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अमृतamṛta

अमृत (amṛta) is a Sanskrit word meaning not dead, immortal, imperishable, beautiful, beloved, an epithet of Shiva, an epithet of Vishnu. Its 120 recorded definitions are grouped into 33 contexts, among them Adjective: Immortal, Not Dead, Imperishable, Flora: Various Plants, Plant Products, and Herbs, Substance: Nectar of Immortality, Ambrosia.

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Adjective: Immortal, Not Dead, Imperishable

14 definitions
not dead

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

immortal

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

imperishable

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Not dead

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Immortal

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Imperishable

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

immortal

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

free from birth and death

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Immortal or living. 2. A god or goddess. 3. An immortal state, nectar, water, milk, or a ray of light. 4. A medicinal herb or remedy.

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Not dead. 2. Imperishable, immortal.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Immortal. 2. A god. 3. The soul. 4. Nectar or the beverage of the gods. 5. A life-prolonging medicine. 6. The residue of sacrificial food. 7. Unsolicited alms.

— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Immortal. 2. A god. 3. Immortality. 4. Nectar, the drink of the gods. 5. Anything sweet, delightful, or wholesome.

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Immortal. 2. An immortal. 3. Immortality or the drink of immortality.

— Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

1. Not dead, immortal, or imperishable. 2. Causing immortality. 3. Beautiful, beloved, or desired. 4. A god or immortal. 5. Water. 6. The nectar conferring immortality or ambrosia. 7. The Soma juice. 8. An antidote to poison, or poison. 9. Clarified butter or milk. 10. Food or boiled rice. 11. Anything sweet or a sweetmeat. 12. Gold or quicksilver. 13. Final emancipation.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Flora: Various Plants, Plant Products, and Herbs

14 definitions
Phaseolus trilobus

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the root of a plant

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Emblica Officinalis, Terminalia Citrina, Cocculus Cordifolius, Piper Longum, Ocimum Sanctum

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a pear

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a plant known as vanamudga

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

the root of the plant varahikanda

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

various plants

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

the Bilva tree

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Yellow Myrobalan

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

the trees patola and paravata

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A bunch of grapes or vine plant. 2. The amalaki tree.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

a kind of fruit

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Dark-coloured grapes. 2. A sort of cake.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

A plant and tree, specifically rudanti.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Substance: Nectar of Immortality, Ambrosia

8 definitions
1. The nectar conferring immortality. 2. Ambrosia.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. The nectar of immortality or ambrosia of the gods. 2. The height of pleasure or gratification.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Nectar or ambrosia. 2. The Supreme spirit.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. The food of the gods, ambrosia, or nectar. 2. Water. 3. The residue of a sacrifice. 4. Clarified butter. 5. Unsolicited alms. 6. Boiled rice or food. 7. Wealth or property. 8. Gold. 9. Buttermilk. 10. A sweetmeat. 11. Milk. 12. Poison. 13. A drug or medicament. 14. Quicksilver. 15. Final emancipation. 16. A god or immortal. 17. Dhanvantari, the physician of the gods. 18. Emblic myrobalan. 19. Yellow myrobalan. 20. Menispermum glabrum. 21. Long pepper. 22. Holy basil. 23. Spirituous liquor. 24. Beloved or desired. 25. Beautiful. 26. Immortal or imperishable.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Ambrosia, water, milk, ghee, food, alms, or wealth. 2. Immortal or beloved.

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Ambrosia conferring immortality. 2. Water. 3. Clarified butter. 4. Soma juice. 5. Quicksilver. 6. The leavings of a sacrifice. 7. Unsolicited alms. 8. Milk. 9. Food. 10. A sweetmeat. 11. Gold. 12. Poison. 13. Splendour. 14. Final emancipation. 15. The supreme spirit.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Ambrosia or nectar, the food of the gods. 2. Water. 3. Ghee, butter, or rice remaining from a sacrifice. 4. Clarified butter or ghee. 5. Unsolicited alms. 6. Boiled rice. 7. Food. 8. Wealth or property. 9. Gold. 10. Buttermilk. 11. Anything sweet or a sweetmeat. 12. Milk. 13. Poison. 14. A drug or medicament. 15. Quicksilver. 16. Final emancipation. 17. A god or immortal. 18. Dhanvantari, the physician of the gods. 19. Emblic myrobalan. 20. Terminalia citrina. 21. Menispermum glabrum. 22. Long pepper. 23. Holy basil. 24. Spirituous liquor. 25. Beloved or desired. 26. Beautiful. 27. Immortal or imperishable.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ambrosia

