aMbu n. [ aMb-Sabde uR ] 1 Water; gAMgamaMbu sitamaMbu yAmunaM K. P. 10. 2 The watery element of the blood ( cf. imber ). 3 N. of a metre. 4 A term in astrology ( lagnAvaDikaM caturTasTAnaM ). Comp. — kaRaH a drop of water. — kaMwakaH (short-nosed), alligator. — kirAtaH alligator. — kISaH, -kUrmaH a tortoise ( SiSumAra ); particularly Gangetic. — keSaraH lemon-tree ( CAlaMgavfkza ). — kriyA libation of water; presentation of water to the Manes of the deceased. — ga, -cara, -cArin a. moving or living in water, aquatic (as fish &c.) — GanaH hail. — catvaraM a lake. — cAmaraM an aquatic plant ( SEvAla ). — ja a. produced in water, aquatic ( opp. sTalaja ); sugaMDIni ca mAlyAni sTalajAnyaMbujAni ca Rām. — (jaH) 1 the moon. 2 camphor. 3 the Sārasa bird. 4 the conch 5 N. of a tree ( hijjala ). — (jaM) 1 a lotus; iMdIvareRa nayanaM muKamaMbujena Ś. Til. 3. 2 the thunderbolt of Indra. °BUH, °AsanaH ‘the lotus-born god,’ Brahmā; °AsanA the goddess Lakṣmī. — janman n. a lotus. ( — m. ) 1 the moon. 2 the conch. 3 Sārasa. — taskaraH ‘water-thief’, the sun (whose heat drinks up water). — tAlaH = °cAmara . — da a. giving or yielding water. — (daH) 1 a cloud; navAMbudAnIkamuhUrtalAMCane R. 3. 53. — Dara [ DaratIti DaraH, aMbUnAM DaraH ; Dfac ] 1 a cloud; vaSinaScAMbuDarASca yonayaH Ku. 4. 43 ; SaratpramfzwAMbuDaroparoDaH R. 6. 44. 2 the plant mustaka . 3 talc. — DiH [ aMbUni DIyaMte atra; DA-ki ] 1 any receptacle of waters; such as a jar; aMbuDirGawaH Sk. 2 the ocean; kzAra° ( pb ) Bh. 2. 6. 3 the number four (in Math. ). °prasavA N. of a plant ( GftakumArI ). — niDiH ‘treasure of waters’, the ocean; devAsurEramftamaMbuniDirmamaMTe Ki. 5. 30. — pa a. drinking water. — (paH) 1 the ocean. 2 Varuṇa, the regent of waters; rakzoMbupAnilaSaSISapurARi cAzwO Sid. Śir. 3 N. of a plant ( cakramardaka ). — patrA N. of a plant ( uccawAvfkza ). — padDatiH f. , — pAtaH current, flow or stream of water, cascade; gaMgAMbupAtapratimA gfheByaH Bk. 1. 8. — prasAdaH, -prasAdanaM [ aMbUni prasAdayati ] the clearing nut tree ( kataka ) Strychnos Potatorum (the nuts of this tree are used for purifying water; when rubbed on the inner surface of the vessel, they precipitate the impurities which the water contains; PalaM katakavfkzasya yadyapyaMbuprasAdakaM . na nAmagrahaRAdeva tasya vAri prasIdati ). — BavaM a lotus. — Bft m. 1 water-bearer, a cloud. 2 the ocean. 3 = °patrA q. v. 4 N. of a plant mustaka . 5 talc. — mAtraja a. produced only in water. — (jaH) a conch-shell. — muc m. a cloud; DvanitasUcitamaMbumucAM cayaM Ki. 5. 12. — rAjaH 1 the ocean. 2 Varuṇa. — rASiH receptacle or store of water, the ocean; tvayi jvalatyOrva ivAMburASO Ś. 3. 3 ; caMdrodayAraMBa ivAMburASiH Ku. 3. 67 , R. 6. 57 ; 9. 82. — ruh n. 1 a lotus. 2 Sārasa. — ruhaH, -haM , a lotus; vipulinAMburuhA na saridvaDUH Ki. 5. 10. — (hA) N. of the land-lotus plant ( sTalapadminI ). — rohiRI a lotus. — vAcI [ aMbu tadvazarRaM vAcayati sUcayati ] an epithet applied to the earth during four days from the 10th to the 13th in the dark half of the month of Āṣāḍha when it is supposed to be unclean ( rajasvalA iva ) and agriculture is prohibited; °pradaH the 10th day; °tyAgaH 13th day. — vAsinI, -vAsI N. of a plant ( pAwalA ), the trumpet flower. — vAhaH [ aMbu vahatIti ] 1 a cloud; taqitvaMtamivAMbuvAhaM Ki. 3. 1 ; BarturmitraM priyamaviDave vidDi mAmaMbuvAhaM Me. 99. 2 a lake. 3 water-bearer. 4 the number 17. 5 a sort of grass. — vAhin a. carrying or conveying water. ( m. ) 1 a cloud. 2 = mustaka . — (nI) 1 a wooden vessel, a sort of bucket. 2 a woman fetching water. 3 N. of a stream. — vihAraH sporting in water. — visravA = GftakumArI . — vetasaH a kind of cane or reed growing in water. — SirIzikA N. of a plant. — saraRaM flow or ( pb ) current of water. — sarpiRI a leech ( aMbuni sarpati ) — secanI a wooden baling vessel.