Ambika (given name)
Ambika (pronounced "Ahm′-bik-uh") is an Indian given name. The name Ambika is a derivative name from Durga Ma. One meaning of it is the Goddess of the Moon or the Warrior Goddess. In Sanskrit word ambikā is "mother".[1][2] Variants include Ambikah, Ambyka, and Ambykah.
People with the name[edit]
Ambica[edit]
- Ambica Banerjee (1928–2013), Indian politician
- Ambica Charan Mazumdar (1850–1922), Indian politician
- Ambica Shrestha, Nepalese entrepreneur
Ambika[edit]
- Ambika Anand (born 1980), Indian TV anchor
- Ambika Bumb, American chief executive and scientist
- Ambika Chakrabarty (1892–1962), Bengali revolutionary
- Ambika Charan Choudhury (1930–2011), Assamese academic and activist
- Ambika Charan Guha (1843–1900), Indian wrestler
- Ambika Markam, Indian politician
- Ambika Mod, British actress
- Ambika Mohan, Indian actress in Malayalam films
- Ambika Pillai, Indian makeup artist
- Ambika Sanwa, Nepalese politician
- Ambika Sharan Singh (1922–1977), Bihar freedom fighter and politician
- Ambika Soni (born 1942), Indian politician
- Ambika Sukumaran, Indian actress in Malayalam films
- Ambika, Bar Raja, Ahom Queen Consort
- Ambika Tamang Yonzoon, nepali doctor passed from Bangladesh
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Garg, Ganga Ram (1992). Ambikā. Concept Publishing Company. p. 380. ISBN 9788170223757. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ Muir, John (1873). And Mahādeva's Spouse Under Other Names. Trübner & Company. p. 425. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
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