Encyclopedias & Dictionaries | Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 82) amṛta, (cf., Pāṇ. 6-2, 116), mfn. not dead, MBh.; immortal, RV. &c.; imperishable, RV., VS.; beautiful, beloved, L.; m. an immortal, a god, RV. &c.; N. of Śiva; of Vishṇu, MBh. xiii; of Dhanvantari, L.; the plant Phaseolus Trilobus Ait.; the root of a plant, L.; (ā), f. a goddess, RV. &c.; spirituous liquor, L.; Emblica Officinalis, Terminalia Citrina Roxb., Cocculus Cordifolius, Piper Longum, Ocymum Sanctum; N. of the mother of Parikshit, MBh. i, 3794; of Dākshāyaṇī, MatsyaP.; of a sister of Amṛitodana, Buddh.; of a river, Hcat.; of the first kalā of the moon, BrahmaP.; (am) n. collective body of immortals, RV.; world of immortality, heaven, eternity, RV., VS., AV.; (also āni n. pl., RV. i, 72, 1 and iii, 38, 4); immortality, RV.; final emancipation, L.; the nectar (conferring immortality, produced at the churning of the ocean), ambrosia, RV. (or the voice compared to it, N., Ragh.); nectar-like food; antidote against poison, Suśr.; N. of a medicament, Śiś. ix, 36, medicament in general, Buddh.; the residue of a sacrifice (cf. amṛta-bhuj); unsolicited alms, Mn. iv, 4 and 5, water Naigh.; milk, L. clarified butter, L. (cf. pañcāmṛta), boiled rice, L.; anything sweet, a sweetmeat, R. vii, 7,3; a pear, L.; food, L., property, L.; gold, L.; quicksilver, L.; poison, L.; a particular poison, L.; a ray of light, Ragh. x, 59N. of a metre, RPrāt.; of a sacred place (in the north), Hariv. 14095, of various conjunctions of planets (supposed to confer long life), L.; the number, 'four', L.
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