As a deity name
Name 385 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 88 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
Name 566 of the Saraswati Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
अम्बिका · ambikā · s.f.
An epithet of Pārvatī or Bhavānī, consort of Śiva — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 80
अम्बिका · ambikā
= امبکا ambikā, q.v — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 85
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
one of the female domestic deities of the Jainas
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "ambikā" is the feminine form of "ambika" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
M3 · meaning shifts "ambika" is derived from "ambi" with the ṭhan/ka/kan suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
ambi f. mother, RV. i, 23, 16 : Superl. voc. ambitame, O dearest mother! RV. ii, 41, 16, (cf. ambī.)
ambika m. N. of a man, Kāṭh.; Anukr.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
ambikā f. (voc. ambike), mother, good woman (as a term of respect), VS. & TS. (cf. Pāṇ. vi, 1, 118), Pāṇ. vii, 3, 107 Comm. (voc. ˚ke) & Kāś. (in Veda voc. optionally ˚ka and ˚ke)
a N. applied to the harvest (as the most productive season), Kāṭh.
a sister of Rudra, VS.; ŚBr.
N. of Pārvatī (the wife of Śiva), Hariv.; Yājñ. &c.
of the wife of Rudra Ugraretas, BhP.
ambika m. N. of a man, Kāṭh.; Anukr.
ambi f. mother, RV. i, 23, 16 : Superl. voc. ambitame, O dearest mother! RV. ii, 41, 16, (cf. ambī.)
Alternative readings
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