ambaṣṭha

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[mw] m. (fr. amba and stha? Pa1n2. 8-3, 97) N. of a country and of its inhabitants MBh.; VarBr2S. &c 83,2 14436 m. of the king of that country MBh. vii, 3399 seqq. 83,2 14437 m. the offspring of a man of the Bra1hman Brahman and a woman of the Vais3ya vaiśya caste (a man of the medical caste Mn. x, 47; an elephant-driver BhP.;) Mn. x; Ya1jn5. &c 83,2 14438 f. Jaiminum Auriculatum L. 83,2 14439

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m. (fr. amba and stha? Pa1n2. 8-3, 97) N. of a country and of its inhabitants MBh.; VarBr2S. &c 83,2 14436 m. of the king of that country MBh. vii, 3399 seqq. 83,2 14437 m. the...

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Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

21

Texts Appeared In

7

DCS: = samāna (?); independent | Monier-Williams: amba-zWA f. an Ambaṣṭha woman [ Comm. on Mn. x, 15 ]

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Suśrutasaṃhitā 6 28.6%
2. Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā 5 23.8%
3. Rājanighaṇṭu 4 19.0%
4. Dhanvantarinighaṇṭu 2 9.5%
5. Madanapālanighaṇṭu 2 9.5%

Concordance (Sample)

• Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā surface: ambaṣṭhā

  ambaṣṭhā madhukaṃ namaskarī nandīvṛkṣapalāśakacchurāḥ

• Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā surface: ambaṣṭhā

  gaṇau priyaṅgvambaṣṭhādī pakvātīsāranāśanau

• Mugdhāvabodhinī surface: ambaṣṭhā

  ambaṣṭhā karamardaśca kapitthaḥ karaṇādikaḥ