अमृत (amRta)

अमृत

Neuter.

(

-तं

)

1.

The

food

of

the

gods,

Ambrosia

or

Nectar.

2.

Water.

3.

Butter,

rice,

&c.

the

residue

of

a

sacrifice.

4.

Oiled

butter

or

ghee.

5.

Unsolicited

alms.

6.

Boiled

rice.

7.

Food.

8.

Wealth,

property.

9.

Gold.

10.

Buttermilk.

11.

Any

thing

sweet,

a

sweet-

meat.

12.

Milk.

13.

Poison.

14.

A

drug

or

medicament.

15.

Quick-

silver.

16.

Final

emancipation.

Masculine.

(

-तः

)

1.

A

god,

an

immortal.

2.

DHANWANTARI,

the

physician

of

the

gods.

Feminine.

(

-ता

)

1.

Emblic

myrobalan,

(

phyllanthus

emblica.

)

2.

The

yellow

sort.,

(

Terminalia

citrina.

)

3.

Another

plant,

(

Menispermum

glabrum.

)

4.

Long

pepper.

5.

Holy

basil,

(

Ocymum

sanctum.

)

6.

Spirituous

liquor.

It

also

occurs

amongst

the

synonimes

of

several

plants

besides

those

enumerated.

Masculine, Feminine, Neuter

(

-तः-ता-तं

)

1.

Beloved,

desired.

2.

Beautiful.

3.

Immortal,

imperishable.

Etymology

अ

neg.

मृङ्

to

die,

and

क्त

affix

what

is

immortal

or

what

makes

so

what

supports

life,

&c.

अ-मृत

(

तं

)

1.

Neuter.

Ambrosia

water

milk

ghee

food

alms

wealth.

(

ता

)

Feminine.

Emblic

myroba-

lan.

a.

Immortal

beloved.

अमृत

-

amRta

-

Adjective

-

immortal

अमृत

-

amRta

-

Adjective

-

beloved

अमृत

-

amRta

-

Adjective

-

imperishable

अमृत

-

amRta

-

Adjective

-

not

dead

अमृत

-

amRta

-

Adjective

-

beautiful

अमृत

-

amRta

-

Masculine

-

wild

gram

plant

[

Phaseolus

Trilobus

Ait

-

Bot.

]

