Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

ambu अम्बु – water

substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary substantive neuter
Cappeller 1891 substantive neuter

Original text · English · substantive neuter

ambu ·n. water.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive neuter

Original text · English · substantive neuter

ambu ambu, n. (fr. rt. amb?), water; the watery element of the blood [cf. ὄμβρος imber]; the plant Andropogon Schœnanthus; N. of a metre; a term in astrology = ambā.

Petersburger 1855 substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive neuter

ámbu n. 1〉 Wasser NAIGH. 1,12 (v. l.: m.). AK. 1,2,3,4. H. 1069. pañcasroto'mbum (adj. f.) ŚVETĀŚV. UP. 1,5. M. 6,67. M. 10,103. R. 4,61,22. SUŚR. 2,493,15. SUŚR. 2,493,20. SUŚR. 2,521,11. SUŚR. 2,493,13. SUŚR. 2,493,14. HIT. I, 144. RAGH. 1,51. ṚT. 1,8. VID. 33. pl.: PAÑCAT. III, 33. ŚĀK. 109. RAGH. 11,11. ˚vegāḥ BHAG. 11,28. ˚rayaḥ DAŚ. 1,43. śīkaro 'mbukaṇāḥ smṛtāḥ AK. 1,1,2,13. — 2〉 Andropogon Schoenanthus (?) AK. 2,4,4,10. — Vgl. 2. ambhas.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

ambu 3〉 ein Metrum von 90 Silben ṚV. PRĀT. 17,5. Ind. St. 8,107. Ind. St. 8,111.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive neuter

Original text · German · substantive neuter

ambu n. — 1〉 Wasser. — 2〉 eine Andropogon-Art VARĀH. BṚH. S. 51,15. BHĀVAPR. 4,123. — 3〉 ein Metrum von 90 Silben. — 4〉 = ambuyantra Wasseruhr Ind. St. 10,204. — 5〉 Bez. der Zahl vier VARĀH. BṚH. 22 (20),2.

Cappeller 1887 substantive neuter

Original text · German · substantive neuter

ambu n. Wasser.

Burnouf 1866 substantive neuter

Original text · French · substantive neuter

ambu ambu n. (ap nasalisé; sfx. u) eau. Une des 21 virāṭ de la gāyatrī. ambukaṇṭaka m. crocodile. ambukirāta m. mms. amkukīśa m. marseuin du Gange, delphinus gangeticus. ambukūrma m. tortue aquatique. ambucāmara n. vallisneria, bot. ambuja m. (jan) eugenia acutangula, bot. — N. lotus nelumbo, bot. La foudre d'Indra. ambutāla m. vallisneria, bot. ambuda m. (dā) nuage. ambudābha a. (ā; bhā) qui a l'aspect d'un nuage. ambudhi m. (dhā) le dépôt des eaux, la mer. ambupa m. (pā) m à m. le buveur d'eau, cassia tora ou alata, bot. ambupatrā f. (patra) esp. de cyperus, bot. ambuprasādana n. (pra, sad) strychnos potatorum, bot. plante dont la noix sert à clarifier l'eau. ambubhṛt m. (bhṛ) nuage; mer. [Page045-1] ambura m. seuil de porte, revers-d'eau d'une fenêtre. ambuvāsinī f. (vas) bignonia suaveolens, bot. ambuvāha m. (vah) nuage. ambuvāhinī f. (vah) baquet, seau; vase pour porter de l'eau. ambuvega m. torrent. ambuvetasa m. (vetasa) roseau aquatique. ambusarpiṇī f. (sṛp) sangsue. ambusecanī f. (sic) arrosoir. ambūkṛta pp. (kṛ) liquéfié. Bredouillé.

Occurrences in source texts (5)

GoS 1 occurrence
GoS 89–94: Body, Names and Reality 1 occurrence

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HP 2 occurrences
HP 4.12-4.19: Path of Nāda 1 occurrence

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HP 4.67-4.77: Mind and Breath 1 occurrence

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SVU 2 occurrences
SVU 1.4-1.6: Wheel, River and Soul 1 occurrence

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SVU 5.7–5.11: The Wandering Self 1 occurrence

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