अमर _amara

अमर a. [मृ-पचाद्यच् न. त.] Undying, immortal, imperishable; अजरामरवत् प्राज्ञो विद्यामर्थं च चिन्तयेत् H. Pr.3, Ms.2.148. अजरो$मरो$मृतः Bṛi. Up.4.4.25.

-रः 1 A god, deity.

-2 N. of a Marut.

-3 N. of a plant Euphorbia Tirucalli (स्नुहीवृक्ष; Mar. शेर). Tiari- dium Indicum (हस्तिशुण्ड ?; Mar. भुरुंडी).

-4 Quick-silver.

-5 Gold.

-6 A species of pine.

-7 The number 33. (that being the number of Gods.)

-8 N. of Amarasiṁha, see below; of a mountain.

-9 Mystical signification of the syllable उ.

-1 A heap of bones.

-रा 1 The residence of Indra (cf. अमरावती).

-2 The naval string; umbilical cord.

-3 The womb.

-4 A house-post (स्थूणा).

-5 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. the heavenly river, an epithet of the Ganges; ˚तटिनीरोधसि वसन् Bh.3.123.

-आलयः the abode of the gods, heaven, तत्रामरालयमरालमरालकेशि N.

-उत्तम a. the best of the gods.

-उपम a. God-like.

-कण्टकम् 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. of the most popular Sanskṛit lexicon called after the author अमरसिंह. ˚कौमुदी Title of a commentary on अमरकोश.

-गुरुः 1 Bṛihaspati.

-2 The planet Jupiter.

-चन्द्रः Name of the author of Bālabhārata.

-(रं)जयः Conquering the gods. Bhaviṣya P.

-जः N. of a tree, a kind of खदिर.

-तरुः, -दारु 1 a celestial tree, a tree in the paradise of Indra; अमरतरुकुसुमसौरभसेवनसंपूर्णसकलकामस्य Bv.1.28.

-2 देवदारु

-3 the wish-yielding tree.

-दत्तः Name of a lexico- grapher, of a prince. Ks.

-द्विजः a Brāhmaṇa who lives by attending a temple or idol; or one who superintends a temple.

-पुरम् 1 the residence of the gods, celestial paradise.

-2 N. of various other towns.

-पुष्पः, -ष्पकः 1 N. of several plants (केतक, चूत).

-2 N. of a kind of grass.

-3 the wish-yielding tree (कल्पवृक्ष).

-पुष्पिका N. of a plant (अधःपुष्पीवृक्ष); a kind of anise.

-प्रख्य, -प्रभ 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. of a plant (आकाशवल्ली).

-सिंहः 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.