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

Beings: Specific Deities

7 definitions
an epithet of Shiva

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

an epithet of Vishnu

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Dhanvantari

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

An epithet of Dhanvantari, Indra, the sun, Prajapati, the soul, Vishnu, and Shiva.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Shiva

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

Vishnu

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

Amrita

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

Food: General Food, Sweetmeats, Edibles

6 definitions
nectar-like food

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

anything sweet, a sweetmeat

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Food. 2. Property.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Food in general

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Boiled rice.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

a sort of dish

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Substance: Medicament, Drug, Antidote

6 definitions
antidote against poison

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. A specific medicament. 2. A medicine in general.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

an antidote against poison

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

A drug

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

a fly

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

a medicinal preparation of ghee

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Beings: A God, Deity, Immortal Being (General)

5 definitions
an immortal, a god

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A god, immortal, or deity

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. An immortal, god, or deity. 2. One who tastes sacrificial residues.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A god. 2. Dhanvantari, the physician of the gods.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

an Amitabha god

— The Purana Index

Names: Geographical and Celestial Features

5 definitions
of a river

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

of the first phase of the moon

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. A sacred place in the north. 2. Particular planetary conjunctions believed to confer long life.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A sacred place.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

one of the seven divisions of Plakshadvipa

— The Purana Index

Beings: Names of Specific Mortals/Mythological Figures

4 definitions
the mother of Parikshit

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

of Dakshayani

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

of a sister of Amritodana

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a son of Bharatagni

— The Purana Index

Place/Concept: Realm of Immortals, Heaven, Eternity

4 definitions
the collective body of immortals

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

heaven, eternity

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

The collective body of immortals

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Paradise, heaven, or eternity

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Quality: Nectar-like, Ambrosial, Delightful

4 definitions
1. Anything sweet, lovely, or charming. 2. A sweetmeat.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

filled with water or nectar

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

producing nectar-like sweet words

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ambrosial

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Substance: Poison

4 definitions
poison

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a particular poison

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Poison

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

The poison called vatsanabha.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Technical: Names of Metres

3 definitions
a metre of four lines

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A metre. 2. Flow of nectar.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

intellect

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Charity: Unsolicited Alms

2 definitions
1. Unsolicited alms. 2. Water.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Unsolicited alms

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Concept: Immortality (The State)

2 definitions
immortality

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Immortality or an imperishable state. 2. Final beatitude or absolution.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Concept: Supreme Spirit, Soul

2 definitions
The Supreme Spirit

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. The individual soul. 2. The supreme soul.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Liquid: Milk

2 definitions
1. Milk. 2. Clarified butter. 3. Boiled rice.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Milk

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Material: Gold

2 definitions
gold

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Gold

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Material: Quicksilver (Mercury)

2 definitions
quicksilver

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Quicksilver

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Offering: Residue of a Sacrifice

2 definitions
the residue of a sacrifice

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

The residue or leavings of a sacrifice

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Phenomenon: Light, Splendour, Rays

2 definitions
1. A ray of light. 2. A particular metre.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Splendour, light.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Quality: Beautiful, Beloved, Desired, Agreeable

2 definitions
beautiful, beloved

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Beautiful, agreeable, desired

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Substance: Ghee (Clarified Butter)

2 definitions
Clarified butter

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Clarified butter. 2. A sort of iron preparation.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Symbol: The Number Four

2 definitions
the number four

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

The number four

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Technical: Astrological/Astronomical Conjunctions

2 definitions
particular conjunctions of lunar asterisms with weekdays or of lunar days with weekdays

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

see under amrita

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Adjective: Causing or Conferring Immortality

1 definition
Causing immortality.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Beings: A Goddess

1 definition
a goddess

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Concept: Property, Wealth

1 definition
Property

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Concept: Spiritual Liberation, Final Emancipation

1 definition
final emancipation

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Liquid/Offering: Soma Juice

1 definition
The Soma juice

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Liquid: Water

1 definition
Water

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Substance: Spirituous Liquor

1 definition
spirituous liquor

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 13 works: Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.