अम्बिका (ambikā) is a Sanskrit word meaning mother, a good woman as a term of respect, a sister of Rudra, an epithet of Parvati, the wife of Rudra Ugraretas, one of the female domestic deities of the Jainas. Its 21 recorded definitions are grouped into 11 contexts, among them Mother, a term of respect, Mother of Dhṛtarāṣṭra (Mahābhārata character), The Goddess Pārvatī.
1. A mother. 2. A name of Parvati. 3. The mother of Dhritarashtra. 4. A female domestic deity of the Jainas. 5. A medicinal plant.
अम्बिका (kā) (ambikā) [Printed book page 062] अम्बिका (kā) (ambikā) f. (का (kā))
1 A mother.
2 A name of PĀRVATĪ.
3 The mother of DHṚTARĀṢṬRA.
4 One of the female domestic deities of the Jainas.
5 A medicinal plant. See कटुकी (kaṭukī).
E. अम्बा (ambā) a mother, and कन् (kan) affix; like a mother. Page63
[ID=2955]
— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary
mother
अम्बिका (ambikā) [Printed book page 049-a] अम्बिका (ambikā)(का) ((kā)) 1. f. Idem. [ID=2449]
— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. A mother. 2. A name of Parvati. 3. The name of a wife of Vichitravirya.
अम्बिका (ambikā) [Printed book page 058-18] अम्बिका (ambikā)f. 1. A mother (also used as a term of respect; for instance, the brother-in-law of the king, kneeling before Vasantasenā and making profession of his love, is made to say in Mrich. ‘अत्तिके अम्बिके सुणु मम विण्णत्तिम् (attike ambike suṇu mama viṇṇattim)’; 2. a name of Pārvatī, आशीर्भिरेधयामासुः पुरःपाकाभिराम्बिकाम् (āśīrbhiredhayāmāsuḥ puraḥpākābhirāmbikām)K.S. vi.90; 3. the name of a wife of Vichitravīrya. (See App. II.) [ID=3037]
— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. A mother. 2. A name of Parvati. 3. The mother of Dhritarashtra. 4. A female domestic deity of the Jainas. 5. A medicinal plant.
अम्बिका (ambikā) [Printed book page 052-a] अम्बिका (ambikā)
f. (-का (-kā))
1. A mother.
2. A name of PĀRVATĪ.
3. The mother of DHṚTARĀSHṬRA.
4. One of the female. domestic deities of the Jainas.
5. A medicinal plant. See कटुकी (kaṭukī).
E. अम्बा (ambā) a mother, and कन् (kan) affix; like a mother.
[ID=2953]
— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. A mother or a respectful term for a good woman.
2. The plant Wrightia antidysenterica.
3. A sister of Rudra.
4. Parvati, the wife of Shiva.
5. The wife of Rudra Ugraretas.
6. A female domestic deity of the Jainas.
7. The daughter of the king of Kashi, wife of Vichitra-virya, and mother of Dhritarashtra.
8. A place in Bengal.
अम्बिका (ambikā) [Printed book page 0077-c] Ambikā, f. mother, good woman (as a term of respect); N. of the plant Wrightia Antidysenterica; a sister of Rudra; N. of Pārvatī, the wife of Śiva; the wife of Rudra Ugraretas; one of the female domestic deities of the Jainas; daughter of a king of Kāśi, wife of Vicitra-vīrya, and mother of Dhṛta- rāṣṭra; N. of a place in Bengal. —Ambikā-pati,is, m., N. of Śiva. —Ambikā-putra, as, m., N. of Dhṛta-rāṣṭra. [ID=5566]
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Definitions on this page come from 9 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, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.
