amrita
Americannoun
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the beverage of immortality.
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the immortality conferred by this beverage.
noun
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the ambrosia of the gods that bestows immortality
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the immortality it confers
Etymology
Origin of amrita
1800–10; < Sanskrit, equivalent to a- not ( see a- 6) + mṛta dead ( mṛ die + -ta verbid suffix); akin to Greek ámbrotos immortal
Example Sentences
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Clouds burst from the background of the haloed god, who holds a flask filled with amrita, an ambrosia from the churning of the ocean that represents the origins of life.
From New York Times • Sep. 29, 2021
This incident is analogous to that found in the Indian tales where mortals steal the amrita.
From The Evolution of the Dragon by Smith, G. Elliot
As Rhemba, the sea born goddess, she arose out of the fourteen gems from the ocean when churned by the good and evil beings for the amrita or beverage of immortality.
From Fishes, Flowers, and Fire as Elements and Deities in the Phallic Faiths and Worship of the Ancient Religions of Greece, Babylon, by Anonymous
For the magic draught of the fairy-story appears to be closely connected with the Greek ambrosia, the Vedic soma or amrita, the Zend haoma.
From Russian Fairy Tales A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore by Ralston, William Ralston Shedden
In India the amrita, the god's food of immortality, was sometimes regarded as the sap exuded from the sacred trees of paradise.
From The Evolution of the Dragon by Smith, G. Elliot
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