water Ja.v.6; Mnd.202 (a. vuccati udakaṃ); Dāvs ii.16
■ Cp. ambha.

• -cārin “living in the water”, a fish Snp.62 (= maccha Cnd.91).
• -sevāla a water-plant Thag.113.

Vedic ambu & ambhas = Gr. ο ̓́μβρος, Lat. imber rain; cp. also Sk. abhra rain-cloud & Gr.; ἀφρός scum: see P. abbha