English Explanatory Dictionary

Ambika

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The goddess Parvati.
  2. One of the female domestic deities.
  3. The second daughter of the king of Kasi and wife of Vichitravirya in the epic Mahabharata.
  4. A river in the Indian state of Gujarat.
  5. A female given name from Sanskrit.

Word forms

Ambika

Etymology

From Sanskrit अम्बिका (ambikā, “mother, good woman”).

Translations

Bengali: অম্বিকা Gujarati: અંબિકા Hindi: अम्बिका Kannada: ಅಂಬಿಕಾ Maithili: अम्बिका Malayalam: അംബിക Marathi: अंबिका Nepali: अम्बिका Russian: Амбика Sanskrit: अम्बिका Tamil: அம்பிகா Telugu: అంబిక
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