f(ī-)n. the rain water which collects in hollow places of the tree Nauclea Cadamba when the flowers are in perfection (it is supposed to be impregnated with honey)
m.Name of a demon (in often mentioned with śuṣṇa-, arbuda-, pipru- etc.;he is the chief enemy of divo-dāsa-atithigva-, for whose deliverance he was thrown down a mountain and slain by indra-;in epic and later poetry he is also a foe of the god of love) etc.
अम्बरम् [अम्बः शब्दः तं राति धत्ते, रा-क] 1 Sky, atmosphere, ether; कैलासनिलयप्रख्यमालिखन्तमिवाम्बरम् Rām. 5.2.23. तावतर्जयदम्बरे R.12.41. -2 Cloth, garment, clothing, apparel, dress; दिव्यमाल्याम्बरधरम् Bg.11.11; R.3.9. दिगम्बर; सागराम्बरा मही the sea, girt, earth. -3 Saffron. -4 Talc. -5 A kind of perfume (Ambergris). -6 Cotton. cf. अंबरं व्योम्नि वाससि । सुगन्धिनि च कार्पासे... । Rāghava's Nānārtha. -7 N. of a people. -8 Circumference, compass. -9 Neighbourhood, surrounding country (Nir.) यद् वा स्थो अध्यम्बरे Rv.8.8.14 -1 Lip. -11 Evil, sin. -12 Destroyer of elephants (नागभिद् Trik.) -Comp. -अधिकारिन् Superintendent over the robes (an officer at court). Rāj. T. -अन्तः 1 the end of a garment. -2 the horizon. -ओकस् m. dwelling in heaven, a god; (भस्मरजः) विलिप्यते मौलिभि- रम्बरौकसाम् Ku.5.79 -ग a. sky-going. -दम् cotton. -मणिः the sun. -युगम् two principal garments used by men; upper and lower. -लेखिन् a. sky-touching; एतद्गिरेर्माल्यवतः पुरस्तादाविर्भवत्यम्बरलेखि शृङ्गम् R.13.26. -शैलः a high mountain touching the sky. -स्थली the earth.
कादम्बरम् 1 A spirituous liquor distilled from the flowers of the Kadamba tree; निषेध्य मधु माधवाः सरसमत्र कादम्बरम् Śi.4.66. -री 1 A spirituous liquor distilled from the flowers of the कदम्ब tree. -2 Spirituous liquor or wine in general; कादम्बरीसाक्षिकं प्रथमसौहृदमिष्यते Ś.6; or कादम्बरीमदविघूर्णितलोचनस्य युक्तं हि लाङ्गलभृतः पतनं पृथिव्याम् Udb.; ˚रसभरेण K.24. -3 The fluid issuing from the temples of a rutting elephant. -4 An epithet of Sarasvatī, the goddess of learning. -5 A female cuckoo. -6 The rain-water collected into clefts or hollow places. -7 A female bird (सारिका). -8 N. of a celebrated story by Bāṇa; the heroine is of the same name being a daughter of Chitraratha Gandharva. -Comp. -बीजम् a ferment, yeast.
शम्बर a. [शम्ब् अरच्] Best, excellent. -राः 1 N. of a demon slain by Pradyumna, q. v. -2 A mountain. -3 A kind of deer. -4 A Jina. -5 N. of the trees चित्रक, लोध्र and अर्जुन. -6 A kind of fish. -7 War. -रम् 1 Water; किं विलम्बसे ... शम्बरानयने Cholachampū p. 26. -2 A cloud. -3 Wealth. -4 A rite or religious observance.
-Comp. -अरिः, सूदनः epithets of Pradyumna or the god of love. -असुरः the demon Śambara.
n. garment; firmament, sky; -kara, a. moving in the air; m. bird; fairy: -mârga, m. (bird's path), sky; -kârin, m. planet; -patha, m. path in the sky; -pra bhâ, f. N. of a princess; -½adhikârin,m. groom of the robes.
m. N. of a demon vanquished by Indra (V., C.); N. of a foe of the god of love (E., C.); kind of deer; N. of a king (v. r. sambarana and samvarana); N. of a juggler (for -siddhi; Pr.); n. magic (C.).
m. ep. of the god of love; -ripu, m. id.; -vritra-han, m. ep. of Indra; -siddhi, m. N. of a juggler (Pr.); -hátya, n. slaying of Sambara (V.); -han, m. ep. of Indra.
noun (neuter) a cipher (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a perfume (Ambra) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
apparel (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
atmosphere (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
circumference (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
clothes (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
compass (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
cotton (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
ether (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
garment (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a country (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the tenth astrological mansion (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
neighbourhood (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
saffron (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
sky (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the lip (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) (the war-drum personified) name of a being in the retinue of Skanda (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a great noise (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a kind of drum (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
bombast (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
ifc. immensity (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noisy behaviour (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
pleasure (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
speaking loud or much (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
sublimity (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the eyelid (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the highest degree of (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the roaring of elephants (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the sounding of a trumpet as a sign of attack (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (feminine neuter) a spirituous liquor distilled from the flowers of the Cadamba (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
spirituous liquor (in general) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the fluid which issues from the temples of a rutting elephant (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the rain water which collects in hollow places of the tree Nauclea Cadamba when the flowers are in perfection (it is supposed to be impregnated with honey) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
wine (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) beauty (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
entanglement (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
great noise (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
loud assertion of (in comp.) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
mass (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
multitude (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Gandharva (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of an attendant of Skanda (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
verbosity (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a naked mendicant (esp. of the Jaina or Bauddha sect) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
darkness (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a grammarian (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Śiva or Skanda (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) citraka (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a fish or a kind of fish (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a kind of deer (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a mountain in general or a particular mountain (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a weapon (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
best (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
cloud (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
excellent (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
fight (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a demon (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a juggler (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a king (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of of a Jina (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Symplocos Racemosa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Terminalia Arunja (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
war (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) citra (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
any vow or a particular vow (with Buddhists) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
magic (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
might (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
power (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
sorcery (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the fastnesses of Śambara (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
water (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
wealth (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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