अम्बष्ठ
यन्त्रोपारोपितकोशांशः
सम्पाद्यताम्कल्पद्रुमः
सम्पाद्यताम्
 पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्। |
अम्बष्ठः, पुं, (अम्बायां मातरि तिष्ठति, अम्बा + स्था + कः, आम्बाम्बेति षत्वं, ञ्यापोः संज्ञाच्छन्द- सोर्बहुलमिति ह्रस्वः, असवर्णाजातत्वात् तस्य तथात्वं ।) देशविशेषः । विप्राद्वैश्यायामुत्पन्नः । इति मेदिनी ॥ अयं चिकित्सावृत्तिः वैद्य इति ख्यातः । इत्यमरटीकायां भरतः ॥ हस्तिपकः । यथा, -- “अम्बष्ठाम्बष्ठ मार्गं नौ देह्यपक्राम मा चिरं” । इति श्रीभागवतं ॥ कायस्थजातिविशेषः । इति पश्चिमदेशे प्रसिद्धः ॥
अमरकोशः
सम्पाद्यताम्|
पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्। |
अम्बष्ठ पुं।
वैश्यात्ब्राह्मणीभ्यामुत्पन्नः
समानार्थक:अम्बष्ठ
2।10।2।1।2
शूद्राविशोस्तु करणोऽम्बष्ठो वैश्याद्विजन्मनोः। शूद्राक्षत्रिययोरुग्रो मागधः क्षत्रियाविशोः॥
पदार्थ-विभागः : , द्रव्यम्, पृथ्वी, चलसजीवः, मनुष्यः
वाचस्पत्यम्
सम्पाद्यताम्|
पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्। |
अम्बष्ठ¦ पु॰ अम्बाय चिकित्सकबब्दाय तत्प्रख्यापनार्थं तिष्ठते-ऽभिप्रैति स्था--क पत्वम्। चिकित्सके
“विप्रात् वैश्य-कन्यायां जाते
१ सङ्कीर्णवर्णे,
“ब्राह्मणाद्वैश्यकन्यायामम्ब-ष्ठोनाम जायते मनुः
“सजातिजानन्तरजाः षट्सुताद्विजधर्मिण” इति मनूक्तेः
“द्विजातीनां समानजाती-यासु जाताः तथानुलोम्येनोत्पन्नाः ब्राह्मणेन क्षत्रि-यावैश्ययोः, क्षत्रियेण वैश्यायामेवं षट् पुत्रा द्विजधर्म्मिणः उपनेयाः ताननन्तरजनाम्न इति यदुक्तं तत्तज्जातिव्यपदेशार्थं न संस्कारार्थमिति कस्यचिद्भ्रमः स्यात्अत एषां द्विजातिसंस्कारार्थवचनमिति” कुल्लू॰ उक्तेश्चअम्बष्ठादीनामुपनयनसंस्कारसत्त्वेऽपि इदानीन्तनानां सं-स्कारलोपेन शूद्रत्वम् अतएव इदानीं क्षत्रियादीनांशुद्रत्वमेवमम्बष्ठादीनामपि” इति रघु॰ ये तु व्रात्य-दोषप्रायश्चित्तमाचरन्ति तेषामुपनयनयोग्यता भवत्येव
“येषां पित्रादयोप्यनुपनीतास्तेषामापस्तम्बोक्तम्
“यस्य पितापितामहावनुपनीतौ स्यातान्तस्य संवत्सरं त्रैविद्य-कम्ब्रह्मचर्य्यं यस्य प्रपितामहादीनां नानुस्मर्य्यते उप-नयनन्तस्य द्वादशवार्षिकं त्रैविद्यकम्ब्रह्मचर्य्यमिति” मिता॰उक्तेः।
“सूतानामश्वसारथ्यमम्बष्ठानां चिकित्सितम्” मनूक्ता तेषां वृत्तिः।
२ देशभेदे,
३ हस्तिपके च।
४ यूथि-कायां स्त्री। स्वार्थे कनि ह्रस्वे अत इत्त्वे। अम्बष्ठिका-प्यत्रैव (वामनहाटीति) प्रसिद्धायां
५ ब्राह्मीलतायाञ्च।
शब्दसागरः
सम्पाद्यताम्|
पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्। |
अम्बष्ठ¦ m. (-ष्ठः)
1. The name of a country, stated to be in the eastern division of India, and supposed by Mr. WILFORD, to be the abode of the AMBASTΠof Arrian.
