The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Ambak! (f.) [Sk. ambik! demin. of amb" mother, wife, see P. amma & cp. also Sk. amb!lik! f.] mother,
good wife, used as a general endearing term for a woman Vin i.232 = D ii.97 (here in play of words with
Ambap!l" expld. by Bdhgh at Vin i.385 as ambak! ti itthiyik!).
Ambara
Ambara1 (nt.) [Vedic ambara circumference, horizon] the sky, D!vs i.38; iv.51; v.32. -- Note. At J v.390
we have to read muraja -- !lambara, and not mura -- j!la -- ambara.
Ambara
Ambara2 (m. -- nt.) [etym. = ambara1 (?) or more likely a distortion of kambala; for the latter speaks the
combn. rattambara = ratta -- kambala. -- The word would thus be due to an erroneous syllable division
rattak -- ambala (= ambara) instead of ratta -- kambala] some sort of cloth and an (upper) garment made of
it (cp. kambala) Vv 537 (ratt˚ = uttariya VvA 236).
Ambala
Ambala at J ii.246 (˚ko&&haka -- !sana -- s!l!) for ambara1 (?) or for ambaka2 (?), or should we read
kambala˚?.
Amb!&aka
Amb!&aka the hog -- plum, Spondias Mangifera (a kind of mango) Vin ii.17 (˚vana); DA i.271 (˚rukkha).
Ambila
Ambila (adj.) [Sk. amla = Lat. amarus] sour, acid; one of the 6 rasas or tastes, viz. a., lava*a, tittaka,
ka&uka, kas!ya, madhura (see under rasa): thus at Miln 56. Another enumeration at Nd2 540 & Dhs 629. --
J i.242 (˚anambila), 505 (lo*˚); ii.394 (lo*˚); DA i.270 (˚y!gu sour gruel); DhA ii.85 (ati -- ambila, with
accu*ha & atis"ta).
Ambu
Ambu (nt.) [Vedic ambu & ambhas = Gr. o)/mbros, Lat. imber rain; cp. also Sk. abhra rain -- cloud & Gr.
a)fro/s scum: see P. abbha] water J v.6; Nd1 202 (a. vuccati udaka'); D!vs ii.16. -- Cp. ambha. -- c!rin
"living in the water", a fish Sn 62 (= maccha Nd2 91). -- sev!la a water -- plant Th 1, 113.
Ambuja
Ambuja (m. & nt.) [ambu + ja of jan] "water -- born", i. e. 1. (m.) a fish S i.52. -- 2. (nt.) a lotus Sn 845 (=
paduma Nd1 202); D!vs v.46; Sdhp 360.
Ambuda
Ambuda [ambu + da fr. d!] "water -- giver", a cloud D!vs v.32; Sdhp 270, 275.
Ambha & Ambho
Ambha & Ambho (nt.) [see ambu] water, sea D!vs iv.54.
Ambhaka