"Ambika" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: From Sanskrit अम्बिका (ambikā, “mother, good woman”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|sa|अम्बिका||mother, good woman}} Sanskrit अम्बिका (ambikā, “mother, good woman”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Ambika
  1. (Hinduism) The goddess Parvati. Tags: Hinduism
    Sense id: en-Ambika-en-name-0NoHqj~e Categories (other): Hinduism
  2. (Jainism) One of the female domestic deities. Tags: Jainism
    Sense id: en-Ambika-en-name-fu1kGgu3 Categories (other): Jainism, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bengali translations, Terms with Gujarati translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Kannada translations, Terms with Maithili translations, Terms with Malayalam translations, Terms with Marathi translations, Terms with Nepali translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Tamil translations, Terms with Telugu translations, Hindu deities, Rivers Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 53 12 3 25 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 4 51 3 4 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 55 7 8 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 63 6 6 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Bengali translations: 3 56 4 6 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Gujarati translations: 9 40 9 15 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 9 46 13 10 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Kannada translations: 3 60 2 4 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Maithili translations: 5 74 5 5 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Malayalam translations: 3 65 2 3 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Marathi translations: 10 42 10 12 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Nepali translations: 10 42 10 12 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 3 65 2 3 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Tamil translations: 10 42 10 12 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Telugu translations: 11 44 10 10 26 Disambiguation of Hindu deities: 10 76 2 3 10 Disambiguation of Rivers: 10 15 8 32 35
  3. The second daughter of the king of Kasi and wife of Vichitravirya in the epic Mahabharata.
    Sense id: en-Ambika-en-name-9k7k04fP Categories (other): Mahabharata Disambiguation of Mahabharata: 0 0 100 0 0
  4. A river in the Indian state of Gujarat.
    Sense id: en-Ambika-en-name-II6m4sOT Categories (other): Rivers Disambiguation of Rivers: 10 15 8 32 35
  5. A female given name from Sanskrit.
    Sense id: en-Ambika-en-name-w2w9uULg Categories (other): English female given names, English given names, Terms with Sanskrit translations, Rivers Disambiguation of Terms with Sanskrit translations: 1 21 1 3 74 Disambiguation of Rivers: 10 15 8 32 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (deity): অম্বিকা (ombika) (Bengali), અંબિકા (ambikā) (Gujarati), अम्बिका (ambikā) (Hindi), ಅಂಬಿಕಾ (ambikā) (Kannada), अम्बिका (ambikā) (Maithili), അംബിക (ambika) (Malayalam), अंबिका (ambikā) (Marathi), अम्बिका (ambikā) (Nepali), Амбика (Ambika) [feminine] (Russian), अम्बिका (ambikā) (Sanskrit), அம்பிகா (ampikā) (Tamil), అంబిక (ambika) (Telugu)
Disambiguation of 'deity': 38 42 2 3 16
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