2. The offspring of a man of the Brah- man, and a woman of the Vaisya tribe, a man of the medical cast. f. (-ष्ठा)
1. A sort of jasmin, (Jasminum auriculatum.)
2. A plant, (Cissampelos hexandra.) See वनतिक्तिका।
3. Woodsorrel, (Oxalis corniculata, Rox.) E. अम्बा a mother, स्था to stand, and क affix, what cherishes like a mother. [Page052-a+ 60]
Apte
सम्पाद्यताम्|
पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्। |
अम्बष्ठः [ambaṣṭhḥ], 1 The offspring of a man of the Brāhmaṇa and a woman of the Vaiśya tribe; ब्राह्मणाद् वैश्यकन्यायामम्बष्ठो नाम जायते Ms.1.8,13.15; Y.1.91. cf. also अम्बष्ठानां दार्विहोमिको ब्राह्मणः । ŚB. on MS.8.4.2. (According to Ms.1.47 the duty of an अम्बष्ठ is the curing of diseases; अम्बष्ठानां चिकित्सितम्).
An elephant-driver. अपश्यत्कुवलयापीडं कृष्णो$म्बष्ठप्रचोदितम् Bhāg.1.43.2. (pl.)
N. of a country and its inhabitants (they seem to have occupied the country to the east of Tākṣaśilā, comprising the modern district of Lahore.) -ष्ठा N. of several plants: (a) गणिका, यूथिका (Mar. जुई); (b) पाठा (Mar. पाहाडमूळ). (c) चुक्रिका (Mar. चुका); (d) another plant (Mar. अम्बाडा). -ष्ठा, -ष्ठी An Ambaṣṭha woman.
Monier-Williams
सम्पाद्यताम्|
पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्। |
अम्बष्ठ/ अम्ब-ष्ठ m. (fr. अम्बand स्थ? Pa1n2. 8-3 , 97 )N. of a country and of its inhabitants MBh. VarBr2S. etc.
अम्बष्ठ/ अम्ब-ष्ठ m. of the king of that country MBh. vii , 3399 seqq.
अम्बष्ठ/ अम्ब-ष्ठ m. the offspring of a man of the Brahman and a woman of the वैश्यcaste (a man of the medical caste Mn. x , 47 ; an elephant-driver BhP. ) Mn. x Ya1jn5. etc.
Purana index
सम्पाद्यताम्|
पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्। |
(I)--the name of the mahout of कुवलया- पीड killed by कृष्ण for leading it against him. भा. X. ४३. 2 and १४. [page१-090+ ३८]
Purana Encyclopedia
सम्पाद्यताम्|
पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्। |
Ambaṣṭha : m. (pl.): Name of Janapada whose warriors sided with the Kauravas.
A. Location: To the west of Khāṇḍavaprastha (niryāya khāṇḍavaprasthāt pratīcīm abhito diśam) 2. 29. 2; at one place they are reckoned among those who lived in the northwest (sāmbaṣṭhāḥ pratīcyodīcyavāsinaḥ) 7. 6. 6.
B. Characterization: Referred to as a Janapada (śālvā matsyās tathāmbaṣṭhās…dvādaśaite janapadāḥ) 6. 18. 13-14; 6. 114. 77; called Kṣatriyas (ambaṣṭhāḥ…kṣatriyāḥ) 2. 48. 14, 16; 6. 20. 10; according to Parāśara they were a sub-caste of Kṣatriyas born of intermixture of Kṣatriyas with the other three Varṇas (kṣatrajātir athāmbaṣṭhā…ete caturbhyo varṇebhyo jāyante vai parasparam//) 12. 285. 8-9.