अमृत

-

amRta

-

Masculine

-

god

अमृत

-

amRta

-

Masculine

-

root

of

a

plant

अमृत

-

amRta

-

Neuter

-

water

अमृत

-

amRta

-

Neuter

-

world

of

immortality

अमृत

-

amRta

-

Neuter

-

ray

of

light,

name

of

a

metre

अमृत

-

amRta

-

Neuter

-

pear

अमृत

-

amRta

-

Neuter

-

nectar-like

food

अमृत

-

amRta

-

Neuter

-

poison

अमृत

-

amRta

-

Neuter

-

milk

clarified

butter

अमृत

-

amRta

-

Neuter

-

heaven

अमृत

-

amRta

-

Neuter

-

food

अमृत

-

amRta

-

Neuter

-

antidote

against

poison

अमृत

-

amRta

-

Neuter

-

particular

poison

अमृत

-

amRta

-

Neuter

-

boiled

rice

अमृत

-

amRta

-

Neuter

-

eternity

अमृत

-

amRta

-

Neuter

-

ambrosia

अमृत

-

amRta

-

Neuter

-

property

अमृत

-

amRta

-

Neuter

-

residue

of

a

sacrifice

अमृत

-

amRta

-

Neuter

-

nectar

अमृत

-

amRta

-

Neuter

-

number

अमृत

-

amRta

-

Neuter

-

anything

sweet

अमृत

-

amRta

-

Neuter

-

immortality

अमृत

-

amRta

-

Neuter

-

gold

अमृत

-

amRta

-

Neuter

-

unsolicited

alms

अमृत

-

amRta

-

Neuter

-

collective

body

of

immortals

अमृत

-

amRta

-

Neuter

-

veritable

nectar

अमृत

-

amRta

-

Neuter

-

four

अमृत

-

amRta

-

Neuter

-

sweetmeat

अमृत

-

amRta

-

Neuter

-

final

emancipation

अमृत

-

amRta

-

Neuter

-

quicksilver

अमृत

-

amRta

-

Adjective

-

imperishable

अनपायिन्

-

anapAyin

-

Adjective

-

imperishable

अमर

-

amara

-

Adjective

-

imperishable

अविनाशिन्

-

avinAzin

-

Adjective

-

imperishable

अक्षय

-

akSaya

-

Adjective

-

imperishable

अक्षर

-

akSara

-

Adjective

-

imperishable

अच्युत

-

acyuta

-

Adjective

-

imperishable

अनाशिन्

-

anAzin

-

Adjective

-

imperishable

अव्यय

-

avyaya

-

Adjective

-

imperishable

अक्षित्

-

akSit

-

Adjective

-

imperishable

अक्षिति

-

akSiti

-

Adjective

-

imperishable

अक्षीयमाण

-

akSIyamANa

-

Adjective

-

imperishable

अनश्वर

-

anazvara

-

Adjective

-

imperishable

अदस्त

-

adasta

-

Adjective

-

imperishable

अप्रमय

-

apramaya

-

Adjective

-

imperishable

अभङ्गुर

-

abhaGgura

-

Adjective

-

imperishable

अमर्त्य

-

amartya

-

Adjective

-

imperishable

अव्ययात्मन्

-

avyayAtman

-

Adjective

-

imperishable

अस्रुत

-

asruta

-

Adjective

-

imperishable

दूणास

-

dUNAsa

-

Adjective

-

imperishable

निरपाय

-

nirapAya

-

Adjective

-

imperishable

निर्जर

-

nirjara

-

Adjective

-

imperishable

अक्षय्य

-

akSayya

-

Adjective

-

imperishable

अक्षयता

-

akSayatA

-

Feminine

-

imperishableness

अक्षिति

-

akSiti

-

Feminine

-

imperishableness

अक्षयत्व

-

akSayatva

-

Neuter

-

imperishableness

अविनाशित्व

-

avinAzitva

-

Neuter

-

imperishableness

अव्ययत्व

-

avyayatva

-

Neuter

-

imperishableness

हिरण्य

-

hiraNya

-

Neuter

-

imperishable

matter

अमृताक्षर

-

amRtAkSara

-

Neuter

-

anything

imperishable

अमृतोपस्तरण

-

amRtopastaraNa

-

Neuter

-

imperishable

substratum

एकाक्षर

-

ekAkSara

-

Neuter

-

sole

imperishable

thing

अक्षयगुण

-

akSayaguNa

-

Adjective

-

possessing

imperishable

qualities

कामदुघाक्षिति

-

kAmadughAkSiti

-

Adjective

-

possessing

wish-granting

imperishableness

अमृत

Neuter.

(

-तं

)

1

The

food

of

the

gods,

Ambrosia

or

Nectar.

2

Water.

3

Butter,

rice,

&c.

the

residue

of

a

sacrifice.

4

Oiled

butter

or

ghee.

5

Unsolicited

alms.

6

Boiled

rice.

7

Food.

8

Wealth,

property.

9

Gold.

10

Buttermilk.

11

Any

thing

sweet,

a

sweetmeat.

12

Milk.

13

Poison.

14

A

drug

or

medicament.

15

Quicksilver.

16

Final

emancipation.

Masculine.

(

-तः

)

1

A

god,

an

immortal.

2

DHANVANTARI,

the

physician

of

the

gods.

Feminine.

(

-ता

)

1

Emblic

myrobalan,

(

Phyllanthus

emblica.

)

2

The

yellow

sort,

(

Terminalia

citrina.

)

3

Another

plant,

(

Menispermum

glabrum.

)

4

Long

pepper.

5

Holy

basil,

(

Ocymum

sanctum.

)

6

Spirituous

liquor.

It

also

occurs

amongst

the

synonyms

of

several

plants

besides

those

enumerated.

Masculine, Feminine, Neuter

(

-तः-ता-तं

)

1

Beloved,

desired.

2

Beautiful.

3

Immortal,

imperishable.

Etymology

अ

neg.

मृङ

to

die,

and

क्त

affix

what

is

immortal,

or

what

makes

so

what

supports

life,

&c.

अमृत

[

amṛta

],

Adjective.

Not

dead

अमृते

जारजः

कुण्डः

Ak.

Immortal

अपाम

सोममृता

अभूम

Rigveda (Max Müller's Edition).

8.48.3

Uttararàmacharita.

1.1.

ब्रह्मणो

हि

प्रतिष्ठाहममृतस्याव्ययस्य

च

Bhagavadgîtâ (Bombay).

14.27.

Imperishable,

Indestructible,

eternal.

