अम्बा ambā

Hindi is also shown in Latin characters, using an adapted form of ISO 15919 transliteration.

How to read the transliteration

This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919On this site
cch
śśh
ṣṣh
r̥r̥i

A few reading pointers:

  • ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
  • ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
  • A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

sa · n. · f.

Earlier definition

Definition

Mother.
The goddess Durgā (= Devī).

Usual translation

  1. mother
  2. Amba

Origin of the definition

mother; the name of one of the goddesses

अंबा ambā [S.], f. 1. mother. 2. the goddess Durgā (= Devī).

S امبا अम्बा ambā, s.f. Mother ( = ammā); goddess ( = devī, debī).

a mother, good woman. (Hinduism) name of Hindu goddess Durga. Name of a daughter of a king of Kasi in Mahabharata.

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643 occurrences

In 253 on 2386 murlis

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Created
Thursday 14 May 2020
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Tuesday 17 February 2026