C. Qualities: Brave and willing to die in war (śūrās tanutyajaḥ) 6. 18. 14; strong (balavantaḥ) 6. 112. 107; very difficult to be defeated in war (saṁkhye sudurjayāḥ) 8. 57. 31; according to Yudhiṣṭhira they were not wicked and were of good character and good conduct (anṛśaṁsāḥ śīlavṛttopapannāḥ) 5. 30. 24; they were ranked as mahārathas 6. 112. 107, 111;
D. Epic Events:
(1) Mentioned among the peoples conquered by Nakula in his expedition to the west before the Rājasūya (ambaṣṭhān…vyajayat puruṣarṣabhaḥ) 2. 29. 6, 8;
(2) Ambaṣṭhas are mentioned among those Kṣatriyas who brought wealth in hundreds for the Rājasūya of Yudhiṣṭhira (ambaṣṭhāḥ kaukurās…āhārṣuḥ kṣatriyā…vittam) 2. 48. 14, 16;
(3) Mentioned by Yudhiṣṭhira among those warriors whom Duryodhana was able to collect to fight against the Pāṇḍavas; he asked Saṁjaya to wish them well on his behalf (ye rājānaḥ pāṇḍavāyodhanāya samānītā dhārtarāṣṭreṇa kecit/…tathāmbaṣṭhā…//teṣāṁ sarveṣāṁ kuśalaṁ tāta pṛccheḥ) 5. 30. 23-24;
(4) Mentioned among the twenty thousand charioteers of the twelve Janapadas who followed Duḥśāsana and other sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra when they acted as rear-guards of Bhīṣma (rathā viṁśatisāhasrās tathaiṣām anuyāyinaḥ/…tathāmbaṣṭhās…dvādaśaite janapadāḥ) 6. 18. 12-14; mentioned among the Kṣatriyas who were near Bhīṣma when he stood in front of the army (bhīṣmo 'grataḥ sarvasainyasya…tasya sainyam…ye cāmbaṣṭhāḥ kṣatriyāḥ) 6. 20. 9-10;
(5) Mentioned among those who, when instigated by Duryodhana, attacked Arjuna as do moths the fire (ambaṣṭhāḥ kekayaiḥ saha/abhipetū raṇe pārthaṁ pataṅgā iva pāvakam//) 6. 112. 110;
(6) Mentioned among the twelve Janapadas who did not forsake Bhīṣma, just before his fall, on the tenth day of the war although they were wounded by arrows (ambaṣṭhāḥ …dvādaśaite janapadāḥ…saṁgrāme na jahur bhīṣmaṁ yudhyamānaṁ kirīṭinā) 6. 114. 77;
(7) Mentioned by Bhīṣma among those people who were once defeated by Karṇa (ambaṣṭhāś ca…jitās tvayā) 7. 4. 5;
(8) Mentioned among the warriors who, on the eleventh day of the war, formed the extremity of the left wing of Droṇa's vyūha which was guarded by Kṛpa and others (kṛpaś ca kṛtavarmā ca…savyaṁ pārśvam apālayan//teṣāṁ prapakṣāḥ… madrās trigartāḥ sāmbaṣṭhāḥ) 7. 6. 4-6;
(9) Mentioned among the warriors who formed the rear of the Suparṇavyūha (7. 19. 4) arranged by Droṇa on the eleventh day of the war (pṛṣṭhe kaliṅgāḥ sāmbaṣṭhāḥ) 7. 19. 11;
(10) Mentioned among the three thousand horse-riders who, led by Duryodhana on the fourteenth day of the war, attacked Sātyaki as moths do the fire (trīṇi sādisahasrāṇi duryodhanapurogamāḥ…kuṇindās taṅgaṇāmbaṣṭhāḥ…abhyadravanta śaineyaṁ śalabhāḥ pāvakaṁ yathā//) 7. 97. 13-14; every rock that was thrown by the Ambaṣṭhas and others was pierced and broken by Sātyaki with his nārāca arrows (aśmavṛṣṭiṁ…ambaṣṭhaiś ca kuṇindaiś ca kṣiptāṁ kṣiptāṁ sa sātyakiḥ/nārācaiḥ prativivyādha) 7. 97. 39-40;