Causing

immortality.

Beautiful,

agreeable,

desired.

पाञ्चजन्याभिषिक्तश्च

राजा$-

मृतमुखो$भवत्

Mahâbhârata (Bombay).

*

12.4.17.

तः

A

god,

an

immortal,

deity.

आरुरोह

यथा

देवः

सोमो$मृतमयं

रथम्

Mahâbhârata (Bombay).

*

12.37.44.

Name.

of

Dhanvantari,

physician

of

the

gods

also

Name.

of

Indra,

of

the

sun,

of

Prajāpati,

of

the

soul,

Viṣṇu

and

Śiva.

Name.

of

a

plant

(

वनमुद्ग,

Marâṭhî.

मटकी

)

Name.

of

the

root

of

a

plant

(

वाराहीकन्द,

Marâṭhî.

डुकरकंद

).

ता

Spirituous

liquor.

Name.

of

various

plants

Exempli gratia, for example.

आमलकी,

हरीतकी,

गुडूची,

मागधी,

तुलसी,

इन्द्रवारुणी,

ज्योतिष्मती,

गोरक्षदुग्धा,

अतिविषा,

रक्तत्रिवृत्,

दूर्वा,

स्थूलमांसहरीतकी.

Name.

of

one

of

the

Nāḍīs

in

the

body

नाडीनामुदयक्रमेण

जगतः

पञ्चामृताकर्षणात्

Mâlatîmâdhava (Bombay).

5.2.

One

of

the

rays

of

the

sun

सौरीभिरिव

नाडीभिरमृताख्याभिरम्मयः

Raghuvamsa (Bombay).

1.58.

तम्

(

a

)

Immortality,

imperishable

state

न

मृत्युरासीदमृतं

न

तर्हि

Rigveda (Max Müller's Edition).

1.129.2

Manusmṛiti.

22.85.

(

b

)

Final

beatitude,

absolution

तपसा

किल्विषं

हन्ति

विद्ययामृतमश्रुते

Manusmṛiti.

12.14

स

श्रिये

चामृताय

चAk.

The

collective

body

of

immortals.

(

a

)

The

world

of

immortality,

Paradise,

Heaven

the

power

of

eternity,

immortal

light,

eternity.

Nectar

of

immortality,

ambrosia,

beverage

of

the

gods

(

Opposite of.

विष

)

supposed

to

be

churned

out

of

the

ocean

देवासुरैरमृतमम्बुनिधिर्ममन्थे

Kirâtârjunîya.

5.3

विषादप्यमृतं

ग्राह्यम्

Manusmṛiti.

2.239

विषमप्यमृतं

क्वचिद्भवेदमृतं

वा

विषमीश्वरेच्छया

Raghuvamsa (Bombay).

8.46

Often times.

.

used

in

combination

with

words

like

वाच्,

वचनम्,

वाणी

Et cætera.

कुमारजन्मामृतसंमिताक्षरम्

Raghuvamsa (Bombay).

3.16

आप्यायितो$सौ

वचनामृतेन

Mahâbhârata (Bombay).

अमृतं

शिशिरे

वह्निरमृतं

क्षीरभोजनम्

Panchatantra (Bombay).

1.128

the

height

of

pleasure

or

gratification.

The

Soma

juice.

Antidote

against

poison.

The

residue

or

leavings

of

a

sacrifice

(

यज्ञशेष

)

विघसाशी

भवेन्नित्यं

नित्यं

वा$मृतभोजनः

Manusmṛiti.

3.285.

Unsolicited

alms,

alms

got

without

solicitation

मृतं

स्याद्याचितं

भैक्षम-

मृतं

स्यादयाचितम्

Manusmṛiti.

4.4-5.

Water

मथितामृतफेनाभमरजो-

वस्त्रमुत्तमम्

Rāmāyana

5.18.24.

अमृताध्मातजीमूत

Uttararàmacharita.

6.21

अमृता-

दुन्मथ्यमानात्

Kâdambarî (Bombay).

136

Compare.

also

the

formulas

अमृतोपस्तरणमसि

स्वाहा

and

अमृतापिधानमसि

स्वाहा

Mahānār.

Upanishad.

7

and

1

repeated

by

Brāhmaṇas

at

the

time

of

sipping

water

before

the

commencement

and

at

the

end

of

meals.

A

drug.

Clarified

butter

अमृतं

नाम

यत्

सन्तो

मन्त्रजिह्वेषु

जुह्वति

Sisupâlavadha.

