Ambukisha, Ambukīśa, Ambu-kisha: 7 definitions
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Ambukisha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Ambukīśa can be transliterated into English as Ambukisa or Ambukisha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAmbukīśa (अम्बुकीश).—a tortoise (śiśumāra); particularly Gangetic.
Derivable forms: ambukīśaḥ (अम्बुकीशः).
Ambukīśa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ambu and kīśa (कीश). See also (synonyms): ambukūrma.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAmbukīśa (अम्बुकीश).—m.
(-śaḥ) A porpoise, especially of the kind common in the Ganges, (Delphinus gangeticus, Rox.) E. ambu, and kīśa the watermonkey.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAmbukīśa (अम्बुकीश):—[=ambu-kīśa] [from ambu] m. a porpoise (especially the Gangetic, Delphinus Gangeticus), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryAmbukīśa (अम्बुकीश):—[ambu-kīśa] (śaḥ) 1. m. A porpoise.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusAṃbukīśa (ಅಂಬುಕೀಶ):—[noun] any of small, usually gregarious toothed whales found in most seas, with a torpedo-shaped body and a blunt snout of a Phocoenidae family; sea-hog.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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