Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.469

c4.469

AMṚTAM. A delicious and precious food obtained from the ocean of Milk when the Devas and Asuras churned it. In Chapter 152 of Agni Purāṇa, the word “Mṛtam” is defined as wealth received by begging and “Amṛtam” as wealth received without begging, and “Prāmṛtam” as another kind of wealth obtained without begging.