2.17.

Milk

अमृतं

च

सुधा

चैव

सुधा

चैवामृतं

तथा

Mahâbhârata (Bombay).

*

13.67.12.

Food

in

general.

Boiled

rice.

Anything

sweet,

anything

lovely

or

charming

a

sweetmeat.

यथामृतघटं

दंशा

मकरा

इव

चार्णवम्

Rāmāyana

7.7.3.

Property.

Gold.

Quicksilver.

Poison.

The

poison

called

वत्सनाभ.

The

Supreme

Spirit

(

ब्रह्मन्

).

Name.

of

sacred

place.

Name.

of

particular

conjunctions

of

Nakṣatras

(

lunar

asterisms

)

with

week

days

(

वारनक्षत्रयोग

)

or

of

lunar

days

with

week

days

(

तिथि-

वारयोग

).

The

number

four.

splendour,

light.

[

Compare.

Greek.

ambrotos,

ambrosia

Latin.

immortalis

].

Compare.

अमृतं

वारि

सुरयोर्निर्वाणे

चातिसुन्दरे

।

अयाचिते

यज्ञशेषे

पुंसि

धन्वन्तरे$पि

च

।

पीयूषे

च

धृते

दीप्तावाचार्ये

विबुधे$पि

च

।

हरीतक्यामाम-

लक्यां

गलूच्यामपि

तत्स्त्रियाम्

।

Nm.

Compound.

-अंशुः,

-करः,

-दीधितिः,

-द्युतिः,

-रश्मिः

Et cætera.

epithets

of

the

moon

अमृतदीधितिरेष

विदर्भजे

Naishadhacharita.

4.14

अमृतांशूद्भव

born

from

the

moon

from

whom

was

born

the

moon,

Name.

of

Viṣṇu.-अंशुकः

An

interior

variety

of

gems

having

white

rays,

Kau.

Atmanepada.

2.11.

-अक्षर

Adjective.

immortal

and

imperishable

क्षरं

प्रधानममृताक्षरं

हरः

Śvet.

Up.

-अग्रभूः

Name.

of

the

horse

of

Indra

(

उच्चैःश्रवस्

)

अमृताग्रभुवः

पुरेव

पुच्छम्

Sisupâlavadha.

2.43.

-अन्धस्,

-अशनः,

-आशिन्

Masculine.

'one

whose

food

is

nectar'

a

god,

an

immortal.

-अपिधानम्

Water

sipped

after

eating

nectar-like

food

so

as

to

overlay

it

like

a

cover.

-असु

Adjective.

whose

soul

is

immortal

अमृतासुर्वर्धमानः

सुजन्मा

Atharva-veda.

5.1.1.

आशः

Name.

of

Viṣṇu.

a

god

इदं

कार्यममृताशाः

शृणोमि

Mahâbhârata (Bombay).

*

12.299.7.-आसङ्गः

a

sort

of

collyrium.

-आहरणः

Name.

of

Garuḍa

who

once

stole

Amṛita.

-इष्टका

a

kind

of

sacrificial

brick

shaped

like

the

golden

head

of

men,

beasts

Et cætera.

(

पशुशीर्षाणि

).

-ईशः,

ईश्वरः

Name.

of

Śiva.

-उत्पन्ना

a

fly.

(

न्नम्

),

उद्भवम्

A

kind

of

collyrium

(

खर्परीतुत्थम्

).

Potassium

permanganate

-उपस्तरणम्

Water

sipped

as

a

substratum

for

the

nectar-like

food.

(

-वः

)

Name.

of

the

Bilva

tree.

-ओदनः

Name

of

a

son

of

Siṁhahanu,

and

uncle

of

Śākyamuni.

-करः,

-किरणः

'nectar-rayed',

the

moon.

-कुण्डम्

a

vessel

containing

nectar.

-क्षारम्

sal

ammoniac.

(

Marâṭhî.

नवसागर

).

-गतिः

Name.

of

a

metre

consisting

of

4

syllables.

-गर्भ

Adjective.

filled

with

water

or

nectar

ambrosial.

(

र्भः

)

the

individual

soul.

the

Supreme

Soul.

child

of

immortality

(

said

of

sleep

)

देवानाममृतगर्भो$सि

स्वप्न

Atharva-veda.

6.46.1.-चितिः

Feminine.

an

arrangement

or

accumulation

of

sacrificial

bricks

conferring

immortality.

