अम्बरीषambarīṣa

अम्बरीष (ambarīṣa) is a Sanskrit word meaning a frying pan, the name of a hell, remorse, war, battle, a young animal, colt, the sun. Its 23 recorded definitions are grouped into 10 contexts, among them A Frying Pan, Name of a King or Illustrious Personage, Epithet of a Deity.

Definitions: 23

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A Frying Pan

8 definitions

a frying pan

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. A frying pan. 2. A proper name.

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A frying pan. 2. War or battle. 3. An epithet of Shiva or Vishnu. 4. A young animal, colt, or boy. 5. A king of the solar race. 6. A division of hell. 7. The sun. 8. Repentance. 9. A tree.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A frying pan or war. 2. Shiva, Vishnu, a colt, a king, or a hell.

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A frying pan. 2. One of the hells.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A frying pan. 2. War or battle. 3. An epithet of Shiva. 4. An epithet of Vishnu. 5. A young animal, colt, or boy. 6. The name of a king of the solar race. 7. A division of hell. 8. The sun. 9. Repentance. 10. A tree.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A frying-pan. 2. A man's name.

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A frying pan. 2. A hell. 3. Remorse, war, or battle. 4. A young animal or colt. 5. The sun. 6. The hog-plum plant. 7. An epithet of Vishnu and of Shiva. 8. A king of the solar race.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Name of a King or Illustrious Personage

4 definitions

1. A royal sage, son of Vrishagir and composer of Rig-veda hymns. 2. A descendant of Manu named after Nabhashga, devoted to Vishnu. 3. A royal sage who was a descendant of Sagara and ancestor of Dasharatha.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the name of a son of the patriarch Pulaha

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

an ancient king

अम्बरीष (ambarīṣa) [Printed book page 030-2]
Ambarīṣa¹, an ancient king. § 4 (Anukram.): I, 1,

220 bis (mentioned by Sañjaya as belonging to the past).—

§ 267 (Yama-sabhā-v.): II, 8, 322 (in the palace of Yama).—

§ 409 (Plakṣāvataraṇagam.): III, 129b, 10514 (Nābhāgaḥ;

had in olden time sacrificed on the Yamunā and given

prodigious riches to the sadasyas, and by his sacrifices and

austerities he had attained to the highest perfection—siddhim).

—§ 521 (Draupadīharaṇap.): III, 263, 15553 (smṛtvā

'nubhāvaṃ rājarṣer Ambarīṣasya dhīmataḥ).—§ 562 (Bhaga-

vadyānap.): V, 90ν, 3146.—§ 574 (Jambūkh.): VI, 9αα,

314 (had been king of Bharatavarṣa).—§ 595 (Ṣoḍaśarājika):

VII, 64, 2303, 2314, 2318. A. N. fought alone against

1,000,000 kings, who were reduced to subjection, and he,

conquering the whole earth, performed 100 sacrifices, etc.

(description); in those sacrifices he as sacrificial presents gave

the kingdoms of hundreds and thousands of kings to his

10,000,000 of priests, and numbers of princes and kings with

their treasuries, etc.—§ 621 (Rājadh.): XII, 8θ, 238 (the

earth had formerly belonged to him).—§ 623 (do.): XII, 14,

421 (do.).—§ 632 (Ṣoḍaśarājop.): XII, 29, 993 (Nābhāgim;

his magnificent sacrifices, etc.), 995.—§ 641 (Rājadh.): XII,

98, 3614 (discourse between him and Indra about Sudeva

and the sacrifice of battle), 3615 (Nābhāgiḥ), (3618), (3625),

3663.—§ 677 (Mokṣadh.): XII, 235, 8597 (having given

to the brahmans eleven arbudas of cows, he proceeded to heaven

with all the people of his kingdom).—§ 751b (Śapathavidhi):

XIII, 94α, †4551, (4575).—§ 761 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII,

115γ, 5661 (Nābhāgena; among the ancient kings that had

abstained from honey and meat in the month of Kārttika).—

§ 767 (do.): XIII, 137α, 6253 (among the princes that had

attained to heaven by charities and penances; A. had given

away all his kingdom to a brahman).—§ 775 (do.): XIII,

166η, 7679 (among the principal kings whose names should

be recited at sunrise and sunset).—§ 782b (Brāhmaṇagītā):

XIV, 31, 876 (in an ancient kalpa, sung verses), 877, 886.

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— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

an ancient person mentioned in the Rigveda

— The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects

Epithet of a Deity

3 definitions

an epithet of Shiva

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

An epithet of Vishnu

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

of Ganesha

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A Young Animal / Colt / Boy

2 definitions

a young animal, colt

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. A young animal. 2. The sun. 3. An epithet of Vishnu. 4. An epithet of Shiva.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

A Hell / Division of Hell

1 definition

the name of a hell

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Hog-Plum Plant / Tree

1 definition

the hog-plum plant

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Name of a Nāga / Mythical Serpent

1 definition

a celestial serpent

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

Remorse / Repentance

1 definition

remorse

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

The Sun / Sky / Atmosphere

1 definition

1. The sun. 2. The sky or atmosphere.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

War / Battle

1 definition

war, battle

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 10 works: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.