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Amba or AMBA may refer to:

Amba

Given name

Amba is an elegant form of Devi Lalitambika. The most famous temple of her is in Ambaji, near Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

  • Amba, the traditional first name given to the first daughter in the Cochin Royal Family, India
  • Amba (Mahabharata), the eldest daughter of King of Kashi in the Hindu epic
  • Amba Bongo, a writer and advocate for refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Amba Hor, a Christian martyr (see Abhor and Mehraela)
  • Amba Sada, also known as Psote, Christian bishop and martyr in Upper Egypt
  • Sufi Amba Prasad (1858–1919), Indian nationalist and pan-Islamist leader
  • Amba, one of the names of the Hindu goddess Durga

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