-ज

Adjective.

produced

by

or

from

nectar.

(

-जः

)

a

sort

of

plant,

Yellow

Myrobalan

(

Marâṭhî.

हिरडा

).

-जटा

Name.

of

a

plant

(

जटामासी

).

-तरङ्गिणी

moonlight.

-तिलका

Name.

of

a

metre

of

4

lines,

also

called

त्वरितगति.

-द्रव

Adjective.

shedding

nectar.

(

-वः

)

flow

of

nectar.

-धार

Adjective.

shedding

nectar.

(

-रा

)

Name.

of

a

metre.

flow

of

nectar.

-नन्दनः

A

pavilion

with

58

pillars

(

Matsya

Pâṇini's Ashṭâdhyâyî.

27.8.

).

-नादोपनिषद्

Feminine.

'The

sound

of

immortality',

Name

of

an

Upaniṣad.

पः

a

drinker

of

nectar'

a

god

or

deity.

Name.

of

Viṣṇu.

one

who

drinks

wine

ध्रुवममृतपनामवाञ्छयासावधरममुं

मधुपस्तवा-

जिहीते

Sisupâlavadha.

7.42.

(

where

अ˚

has

sense

also

).

पक्षः

having

golden

or

immortal

wings,

a

sort

of

hawk.

the

immortal

or

golden

wings

of

sacrificial

fire.

fire

itself.

-फलः

Name.

of

two

trees

पटोल

and

पारावत.

(

ला

)

a

bunch

of

grapes,

vine

plant,

a

grape

(

द्राक्षा

)

Equal or equivalent to, same as.

आमलकी.

(

-लम्

)

a

sort

of

fruit

(

रुचिफल

)

found

in

the

country

of

the

Mudgalas

according

to

Bhāva

Parasmaipada.

-बन्धुः

Vedic.

a

god

or

deity

in

general.

a

horse

or

the

moon.

A

friend

or

keeper

of

immortality

तां

देवा

अन्वजायन्त

भद्रा

अमृतबन्धवः

Rigveda (Max Müller's Edition).

1.72.5.

-बिन्दू-

पनिषद्

Feminine.

'drop

of

nectar',

:N.

of

an

Upaniṣad

of

the

Atharvaveda.

-भल्लातकी

a

sort

of

medicinal

preparation

of

ghee

mentioned

by

Chakradatta.

-भवनम्

Name.

of

a

monastery

(

built

by

Amṛitaprabha

)

Raj.

T.-भुज्

Masculine.

an

immortal,

a

god,

deity

one

who

tastes

the

sacrificial

residues.

-भू

Adjective.

free

from

birth

and

death.-मति

Equal or equivalent to, same as.

˚गति

quod vide, which see.

मन्थनम्

churning

(

of

the

ocean

)

for

nectar.

Name.

of

the

chapters

17

to

19

of

Mahâbhârata (Bombay).

*

1.-मालिनी

Name.

of

Durgā.

-मूर्तिः

The

moon

आप्याययत्यसौ

लोकं

वदनामृतमूर्तिना

Bhágavata (Bombay).

4.16.9.

-योगः

see

under

अमृत.

रसः

nectar,

ambrosia

काव्यामृतरसास्वादः

Hitopadesa (Nirṇaya Ságara Edition).

1

विविधकाव्यामृतरसान्

पिवामः

Bhartṛihari's three Satakas (the figures 1., 2., 3. after Bh. denoting Sṛingâraº, Nîtiº, and Vâirâgyaº).

3.4.

the

Supreme

Spirit.

(

सा

)

dark-coloured

grapes.

a

sort

of

cake

(

Marâṭhî.

अनर्सा

).

-लता,

-लतिका

a

nectar-giving

creeping

plant

(

गुडूची

).

-वाक

Adjective.

producing

nectar

like

sweet

words.

-संयावम्

a

sort

of

dish

mentioned

in

Bhāva

Parasmaipada.

-सार

Adjective.

ambrosial

˚राणि

प्रज्ञानानि

Uttararàmacharita.

7.

(

रः

)

clarified

butter.

a

sort

of

अयःपाक.

˚जः

raw

sugar,

molasses

(

गुड

).

सूः,

सूतिः

the

moon

(

distilling

nectar

).

mother

of

the

gods.

सोदरः

'brother

of

nectar',

the

horse

called

उच्चैःश्रवस्.

a

horse

in

general.

-स्रवः

flow

of

nectar.

