Ambuvaha, Ambuvāha, Ambu-vaha: 9 definitions
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAmbuvāha (अम्बुवाह).—[ambu vahatīti]
1) a cloud; तडित्वन्त- मिवाम्बुवाहम् (taḍitvanta- mivāmbuvāham) Kirātārjunīya 3.1; भर्तुर्मित्रं प्रियमविधवे विद्धि मामम्बुवाहम् (bharturmitraṃ priyamavidhave viddhi māmambuvāham) Me. 11.
2) a lake.
3) water-bearer.
4) the number 17.
5) a sort of grass.
Derivable forms: ambuvāhaḥ (अम्बुवाहः).
Ambuvāha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ambu and vāha (वाह).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAmbuvāha (अम्बुवाह).—m.
(-haḥ) 1. A cloud. 2. The cyperus. 3. A water-carrier. E. ambu water, and vāha what bears.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryAmbuvāha (अम्बुवाह).—m. a cloud, [Daśakumāracarita] in
Ambuvāha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ambu and vāha (वाह).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryAmbuvāha (अम्बुवाह).—[masculine] = ambunivaha.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Ambuvāha (अम्बुवाह):—[=ambu-vāha] [from ambu] m. a cloud, [Kumāra-sambhava; Meghadūta] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] the grass Cyperus Pertenuis
3) [v.s. ...] a water-carrier, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] talc, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) [v.s. ...] the number, ‘seventeen’ [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryAmbuvāha (अम्बुवाह):—[ambu-vāha] (haḥ) 1. m. A cloud.
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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 corpusAṃbuvāha (ಅಂಬುವಾಹ):—[noun] that which carries water; a cloud.
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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Partial matches: Ambu, Vaha, Ampu.
Ends with: Kalambuvaha.
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