Ambika

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Ambika

1. (Hinduism) The goddess Parvati.
2. (Jainism) 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.

Translations

deity

• Bengali: অম্বিকা (bn) (ombika)
• Gujarati: અંબિકા (ambikā)
• Hindi: अम्बिका (hi) (ambikā)
• Kannada: ಅಂಬಿಕಾ (kn) (ambikā)
• Maithili: अम्बिका (ambikā)
• Malayalam: അംബിക (ml) (ambika)
• Marathi: अंबिका (ambikā)
• Nepali: अम्बिका (ne) (ambikā)
• Russian: Амбика (ru) f (Ambika)
• Sanskrit: अम्बिका (sa) (ambikā)
• Tamil: அம்பிகா (ta) (ampikā)
• Telugu: అంబిక (te) (ambika)

References

• Puranic Encyclopedia: a comprehensive dictionary with special reference to the epic and Puranic literature, Vettam Mani, Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, 1975, p. 30.