(

-वा

)

Name.

of

a

plant

and

tree

(

रुदन्ती-रुद्रवन्ती

Marâṭhî.

रानहरभरा

).

-स्त्रुत्

Adjective.

shedding

or

distilling

nectar

स्वरेण

तस्याममृतस्रुतेव

Kumârasambhava (Bombay).

1.45.

अमृत

a.

1

Not

dead

अमृते

जारजः

कुंडः

Ak.

2

Immortal

अपाम

सोमममृता

अभूम

Rv.

8.

48.

3

U.

1.

1

Bg.

14.

27.

3

Imperishable,

indestructible,

eternal.

4

Causing

immortality.

5

Beautiful,

agreeable,

desired.

तः

1

A

god,

an

immortal,

deity.

2

N.

of

Dhanvantari,

physician

of

the

gods

also

N.

of

Indra,

of

the

sun,

of

Prajāpati,

of

the

soul,

Viṣṇu

and

Śiva.

3

N.

of

a

plant

(

वनमुद्ग

).

4

N.

of

the

root

of

a

plant

(

वाराहीकंद

).

ता

1

Spirituous

liquor.

2

N.

of

various

plants

e.

g.

आमलकी,

हरीतकी,

गुडूची

मागधी

तुलसी,

इंद्रवारुणी,

ज्योतिष्मती,

गोरक्षदुग्धा

अतिविषा

रक्तत्रिवृत्

दूर्वा,

स्थूलमांसहरीतकी.

3

N.

of

one

of

the

Nāḍīs

in

the

body

Māl.

5.

2.

4

One

of

the

rays

of

the

sun

R.

10.

58.

तं

1

(

a

)

Immortality,

imperishable

state

न

मृत्युरासीदमृतं

न

तर्हि

Rv.

10.

129.

2

Ms.

12.

85.

(

b

)

Final

beatitude,

absolution

तपसा

किल्बिषं

हंति

विद्ययामृतमश्नुते

Ms.

12.

104

स

श्रिये

चामृताय

च

Ak.

2

The

collective

body

of

immortals.

3

(

a

)

The

world

of

immortality,

Paradise,

Heaven

the

power

of

eternity,

immortal

light,

eternity.

4

Nectar

of

immortality,

ambrosia,

beverage

of

the

gods

(

opp.

विष

)

supposed

to

be

churned

out

of

the

ocean

देवासुरैरमृतमंबुनिधिर्ममंथे

Ki.

5.

30

विषादष्यमृतं

ग्राह्यं

Ms.

2.

239

विषमप्यमृतं

क्वचिद्भवेदमृतं

वा

विषमीश्वरेच्छया

R.

8.

46

oft.

used

in

combination

with

words

like

वाच्,

वचनं,

वाणी

&c

कुमारजन्मामृतसंमिताक्षरं

R.

3.

16

आप्यायितोसौ

वचनामृतेन

Mb.

अमृतं

शिशिरे

वह्निरमृतं

क्षीरभोजनं

Pt.

1.

128

the

height

of

pleasure

or

gratification.

5

The

Soma

juice.

6

Antidote

against

poison.

7

The

residue

or

leavings

of

a

sacrifice

(

यज्ञशेष

)

Ms.

3.

285.

8

Unsolicited

alms,

alms

got

without

solicitation

मृतं

स्याद्याचितं

भैक्ष्यममृतं

स्यादयाचितं

Ms.

4.

4-5.

9

Water

अमृताध्मातजीमूत

U.

6.

21

अमृतादुन्मथ्यमानात्

K.

136

cf.

also

the

formulas

अमृतोपस्तरणमसि

स्वाहा

and

अमृतापिधानमसि

स्वाहा

repeated

by

Brāhmaṇas

at

the

time

of

sipping

water

before

the

commencement

and

at

the

end

of

meals.

10

A

drug.

11

Clari

fied

butter

अमृतं

नाम

यत्

संतो

मंत्रजिह्वेषु

जुह्वति

Śi.

2.

107.

12

Milk.

13

Food

in

general.

14

Boiled

rice.

15

Any

thing

sweet,

any

thing

lovely

or

charming

a

sweetmeat.

16

Property.

17

Gold.

18

Quicksilver.

19

Poison.

20

The

poison

called

वत्सनाभ.

21

The

Supreme

Spirit

(

ब्रह्म

).

22

N.

of

a

sacred

place.

