# अम्बरीष (ambarīṣa)

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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.

- **SLP1:** `ambarIza`  **IAST:** ambarīṣa  **Devanagari:** अम्बरीष
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambarisha
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/ambarisha/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** अंबरीष (aṃbarīṣa), अम्बरिष (ambariṣa)

## Meanings by context

### A Frying Pan (8 definitions)
- a frying pan  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 83,2] अम्बरीष (ambarīṣa) m. n. a frying pan, Taittirīya-saṃhitā (Title) v, Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra (Title) [ ID=14422 ]
- 1. A frying pan. 2. A proper name.  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अम्बरीष (ambarīṣa) [Printed book page 025-3 ] अम्बरीष (ambarīṣa) ambarī́ṣa, m. n. frying-pan; m. N.. [ ID=2462 ]
- 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*
  > अम्बरीष (ambarīṣa) [Printed book page 062 ] अम्बरीष (ambarīṣa) mn. ( - षः (-ṣaḥ)- षं (-ṣaḥ-ṣaṃ) ) 1 A frying pan. 2 War, battle. m. ( - षः (-ṣaḥ) ) 1 A name of ŚIVA. 2 Also of VIṢṆU. 3 A young animal, a colt, a boy. 4 The name of a king of the solar race, celebrated as a worshipper of VIṢṆU. 5 A division of hell. 6 The sun. 7 Repentance. 8 A tree, ( Spondias mangifera.) E. अबि (abi) to sound, and ईषन् (īṣan) Uṇādi affix, but irregularly formed. [ ID=2950 ]
- 1. A frying pan or war. 2. Shiva, Vishnu, a colt, a king, or a hell.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अम्बरीष (ambarīṣa) [Printed book page 048-b ] अम्ब - रीष (amba-rīṣa) ( षः - षं ) ((ṣaḥ-ṣaṃ)) 1. m. n. Fryingpan; war. m. Shiva; Vishnu; a colt; name of a king; a hell. [ ID=2444 ]
- 1. A frying pan. 2. One of the hells.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अम्बरीष (ambarīṣa) [Printed book page 058-12 ] अम्बरि ( री ) ष (ambari(rī)ṣa) (I) m.n. 1. A frying-pan; 2. one of the hells. [ ID=3029.1 ]
- 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*
  > अम्बरीष (ambarīṣa) [Printed book page 051-b ] अम्बरीष (ambarīṣa) mn. ( - षः (-ṣaḥ)- षं (-ṣaḥ-ṣaṃ) ) 1. A frying pan. 2. War, battle. m. ( - षः (-ṣaḥ) ) 1. A name of SIVA. 2. Also of VISHNŪ. 3. A young animal. a colt, a boy. 4. The name of a king of the solar race, celebrated as a worshipper of VISHNŪ. 5. A division of hell. 6. The sun. 7. Repentance. 8. A tree, (Spondias mangifera.) E. अबि (abi) to sound, and ईषन् (īṣan) Unādi affix, but irregularly formed. [ ID=2948 ]
- 1. A frying-pan. 2. A man's name.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अम्बरीष (ambarīṣa) [Printed book page 038 ] अम्बरीष (ambarīṣa) m. n. a frying-pan; m. a man's name. [ ID=2641 ]
- 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)*
  > अम्बरीष (ambarīṣa) [Printed book page 0077-c ] अम्बरीष (ambarīṣa) ambarīṣa, as, am, m. n. (fr. rt. amb? ), a frying-pan (in this sense also written with short i, ambariṣa ); one of the hells; remorse, war, battle; ( as ), m. a young animal, a colt; the sun; the hog-plum plant, Spondias Magnifera; N. of Viṣṇu; of Śiva; of a king of the solar race, celebrated as a worshipper of Viṣṇu. —Ambarīṣa- putra, as, m. son of Ambarīṣa, whence the N. of a country. [ ID=5557 ]

### 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)*
  > N. of a Rājarṣi (son of the king Vṛṣagir, and composer of the hymns, Ṛg-veda (Title) i, 100 and ix, 98 ), Ṛg-veda (Title) i, 100, 17, of a descendant of Manu Vaivasvata and son of Nābhāga (celebrated for his devotion to Viṣṇu), Mahābhārata (Title) &c. N. of a Rājarṣi (descendant of Sagara and ancestor of Daśaratha), Rāmāyaṇa (Title) [ ID=14429 ]
- the name of a son of the patriarch Pulaha  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of a son of the patriarch Pulaha, Vāyu-purāṇa (Title) &c. [ ID=14430 ]
- an ancient king  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > अम्बरीष (ambarīṣa) [Printed book page 030-2 ] Ambarīṣa 1, 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, 129 b, 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, 90 ν, 3146.—§ 574 (Jambūkh.): VI, 9 αα, 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, 8 θ, 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).—§ 751 b (Śapathavidhi): XIII, 94 α, †4551, (4575).—§ 761 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 115 γ, 5661 ( Nābhāgena; among the ancient kings that had abstained from honey and meat in the month of Kārttika).— § 767 (do.): XIII, 137 α, 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, 166 η, 7679 (among the principal kings whose names should be recited at sunrise and sunset).—§ 782 b (Brāhmaṇagītā): XIV, 31, 876 (in an ancient kalpa, sung verses), 877, 886. [ ID=417 ]
- an ancient person mentioned in the Rigveda  
  *The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects*
  > अम्बरीष (ambarīṣa) [Printed book page 1-031 ] Ambarīṣa is mentioned as a Vārṣāgira in the Rigveda 1 along with Ṛjrāśva, Sahadeva, Surādhas, and Bhayamāna. [ Footnote: 1) i. 100, 17. Cf. Ludwig, Translation of the Rigveda, 3, 140.] [ ID=116 ]

### Epithet of a Deity (3 definitions)
- an epithet of Shiva  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of Śiva, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=14431 ]
- An epithet of Vishnu  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of Viṣṇu, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=14432 ]
- of Ganesha  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of Gaṇeśa, Kathāsaritsāgara (Title) [ ID=14433 ]

### A Young Animal / Colt / Boy (2 definitions)
- a young animal, colt  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a young animal, colt, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=14426 ]
- 1. A young animal. 2. The sun. 3. An epithet of Vishnu. 4. An epithet of Shiva.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अम्बरि ( री ) ष (ambari(rī)ṣa) (II) m. 1. A young animal; 2. the sun; 3. a name of Vishṇu; 4. a name of Śiva. [ ID=3030.1 ]

### A Hell / Division of Hell (1 definition)
- the name of a hell  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > अम्बरीष (ambarīṣa) m. N. of a hell, Jaina literature (Literary category) [ ID=14423 ]

### Hog-Plum Plant / Tree (1 definition)
- the hog-plum plant  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the hog-plum plant ( Spondias Magnifera ), Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=14428 ]

### Name of a Nāga / Mythical Serpent (1 definition)
- a celestial serpent  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > Ambarīṣa 2, a Nāga (Serpent). § 793 (Mausalap.): XVI, 4 η, †120 (among the celestial snakes who received in the Ocean the Nāga that issued from the mouth of Bala-Rāma). [ ID=418 ]

### Remorse / Repentance (1 definition)
- remorse  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > remorse, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=14424 ]

### The Sun / Sky / Atmosphere (1 definition)
- 1. The sun. 2. The sky or atmosphere.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the sun, Rāmāyaṇa (Title) v, 3, 5, sky, atmosphere Comm. on Uṇādi-sūtra (Title) [ ID=14427 ]

### War / Battle (1 definition)
- war, battle  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > war, battle, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=14425 ]

## Sources

Definitions from 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, University of Cologne.

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