amrita

Or am·ree·ta

[uhm-ree-tuh]

noun

Hindu Mythology.

1. the beverage of immortality.

2. the immortality conferred by this beverage.

amrita

/ æmˈriːtə /

noun

1. the ambrosia of the gods that bestows immortality

2. the immortality it confers

Word History and Origins

Origin of amrita¹

1800–10; < Sanskrit, equivalent to a- not ( a- ⁶ ) + mṛta dead ( mṛ die + -ta verbid suffix); akin to Greek ámbrotos immortal

Word History and Origins

Origin of amrita¹

from Sanskrit amrta immortal, from a- without + mrta death

Example Sentences

Kishore and Amrita Chopra said their son had a liver transplant in 2023 but suffered complications and showed symptoms of rejecting the donated organ.

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Journalist Amrita Khalid lives in coastal city of Santa Monica, which is also being evacuated.

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When Amrita Kaur decided to attend Punjabi pop star Diljit Dosanjh's concert in India this month, she was prepared to experience some discomfort.

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A panel made up of the station’s presenters Haroon Rashid, Nikita Kanda, Gagan Grewal and Nadia Ali, plus industry experts Asim Burney, Amrita Tanna, and Karan Pangali chose the shortlist.

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Around 40 years ago, the Indian journalist Amrita Rangasami made the kind of brilliant point that seems obvious only in retrospect: Mass mortality is not famine itself, but its result.

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