(11) Mentioned among those who were killed by Yudhiṣṭhira during the night war (ambaṣṭhān…prāhiṇot mṛtyulokāya gaṇān yuddhe yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) 7. 132. 23; 7. 136. 3;
(12) Arjuna reported to Yudhiṣṭhira that when his way to the Saṁśaptakas was suddenly blocked by Aśvatthāman, the army of the Ambaṣṭhas, resolved to fight unto death, faced him; Arjuna killed five hundred of them before proceeding towards Aśvatthāman (ambaṣṭhasenā maraṇe vyatiṣṭhat/teṣām ahaṁ pañcaśatāni hatvā tato drauṇim agamam) 8. 47. 3;
(13) Śalya encouraged Karṇa to fight with the same courage with Arjuna which he showed in defeating Ambaṣṭhas and others (vaidehāmbaṣṭhakāmbojās…yayā dhṛtyā jitāḥ saṁkhye sudurjayāḥ//tāṁ dhṛtiṁ kuru rādheya tataḥ pratyehi pāṇḍavam) 8. 57. 31-32.
_______________________________
*2nd word in right half of page p619_mci (+offset) in original book.
previous page p618_mci .......... next page p621_mci
Mahabharata Cultural Index
सम्पाद्यताम्|
पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्। |
Ambaṣṭha : m. (pl.): Name of Janapada whose warriors sided with the Kauravas.
A. Location: To the west of Khāṇḍavaprastha (niryāya khāṇḍavaprasthāt pratīcīm abhito diśam) 2. 29. 2; at one place they are reckoned among those who lived in the northwest (sāmbaṣṭhāḥ pratīcyodīcyavāsinaḥ) 7. 6. 6.
B. Characterization: Referred to as a Janapada (śālvā matsyās tathāmbaṣṭhās…dvādaśaite janapadāḥ) 6. 18. 13-14; 6. 114. 77; called Kṣatriyas (ambaṣṭhāḥ…kṣatriyāḥ) 2. 48. 14, 16; 6. 20. 10; according to Parāśara they were a sub-caste of Kṣatriyas born of intermixture of Kṣatriyas with the other three Varṇas (kṣatrajātir athāmbaṣṭhā…ete caturbhyo varṇebhyo jāyante vai parasparam//) 12. 285. 8-9.
C. Qualities: Brave and willing to die in war (śūrās tanutyajaḥ) 6. 18. 14; strong (balavantaḥ) 6. 112. 107; very difficult to be defeated in war (saṁkhye sudurjayāḥ) 8. 57. 31; according to Yudhiṣṭhira they were not wicked and were of good character and good conduct (anṛśaṁsāḥ śīlavṛttopapannāḥ) 5. 30. 24; they were ranked as mahārathas 6. 112. 107, 111;
D. Epic Events:
(1) Mentioned among the peoples conquered by Nakula in his expedition to the west before the Rājasūya (ambaṣṭhān…vyajayat puruṣarṣabhaḥ) 2. 29. 6, 8;
(2) Ambaṣṭhas are mentioned among those Kṣatriyas who brought wealth in hundreds for the Rājasūya of Yudhiṣṭhira (ambaṣṭhāḥ kaukurās…āhārṣuḥ kṣatriyā…vittam) 2. 48. 14, 16;
(3) Mentioned by Yudhiṣṭhira among those warriors whom Duryodhana was able to collect to fight against the Pāṇḍavas; he asked Saṁjaya to wish them well on his behalf (ye rājānaḥ pāṇḍavāyodhanāya samānītā dhārtarāṣṭreṇa kecit/…tathāmbaṣṭhā…//teṣāṁ sarveṣāṁ kuśalaṁ tāta pṛccheḥ) 5. 30. 23-24;
