[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.69 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.69 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.69 - **Language:** English ### [c5.69](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.69) AMBĀ. ‘Mother.’ 1. A name of Durgā. 2. The eldest daughter of a king of Kāsī. She and her sisters Ambikā and Ambālikā were carried off by Bhīshma to be the wives of Vichitra-vīrya. Ambā had been previously betrothed to a Rāja of Salwa, and Bhīshma sent her to him, but the Rāja rejected her because she had been in another man’s house. She retired to the forest and engaged in devotion to obtain revenge of Bhīshma. Siva favoured her, and promised her the desired vengeance in another birth. Then she ascended the pile and was born again as Sikhandin, who slew Bhīshma. - [Previous: c5.68](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.68) - [Next: c5.70](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.70) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.69](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.69) · Pramāṇa