अमर [amara] a. a. [मृ-पचाद्यच् न. त.] Undying, immortal, imperishable; अजरामरवत् प्राज्ञो विद्यामर्थं च चिन्तयेत्
[H. Pr.3] ,
[Ms.2.148.] अजरोऽमरोऽमृतः
[Bṛi. Up.4.4.25.] रः A god, deity.
N. N. of a Marut.
N. N. of a plant Euphorbia Tirucalli (स्नुहीवृक्ष; Mar. शेर). Tiaridium Indicum (हस्तिशुण्ड ?; Mar. भुरुंडी).
Quick-silver.
Gold.
A species of pine.
The number 33. (that being the number of Gods.)
N. N. of Amarasiṁha, see below; of a mountain.
Mystical signification of the syllable उ.
A heap of bones.
रा The residence of Indra (cf. अमरावती).
The naval string; umbilical cord.
The womb.
A house-post (स्थूणा).
N. N. of several plants; इन्द्रवारुणी, वटी, महानीली, घृतकुमारी, स्नुही, गुडूची, दूर्वा.
-री The same as अमरा. -Comp.
-अङ्गना, -स्त्री a celestial nymph, heavenly damsel; मुषाण रत्नानि हरामराङ्गनाः
[Śi.1.] 51.
-अद्रिः 'mountain of the gods'; हृतामराद्रिस्थानेन ज्ञापितो भौमचेष्टितम्
[Bhāg.1.59.2.] N. of the mountain Sumeru.-अधिपः,
-इन्द्रः, -ईशः, -ईश्वरः, -पतिः, -भर्ता, -राजः &c. 'The lord of the gods', epithets of Indra; प्रेमदत्तवदना- निलः पिवन्नत्यजीवदमरालकेश्वरौ
[R.19.15.] शान्तं पापं न वः किंचित् कुतश्चिदमराधिप
[Rām.2.74.22.] sometimes of Śiva and Viṣṇu also,
-आचार्यः, -गुरुः, -इज्यः, 'preceptor of the gods', epithets of Bṛihaspati.
-आपगा, -तटिनी, -सरित् f. f. the heavenly river, an epithet of the Ganges; ˚तटिनीरोधसि वसन्
[Bh.3.123.] -आलयः the abode of the gods, heaven, तत्रामरालयमरालमरालकेशि
[N.] -उत्तम a. a. the best of the gods.
-उपम a. a. God-like.
-कण्टकम् N. N. of the part of the Vindhya range which is near the source of the river Narmadā.
-कोटः 'the fortress of the immortals', N. of the capital of a (modern) Rajaput state.
-कोशः, -षः N. N. of the most popular Sanskṛit lexicon called after the author अमरसिंह. ˚कौमुदी Title of a commentary on अमरकोश.
गुरुः Bṛihaspati.
The planet Jupiter.
-चन्द्रः Name of the author of Bālabhārata.
-(रं)जयः Conquering the gods.
[Bhaviṣya P.] -जः N. N. of a tree, a kind of खदिर.
तरुः, दारु a celestial tree, a tree in the paradise of Indra; अमरतरुकुसुमसौरभसेवनसंपूर्णसकलकामस्य
[Bv.1.28.] देवदारु
the wish-yielding tree.
-दत्तः Name of a lexicographer, of a prince.
[Ks.] -द्विजः a Brāhmaṇa who lives by attending a temple or idol; or one who superintends a temple.
पुरम् the residence of the gods, celestial paradise.
N. N. of various other towns.
पुष्पः, ष्पकः N. of several plants (केतक, चूत).
N. N. of a kind of grass.
the wish-yielding tree (कल्पवृक्ष).
-पुष्पिका N. N. of a plant (अधःपुष्पीवृक्ष); a kind of anise.
-प्रख्य, -प्रभ a. a. like an immortal.
-प्रभुः one of the 1 names of Viṣṇu.-माला N. of a lexicon. (said to be composed by the same author as that of Amarakośa.)
-रत्नम a crystal.-राजः N. of Indra.
-लोकः the world of the gods, heaven; ˚ता heavenly bliss; तेषु सम्यग्वर्तमानो गच्छत्यमरलोकताम्
[Ms.2.5.] -वल्लरी N. N. of a plant (आकाशवल्ली).
-सिंहः N. N. of the author of Amarakośa; he was a Jaina and is said to have been one of the 9 gems that adorned the court of king Vikramāditya. The dates of many of these 'gems' are still doubtful.
-स्त्री An Apsaras or a nymph of heaven.