अम्बिका

Sanskrit

Noun

अम्बिका • (ambikā) stem, f

  1. (respectfully) A mother
  2. (respectfully) A good woman

Proper noun

अम्बिका • (ambikā) stem, f

  1. name applied to the harvest (as the most productive season)
  2. (Hinduism) name of Parvati (the wife of Shiva)
  3. name of a daughter of the king of Kasi (wife of Vichitravirya, and mother of Dritarashtra) in Mahabharata)
  4. (Jainism) Ambika, one of the female domestic deities
  5. name of two rivers
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