Word history

Monier-Williams (1899) records amṛtakara with the sense “nectar-rayed moon”. Amṛtakara is a poetic compound whose literal image is nectar in rays. Monier-Williams gives the moon as its referent and compares the form with amṛtakiraṇa. अमृतकर retains the shorter compound in Devanagari. The interpretation is literary imagery in the cited word, rather than a prediction or a claim about a person.

Sources: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899) · headword amṛtakara, page 82, column 2, entry L14199

Literal dictionary sense

amṛtakara: Nectar-rayed moon.

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899) · headword amṛtakara, page 82, column 2, entry L14199

Native-script forms

अमृतकर · Devanagari

Related words and meanings

moon

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