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
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 G. Elliot Smith
The Indian tree of life was supposed to "sweat" amrita just as the incense trees of Arabia produce the divine life-giving incense.
From The Evolution of the Dragon by G. Elliot Smith
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 William Ralston Shedden Ralston
Listen to the verses sung by him: 'By exertion the amrita was obtained; by exertion the Asuras were slain, by exertion Indra himself obtained sovereignty in heaven and on earth.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
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