप्तिं Mk. 1.
2 N. of a plant (अंबा 2)
of another plant कटुकी.
3 N. of Pārvatī, wife of Śiva
आशीर्भिरेधयामासुः पुरः पाकाभिरंबिकां Ku. 6. 90.
4 N. of the middle daughter of Kāśīrāja and the eldest wife of Vicitra-Vīrya. Like her youngest sister she had no progeny, and Vyāsa begot on her a son named धृतराष्ट्र.
Comp.
पतिः,
भर्ता N. of Śiva.
पुत्रः,
सुतः N. of धृतराष्ट्र.
पुराणम्
English
अम्बिका / AMBIKĀ I. Elder sister of ambālikā. (See ambālikā).
अम्बिका / AMBIKĀ II. Another name of pārvatī. (agni purāṇa, Chapter 12).