amfta a. 1 Not dead; amfte jArajaH kuMqaH Ak. 2 Immortal; apAma somamamftA aBUma Rv. 8. 48. 3 ; U. 1. 1 ; Bg. 14. 27. 3 Imperishable, indestructible, eternal. 4 Causing immortality. 5 Beautiful, agreeable, desired. — taH 1 A god, an immortal, deity. 2 N. of Dhanvantari, physician of the gods; also N. of Indra, of the sun, of Prajāpati, of the soul, Viṣṇu and Śiva. 3 N. of a plant ( vanamudga ). 4 N. of the root of a plant ( vArAhIkaMda ). — tA 1 Spirituous liquor. 2 N. of various plants; e. g. AmalakI, harItakI, guqUcI; mAgaDI; tulasI , iMdravAruRI, jyotizmatI, gorakzadugDA; ativizA ; raktatrivft; dUrvA, sTUlamAMsaharItakI . 3 N. of one of the Nāḍīs in the body; Māl. 5. 2. 4 One of the rays of the sun; R. 10. 58. — taM 1 ( a ) Immortality, imperishable state; na mftyurAsIdamftaM na tarhi Rv. 10. 129. 2 ; Ms. 12. 85. ( b ) Final beatitude, ( pb ) absolution; tapasA kilbizaM haMti vidyayAmftamaSnute Ms. 12. 104 ; sa Sriye cAmftAya ca Ak. 2 The collective body of immortals. 3 ( a ) The world of immortality, Paradise, Heaven; the power of eternity, immortal light, eternity. 4 Nectar of immortality, ambrosia, beverage of the gods ( opp. viza ) supposed to be churned out of the ocean; devAsurEramftamaMbuniDirmamaMTe Ki. 5. 30 ; vizAdazyamftaM grAhyaM Ms. 2. 239 ; vizamapyamftaM kvacidBavedamftaM vA vizamISvarecCayA R. 8. 46 ; oft. used in combination with words like vAc, vacanaM , vARI &c; kumArajanmAmftasaMmitAkzaraM R. 3. 16 ; ApyAyitosO vacanAmftena Mb. ; amftaM SiSire vahniramftaM kzIraBojanaM Pt. 1. 128 the height of pleasure or gratification. 5 The Soma juice. 6 Antidote against poison. 7 The residue or leavings of a sacrifice; ( yajYaSeza ) Ms. 3. 285. 8 Unsolicited alms, alms got without solicitation; mftaM syAdyAcitaM BEkzyamamftaM syAdayAcitaM Ms. 4. 4-5 . 9 Water; amftADmAtajImUta U. 6. 21 ; amftAdunmaTyamAnAt K. 136 ; cf. also the formulas amftopastaraRamasi svAhA and amftApiDAnamasi svAhA repeated by Brāhmaṇas at the time of sipping water before the commencement and at the end of meals. 10 A drug. 11 Clari fied butter; amftaM nAma yat saMto maMtrajihvezu juhvati Śi. 2. 107. 12 Milk. 13 Food in general. 14 Boiled rice. 15 Any thing sweet, any thing lovely or charming; a sweetmeat. 16 Property. 17 Gold. 18 Quicksilver. 19 Poison. 20 The poison called vatsanABa . 21 The Supreme Spirit ( brahma ). 22 N. of a sacred place. 23 N. of particular conjunctions of Nakṣatras (lunar asterisms) with week days ( vAranakzatrayoga ) or of lunar days with week days ( tiTivArayoga ). 24 The number four. 25 Splendour, light. [ cf. Gr. ambrotos , ambrosia ; L. immortalis ]. Comp. — aMSuH, -karaH, -dIDitiH, -dyutiH, -raSmiH &c. epithets of the moon; amftadIDitireza vidarBaje N. 4. 104 ; amftAMSUdBava born from the moon; from whom was born the moon, N. of Viṣṇu. — akzara a. immortal and imperishable; kzaraM praDAnamamftAkzaraM haraH Śvet. Up. — aMDas, -aSanaH, -ASin m. ‘one whose food is nectar’; a god, an immortal. — asu a. whose soul is ( pb ) immortal. — ASaH 1 N. of Viṣṇu. 2 a god. — AsaMgaH a sort of collyrium. — AharaRaH N. of Garuḍa who once stole Amṛta. — izwakA a kind of sacrificial brick shaped like the golden head of men, beasts &c. ( paSuSIrzARi ). — ISaH, -ISvaraH N. of Śiva. — utpannA a fly. (-nnaM), -udBavaM a kind of collyrium ( KarparItutTaM ). — (vaH) N. of the Bilva tree. — kuMqaM a vessel containing nectar. — kzAraM sal ammoniac. — gatiH N. of a metre consisting of 40 syllables. — garBa a. filled with water or nectar; ambrosial. — (rBaH) 1 the individual soul 2 the supreme soul. — citiH f. an arrangement or accumulation of sacrificial bricks conferring immortality. — ja a. produced by or from nectar. — (jaH) a sort of plant, Yellow Myrobalan. — jawA N. of a plant ( jawAmAMsI ). — taraMgiRI moonlight. — tilakA N. of a metre of 4 lines, also called tvaritagati . — drava a. shedding nectar. — (vaH) flow of nectar. — DAra a. shedding nectar. — (rA) 1 N. of a metre. 2 flow of nectar. — paH 1 a drinker of nectar, a god or deity. 2 N. of Viṣṇu. 3 one who drinks wine; BruvamamftapanAmavACaMyAsAvaDaramamuM maDupastavAjihIte Śi. 7. 42 (where a° has sense 1. also). — pakzaH 1 having golden or immortal wings, a sort of hawk. 2 the immortal or golden wings of sacrificial fire. 3 fire itself. — PalaH N. of two trees pawola and pArAvata . — (lA) 1 a bunch of grapes, vine plant, a grape ( drAkzA ). 2 = AmalakI . — (laM) a sort of fruit ( ruciPala ) found in the country of the Mudgalas according to Bhāva P. — baMDuH Ved. 1 a god or deity in general. 2 a horse or the moon. — BallAtakI a sort of medicinal preparation of ghee mentioned by Cakradatta. — Buj m. an immortal, a god, deity; one who tastes the sacrificial residues. — BU a. free from birth and death. — mati = °gati q. v. — maMTanaM churning (of the ocean) for nectar. — mAlinI N. of Durgā. — yogaH see under amfta . — rasaH 1 nectar, ambrosia; kAvyAmftarasAsvAdaH H. 1 ; viviDakAvyAmftarasAn pibAmaH Bh. 3. 40. 2 the Supreme spirit. — (sA) 1 dark-coloured...