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The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

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Ambak! (f.) [Sk. ambik! demin. of amb" mother, wife, see P. amma & cp. also Sk. amb!lik! f.] mother,<br />

good wife, used as a general endearing term for a woman Vin i.232 = D ii.97 (here in play of words with<br />

Ambap!l" expld. by Bdhgh at Vin i.385 as ambak! ti itthiyik!).<br />

Ambara<br />

Ambara1 (nt.) [Vedic ambara circumference, horizon] the sky, D!vs i.38; iv.51; v.32. -- Note. At J v.390<br />

we have to read muraja -- !lambara, and not mura -- j!la -- ambara.<br />

Ambara<br />

Ambara2 (m. -- nt.) [etym. = ambara1 (?) or more likely a distortion of kambala; for the latter speaks the<br />

combn. rattambara = ratta -- kambala. -- <strong>The</strong> word would thus be due to an erroneous syllable division<br />

rattak -- ambala (= ambara) instead of ratta -- kambala] some sort of cloth and an (upper) garment made of<br />

it (cp. kambala) Vv 537 (ratt˚ = uttariya VvA 236).<br />

Ambala<br />

Ambala at J ii.246 (˚ko&&haka -- !sana -- s!l!) for ambara1 (?) or for ambaka2 (?), or should we read<br />

kambala˚?.<br />

Amb!&aka<br />

Amb!&aka the hog -- plum, Spondias Mangifera (a kind of mango) Vin ii.17 (˚vana); DA i.271 (˚rukkha).<br />

Ambila<br />

Ambila (adj.) [Sk. amla = Lat. amarus] sour, acid; one of the 6 rasas or tastes, viz. a., lava*a, tittaka,<br />

ka&uka, kas!ya, madhura (see under rasa): thus at Miln 56. Another enumeration at Nd2 540 & Dhs 629. --<br />

J i.242 (˚anambila), 505 (lo*˚); ii.394 (lo*˚); DA i.270 (˚y!gu sour gruel); DhA ii.85 (ati -- ambila, with<br />

accu*ha & atis"ta).<br />

Ambu<br />

Ambu (nt.) [Vedic ambu & ambhas = Gr. o)/mbros, Lat. imber rain; cp. also Sk. abhra rain -- cloud & Gr.<br />

a)fro/s scum: see P. abbha] water J v.6; Nd1 202 (a. vuccati udaka'); D!vs ii.16. -- Cp. ambha. -- c!rin<br />

"living in the water", a fish Sn 62 (= maccha Nd2 91). -- sev!la a water -- plant Th 1, 113.<br />

Ambuja<br />

Ambuja (m. & nt.) [ambu + ja of jan] "water -- born", i. e. 1. (m.) a fish S i.52. -- 2. (nt.) a lotus Sn 845 (=<br />

paduma Nd1 202); D!vs v.46; Sdhp 360.<br />

Ambuda<br />

Ambuda [ambu + da fr. d!] "water -- giver", a cloud D!vs v.32; Sdhp 270, 275.<br />

Ambha & Ambho<br />

Ambha & Ambho (nt.) [see ambu] water, sea D!vs iv.54.<br />

Ambhaka

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