(4) Mentioned among the twenty thousand charioteers of the twelve Janapadas who followed Duḥśāsana and other sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra when they acted as rear-guards of Bhīṣma (rathā viṁśatisāhasrās tathaiṣām anuyāyinaḥ/…tathāmbaṣṭhās…dvādaśaite janapadāḥ) 6. 18. 12-14; mentioned among the Kṣatriyas who were near Bhīṣma when he stood in front of the army (bhīṣmo 'grataḥ sarvasainyasya…tasya sainyam…ye cāmbaṣṭhāḥ kṣatriyāḥ) 6. 20. 9-10;
(5) Mentioned among those who, when instigated by Duryodhana, attacked Arjuna as do moths the fire (ambaṣṭhāḥ kekayaiḥ saha/abhipetū raṇe pārthaṁ pataṅgā iva pāvakam//) 6. 112. 110;
(6) Mentioned among the twelve Janapadas who did not forsake Bhīṣma, just before his fall, on the tenth day of the war although they were wounded by arrows (ambaṣṭhāḥ …dvādaśaite janapadāḥ…saṁgrāme na jahur bhīṣmaṁ yudhyamānaṁ kirīṭinā) 6. 114. 77;
(7) Mentioned by Bhīṣma among those people who were once defeated by Karṇa (ambaṣṭhāś ca…jitās tvayā) 7. 4. 5;
(8) Mentioned among the warriors who, on the eleventh day of the war, formed the extremity of the left wing of Droṇa's vyūha which was guarded by Kṛpa and others (kṛpaś ca kṛtavarmā ca…savyaṁ pārśvam apālayan//teṣāṁ prapakṣāḥ… madrās trigartāḥ sāmbaṣṭhāḥ) 7. 6. 4-6;
(9) Mentioned among the warriors who formed the rear of the Suparṇavyūha (7. 19. 4) arranged by Droṇa on the eleventh day of the war (pṛṣṭhe kaliṅgāḥ sāmbaṣṭhāḥ) 7. 19. 11;
(10) Mentioned among the three thousand horse-riders who, led by Duryodhana on the fourteenth day of the war, attacked Sātyaki as moths do the fire (trīṇi sādisahasrāṇi duryodhanapurogamāḥ…kuṇindās taṅgaṇāmbaṣṭhāḥ…abhyadravanta śaineyaṁ śalabhāḥ pāvakaṁ yathā//) 7. 97. 13-14; every rock that was thrown by the Ambaṣṭhas and others was pierced and broken by Sātyaki with his nārāca arrows (aśmavṛṣṭiṁ…ambaṣṭhaiś ca kuṇindaiś ca kṣiptāṁ kṣiptāṁ sa sātyakiḥ/nārācaiḥ prativivyādha) 7. 97. 39-40;
(11) Mentioned among those who were killed by Yudhiṣṭhira during the night war (ambaṣṭhān…prāhiṇot mṛtyulokāya gaṇān yuddhe yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) 7. 132. 23; 7. 136. 3;
(12) Arjuna reported to Yudhiṣṭhira that when his way to the Saṁśaptakas was suddenly blocked by Aśvatthāman, the army of the Ambaṣṭhas, resolved to fight unto death, faced him; Arjuna killed five hundred of them before proceeding towards Aśvatthāman (ambaṣṭhasenā maraṇe vyatiṣṭhat/teṣām ahaṁ pañcaśatāni hatvā tato drauṇim agamam) 8. 47. 3;
(13) Śalya encouraged Karṇa to fight with the same courage with Arjuna which he showed in defeating Ambaṣṭhas and others (vaidehāmbaṣṭhakāmbojās…yayā dhṛtyā jitāḥ saṁkhye sudurjayāḥ//tāṁ dhṛtiṁ kuru rādheya tataḥ pratyehi pāṇḍavam) 8. 57. 31-32.
_______________________________
*2nd word in right half of page p619_mci (+offset) in original book.
previous page p618_mci .......... next page p621_mci
Vedic Index of Names and Subjects
सम्पाद्यताम्|
पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्। |
Ambaṣṭha. See Āmbaṣṭhya.
==Foot Notes==