Crossword clues for amrita
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Amrita \Am*ri"ta\, n. [Skr. amrita.] (Hind. Myth.) Immortality; also, the nectar conferring immortality. -- a. Ambrosial; immortal.
Wiktionary
n. (context Hinduism English) The water of life; the drink of the Hindu gods.
Wikipedia
Amrit (Sanskrit, IAST: amṛta) or Amata (Pali) is a word that literally means "immortality" and is often referred to in texts as nectar. Amṛta is etymologically related to the Greek ambrosia and carries the same meaning. The word's earliest occurrence is in the Rigveda, where it is one of several synonyms for soma, the drink which confers immortality upon the gods.
Amrit has varying significance in different Indian religions.
Amrit is also a common first name for Hindus; the feminine form is Amritā.
Usage examples of "amrita".
How does Amrita feel about you going off and deserting her and the kid?
Listening to Amrita was like being stroked by a firm but well-oiled palm.
I went downstairs, locked the house, turned off the lights, and came back upstairs to where Amrita was waiting in bed.
Tomorrow, Saturday, I would have the manuscript and be free to take Amrita and the baby and fly home.
At the same time I was acutely aware of Amrita and Victoria waiting for me and of my own irritation at the direction this assignment was taking.
I might have stayed like that or even retreated into the hall in confusion if Amrita had not emerged from the bathroom at that moment.
She smiled at Amrita, and I found myself jealous, wishing that I had been the recipient of that benediction.
I settled Victoria in the hollow of my shoulder and watched as Amrita walked to the edge of the pool and smoothed down her tan skirt.
I could not have been more surprised or incredulous if Amrita had told me that she had fallen in love with the old bellhop and was leaving me.
By nine-fifty I had decided to tell him that Amrita or the baby was sick.
That was twice in one day that I had made the mistake of not having Amrita with me.
I wondered if even Amrita could have followed the gist of the high-speed Bengali.
Just as I figured out that it was the telephone making the noise, Amrita came in from the bathroom and answered it.
From what Amrita had told me, only the Sikhs had capitalized on the Green Revolution and modern agricultural technology to make a go of their extensive cooperative farms in the north of India.
Any lingering thought Amrita and I had of spending Saturday night out on the town was squelched by the sight of mud, monsoon, and squatting misery we would glimpse when we opened the curtains.