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Ambuj
अम्बुजSay it UM-booj
- Meaning
- Water-born; a lotus Monier-Williams, p. 83
- Say it
- UM-booj
- Written
- अम्बुज
- First sound
- अ · Mesh rashi
Ambuj
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Ambuj meaning
Ambuj (अम्बुज) is a Hindu boy's name of Sanskrit origin. By its first sound, अ, it is a Mesh rashi name (Krittika nakshatra) in the North Indian table.
Water-born; a lotus
Ambuj (अम्बुज) is the Sanskrit ambuja, from ambu, "water", and -ja, "born": something born in water. Monier-Williams gives it as aquatic or water-born, and as a noun the lotus, the best known of water-born things. It also records the word for Indra's thunderbolt, born from the rain cloud. The lotus has many such names in Sanskrit, among them jalaja, nīraja and paṅkaja, all meaning "born of water" or "born of mud". Name lists give Ambuj as "lotus", matching the dictionary. Ambuja is used for girls.
Source: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1899), p. 83 · entry ambuja · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Monier-Williams, ambuja, p. 83
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First sound अ
Krittika nakshatra, pada 1 · Mesh rashi
North Indian table. Tables vary by region and family tradition, so confirm with your priest.