# अम्बालिका (ambālikā)

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अम्बालिका (ambālikā) is a Sanskrit word meaning mother, a plant, a princess, proper names, the name of a wife of Vichitravirya. Its 10 recorded definitions are grouped into 2 contexts, among them The mythological princess Ambālikā, A mother / respectful term.

- **SLP1:** `ambAlikA`  **IAST:** ambālikā  **Devanagari:** अम्बालिका
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambalika
- **Declensions:** 24 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/ambalika/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** अंबालिका (aṃbālikā)

## Meanings by context

### The mythological princess Ambālikā (9 definitions)
- 1. A plant. 2. The daughter of the king of Kashi, wife of Vicitravīrya, and mother of Pāṇḍu.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a plant, N. of a daughter of a king of Kāśi (wife of Vicitravīrya, and mother of Pāṇḍu), Mahābhārata (Title) [ ID=14458 ]
- 1. A mother. 2. The mother of Pandu.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अम्बालिका (ambālikā) [Printed book page 062 ] अम्बालिका (ambālikā) f. ( - का (-kā) ) 1 A mother. 2 The mother of PĀṆḌU. [ ID=2954 ]
- mother  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अम्बालिका (ambālikā) [Printed book page 049-a ] अम्बालिका (ambālikā) ( का ) ((kā)) 1. f. Idem. [ ID=2448 ]
- 1. A mother, used as a term of respect. 2. The name of a wife of Vichitravirya.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अम्बालिका (ambālikā) [Printed book page 058-17 ] अम्बालिका (ambālikā) f. 1. A mother (also used as a term of respect); 2. the name of a wife of Vichitravīrya. (See App. II.) [ ID=3036 ]
- A mother of Pandu.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अम्बालिका (ambālikā) [Printed book page 052-a ] अम्बालिका (ambālikā) f. ( - का (-kā) ) 1. A mother of PāNDU. [ ID=2952 ]
- proper names  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अम्बालिका (ambālikā) [Printed book page 0045-b ] अम्बालिका (ambālikā) ambālikā, and अम्बिका (ambikā) ambikā (akin to ambā ), f. Proper names, Chr. 4, 10. [ ID=931 ]
- 1. A mother. 2. A princess.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अम्बालिका (ambālikā) [Printed book page 038 ] अम्बालिका (ambālikā) f. mother, N. of a princess. [ ID=2644 ]
- 1. A mother or respectful term for a good woman. 2. The name of a plant. 3. The daughter of the king of Kashi, wife of Vichitra-virya, and mother of Pandu.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > अम्बालिका (ambālikā) [Printed book page 0077-c ] Ambālikā, f. mother, good woman (as a term of respect); N. of a plant; N. of a daughter of a king of Kāśi, wife of Vicitra-vīrya, and mother of Pāṇḍu. [ ID=5563 ]
- younger daughter of the king of Kashi, wife of Vicitravīrya, and mother of Pāṇḍu  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > अम्बालिका (ambālikā) [Printed book page 030-1 ] Ambālikā, § 156 (Pūruvaṃś.): I, 95, 3804. (C1) Śāntanr (C2) Kauśalya Kāśirāja (C1) (§ 157) Vicitravīrya~ (C2) (2)Ambikā. (C3) (3)Ambālikā~Vyāsa (§ 171). (C4) (1)Ambā. (C1) Dhṛtarāṣṭra (2). (C2) Pāṇḍu (3). § 167 (Vicitravīryoparama): I, 102, 4137.—§ 171 (Vicitra- vīryasutotp.): I, 106, 4288.—§ 573 (Ambop.): V, 173, Page030-b+ 63 5951—2 ( rājakanyā yavīyasī ); 175, 5990; 176, 6068. Cf. Kausalyā. [ ID=415 ]

### A mother / respectful term (1 definition)
- mother  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 83,2] अम्बालिका (ambālikā) f. ( voc. अम्बालिके (ambālike) ), mother, Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā (Title) [ ID=14457 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Index to the Names in the Mahabharata; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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