अम्बिका [ambikā] 1 A mother, good woman, also used like अम्बा as a term of respect or endearment; अत्तिके अम्बिके शृणु मम विज्ञप्तिम्
[Mk.1.] N. N. of a plant (अम्बा 2); N. of another plant कटुकी.
N. N. of Pārvatī, wife of Śiva; आशीर्भिरेधयामासुः पुरः पाकाभिरम्बिकाम्
[Ku.6.9.] N. N. of the middle daughter of Kāśīrāja and the eldest wife of Vichitravīrya. Like her youngest sister she had no progeny, and Vyāsa begot on her a son named धृतराष्ट्र.
Name of a Jaina deity. -Comp.
-पतिः, -भर्ता N. N. of Śiva.
-पुत्रः, -सुतः N. N. of धृतराष्ट्र.