sour, acid (one of the six tastes); pickled.

…Dhs.629
■ Ja.i.242 (˚anambila), Ja.i.505 (loṇ˚); Ja.ii.394 (loṇ˚); DN-a.i.270 (˚yāgu sour gruel); Dhp-a.ii.85 (ati-ambila, with…

with sourness predominant.

…mango gruel Vv.33#37 (= ambilakañjika Vv-a.147).

• -pakka a (ripe) mango fruit Ja.ii.104 Ja.ii.394; Dhp-a.iii.207. *…

Ati-ambila

adjective too sour Dhp-a.ii.85.

ati + ambila

…ādi“); Mil.56 (reads ambila).

reading not quite certain, cp. ambila

see lambila.

…J.P.T.S. 1907, 131.

• -ambila acid and salt Ja.i.505; Ja.ii.171, Ja.ii.394.
• -odaka salt water…

…loṇika, khārika, lambila* (Mil.56: ambila) kasāva; sādu, asādu, sīta, uṇha, or sour, sweet, bitter pungent, salt, alkaline, sour,…

…kind of salad, given as “lambila,” i.e. bitter or astringent at Dhs-a.320 (made of badara or…

…made by churning dadhi Mil.173; Ja.i.340; Ja.ii.363; Dhp-a.ii.68 (takkâdi-ambila).

Should it not belong to the same root as takka¹?