Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s1.142

v1.c3.s1.142

Āmbaṣṭhya is mentioned in the Aitareya Brāhmaṇa (viii. 21) as a king, whose priest for the Rājasūya, or royal inauguration, was Nārada. Presumably the name is local, meaning ‘King of the Ambaṣṭhas,’ as interpreted in the St. Petersburg Dictionary. Later the term Ambaṣṭha denotes ‘a man of mingled Brāhmaṇa and Vaiśya parentage by father and mother’ respectively.