The Sanskrit term Amṛtāmbudhi can be transliterated into English as Amrtambudhi or Amritambudhi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Rasashastra (Alchemy and Herbo-Mineral preparations)

Source: Wisdom Library: Rasa-śāstra

Amṛtāmbudhi (अमृताम्बुधि) or Amṛtāmbudhirasa is the name of a Ayurvedic recipe defined in the fifth volume of the Rasajalanidhi (chapter 18, Kārśya: thinness). These remedies are classified as Iatrochemistry and form part of the ancient Indian science known as Rasaśāstra (medical alchemy). However, since it is an ayurveda treatment it should be taken with caution and in accordance with rules laid down in the texts.

Accordingly, when using such recipes (e.g., amṛtāmbudhi-rasa): “the minerals (uparasa), poisons (viṣa), and other drugs (except herbs), referred to as ingredients of medicines, are to be duly purified and incinerated, as the case may be, in accordance with the processes laid out in the texts.” (see introduction to Iatro chemical medicines)

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

Source: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram

Amṛtāmbudhi (अमृताम्बुधि) [or Amṛtāmbodhi] refers to the “ocean of nectar”, according to the commentary (vyākyā) on the Ṣaṭsāhasrasaṃhitā, an expansion of the Kubjikāmatatantra: the earliest popular and most authoritative Tantra of the Kubjikā cult.—Accordingly, “(The goddess) abides in many states of being up to the location of the void (vyoman) of the End of the Twelve, within which she causes nectar to fall if she is there in the form of the Self. Thus she ‘resides in the midst of the ocean of nectar’ [i.e., amṛtāmbudhi-madhysthā]. What is nectar? It is the juice of the Void (vyomarasa). Thus she is Mālinī of the Void. She abides (there) having pervaded the Void. What does she do there? How does she abide? 'Established in movement (cāra), she is the one who impels (its) motion'. She abides in the movement and she transports it”.

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Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Amrita, Ambudhi, Amputi.

Full-text: Amritambhodhi, Shrava.

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