23

N.

of

particular

conjunctions

of

Nakṣatras

(

lunar

asterisms

)

with

week

days

(

वारनक्षत्रयोग

)

or

of

lunar

days

with

week

days

(

तिथिवारयोग

).

24

The

number

four.

25

Splendour,

light.

[

cf.

Gr.

ambrotos,

ambrosia

L.

immortalis

].

Comp.

अंशुः,

करः,

दीधितिः,

द्युतिः,

रश्मिः

&c.

epithets

of

the

moon

अमृतदीधितिरेष

विदर्भजे

N.

4.

104

अमृतांशूद्भव

born

from

the

moon

from

whom

was

born

the

moon,

N.

of

Viṣṇu.

अक्षर

a.

immortal

and

imperishable

क्षरं

प्रधानममृताक्षरं

हरः

Śvet.

Up.

अंधस्,

अशनः,

आशिन्

m.

‘one

whose

food

is

nectar’

a

god,

an

immortal.

असु

a.

whose

soul

is

immortal.

आशः

{1}

N.

of

Viṣṇu.

{2}

a

god.

आसंगः

a

sort

of

collyrium.

आहरणः

N.

of

Garuḍa

who

once

stole

Amṛta.

इष्टका

a

kind

of

sacrificial

brick

shaped

like

the

golden

head

of

men,

beasts

&c.

(

पशुशीर्षाणि

).

ईशः,

ईश्वरः

N.

of

Śiva.

उत्पन्ना

a

fly.

(

न्नं

),

उद्भवं

a

kind

of

collyrium

(

खर्परीतुत्थं

).

(

वः

)

N.

of

the

Bilva

tree.

कुंडं

a

vessel

containing

nectar.

क्षारं

sal

ammoniac.

गतिः

N.

of

a

metre

consisting

of

40

syllables.

गर्भ

a.

filled

with

water

or

nectar

ambrosial.

(

र्भः

)

{1}

the

individual

soul

{2}

the

supreme

soul.

चितिः

f.

an

arrangement

or

accumulation

of

sacrificial

bricks

conferring

immortality.

ज

a.

produced

by

or

from

nectar.

(

जः

)

a

sort

of

plant,

Yellow

Myrobalan.

जटा

N.

of

a

plant

(

जटामांसी

).

तरंगिणी

moonlight.

तिलका

N.

of

a

metre

of

{4}

lines,

also

called

त्वरितगति.

द्रव

a.

shedding

nectar.

(

वः

)

flow

of

nectar.

धार

a.

shedding

nectar.

(

रा

)

{1}

N.

of

a

metre.

{2}

flow

of

nectar.

पः

{1}

a

drinker

of

nectar,

a

god

or

deity.

{2}

N.

of

Viṣṇu.

{3}

one

who

drinks

wine

भ्रुवममृतपनामवाछंयासावधरममुं

मधुपस्तवाजिहीते

Śi.

7.

42

(

where

अ°

has

sense

1.

also

).

पक्षः

{1}

having

golden

or

immortal

wings,

a

sort

of

hawk.

{2}

the

immortal

or

golden

wings

of

sacrificial

fire.

{3}

fire

itself.

फलः

N.

of

two

trees

पटोल

and

पारावत.

(

ला

)

{1}

a

bunch

of

grapes,

vine

plant,

a

grape

(

द्राक्षा

).

{2}

=

आमलकी.

(

लं

)

a

sort

of

fruit

(

रुचिफल

)

found

in

the

country

of

the

Mudgalas

according

to

Bhāva

P.

बंधुः

Ved.

{1}

a

god

or

deity

in

general.

{2}

a

horse

or

the

moon.

भल्लातकी

a

sort

of

medicinal

preparation

of

ghee

mentioned

by

Cakradatta.

भुज्

m.

an

immortal,

a

god,

deity

one

who

tastes

the

sacrificial

residues.

भू

a.

free

from

birth

and

death.

मति

=

°गति

q.

v.

मंथनं

churning

(

of

the

ocean

)

for

nectar.

मालिनी

N.

of

Durgā.

योगः

see

under

अमृत.

रसः

{1}

nectar,

ambrosia

काव्यामृतरसास्वादः

H.

1

विविधकाव्यामृतरसान्

पिबामः

Bh.

3.

40.

{2}

the

Supreme

spirit.

(

सा

)

{1}

dark-coloured

grapes.

{2}

a

sort

of

cake

(

Mar.

अनर्सा

).

