Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“spirituous, liquor”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
As a deity name
Name 359 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
Name 394 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
Name 244 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 776 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
As a Hindi name
Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“spirituous, liquor”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
अमृत · noun · masculine
वह वस्तु जिसके पीने से जीव अमर हो जाता है । पुराणनुसार समुद्रमंथन से निकले १४ रन्तों में से एक । सुधा । पीयूष । निर्जर · जल · घी — Śabdasāgara
अमृत · adj
जो मरा न हो · जो मरणशील न हो · अमरत्व प्रदान करनेवाला — Śabdasāgara
अमृत · amr̤it · s.m.
The nectar conferring immortality; ambrosia, the drink of the gods, the water of life; anything sweet; any pleasant drink — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 81
अमृत · masculine
a male given name from Sanskrit, equivalent to English Amrit, Amrut, Amrith, or Amruth
अमृत · masculine
an elixir; a substance that gives immortality to the user; nectar
Cited formation "अमृत" is अ- + मृत: मृत means "dead, deceased", and the prefix अ- forms negation, lack. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "अमृत" is अ- + मृत: मृत means "dead, deceased", and the prefix अ- forms without, lacking. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §4(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi अमृत — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit अमृत (amṛ́ta). Distantly related to English ambrosia.” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
a-mṛta mfn. (cf. Pāṇ. vi, 2, 116) not dead, MBh.
immortal, RV. &c.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the nectar (conferring immortality, produced at the churning of the ocean), ambrosia, (or the voice compared to it, N. )
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "amṛta" is the vocative of "amṛtā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
a-mṛta mfn. (cf. Pāṇ. vi, 2, 116) not dead, MBh.
immortal, RV. &c.
imperishable, RV.; VS.
beautiful, beloved, L.
a-mṛta m. an immortal, a god, RV. &c.
a-mṛtā f. a goddess, RV. &c.
spirituous liquor, L.
Alternative readings
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