लता,

लतिका

a

nectar-giving

creeping

plant

(

गुडूची

).

वाक

a.

producing

nectar-like

sweet

words.

संयावं

a

sort

of

dish

mentioned

in

Bhāva

P.

सार

a.

ambrosial

°राणि

प्रज्ञानानि

U.

7.

(

रः

)

{1}

clarified

butter.

{2}

a

sort

of

अयः

पाक.

°जः

raw

sugar,

molasses

(

गुड

).

सूः,

सूतिः

{1}

the

moon

(

distilling

nectar

).

{2}

mother

of

the

gods.

सोदरः

{1}

‘brother

of

nectar,

’

the

horse

called

उच्चैःश्रवस्.

{2}

a

horse

in

general.

स्रवः

flow

of

nectar.

(

वा

)

N.

of

a

plant

and

tree

(

रुदंती

).

स्रुत्

a.

shedding

or

distilling

nectar

Ku.

1.

45.

food,

Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, &c.

,

property,

Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, &c.

gold,

Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, &c.

quicksilver,

Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, &c.

poison,

Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, &c.

a

particular

poison,

Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, &c.

a

ray

of

light,

raghuvaṃśa

x,

59

nalopākhyāna

of

a

metre,

ṛg-veda-prātiśākhya

of

a

sacred

place

(

in

the

north

),

harivaṃśa

14095,

of

various

conjunctions

of

planets

(

supposed

to

confer

long

life

),

Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, &c.

the

number,

‘four’,

Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, &c.

अमृत

अ-मृत,

अस्,

आ,

अम्,

not

dead

im-

mortal,

imperishable,

causing

immortality

beautiful,

beloved,

desired

(

अस्

),

m.

a

god,

an

immortal

N.

of

Indra,

of

the

sun,

of

Prajāpati,

of

the

soul,

of

Viṣṇu,

of

Śiva,

of

Dhanvantari

as

physician

of

the

gods,

&c.

N.

of

a

plant,

Phaseolus

Trilobus

Ait.

N.

of

the

root

of

a

plant

(

आ

),

f.

spirituous

liquor

N.

of

several

plants,

Emblica

Officinalis,

Terminalia

Citrina

Roxb.,

Cocculus

Cordifolius,

Piper

Longum,

Ocymum

Sanc-

tum,

&c.

N.

of

the

mother

of

Parīkṣit

(

अम्

),

n.

immortality

the

collective

body

of

immortals

the

world

of

immortality,

heaven,

paradise,

eternity

the

immortal

light

the

nectar

conferring

immortality,

ambrosia

the

Soma

juice

antidote

against

poison

a

drug

the

residue

of

a

sacrifice

unsolicited

alms

water

clarified

butter

milk

food

boiled

rice

any-

thing

sweet,

a

sweetmeat

property

gold,

quick-

silver

poison

splendour

final

emancipation

N.

of

a

sacred

place

N.

of

various

conjunctions

of

planets

sup-

posed

to

confer

long

life

the

number

‘four.’

—अमृ-

त-कुण्ड,

अम्,

n.

the

vessel

containing

the

Amṛta

or

nectar.

—अमृत-केशव,

अस्,

m.,

N.

of

a

temple,

built

by

Amṛta-prabhā.

—अमृत-क्षार,

अम्,

n.

sal

ammoniac.

—अमृत-गति,

इस्,

f.,

N.

of

a

metre

consisting

of

four

times

ten

syllables.

—अ-

मृत-गर्भ,

अस्,

m.,

Ved.

the

immortal

fetus,

i.

e.

sleep

(

अस्,

आ,

अम्

),

filled

with

nectar.

—अमृत-चिति,

इस्,

f.

the

accumulation

or

arrangement

of

sacrificial

bricks

conferring

immortality.

—अमृत-ज,

अस्,

आ,

अम्,

produced

by

the

Amṛta

(

आ

),

f.,

N.

of

a

plant,

Yellow

Myrobalan.

—अमृत-जटा,

f.,

N.

of

a

plant,

Valeriana

Jaṭāmāṃsī.

—अमृत-तरङ्गिणी,

f.

moonlight.

—अमृत-ता,

f.

or

अमृत-त्व,

अम्,

n.

immortality.

—अमृत-दीधिति

or

अमृत-द्युति,

इस्,

m.

the

moon.

—अमृत-द्रव,

अस्,

आ,

अम्,

shed-

ding

ambrosia.

—अमृत-धार,

अस्,