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

Ambica

• Ambica Banerjee (1928–2013), Indian politician
• Ambica Charan Mazumdar (1850–1922), Indian politician
• Ambica Shrestha, Nepalese entrepreneur

Ambika

• 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

• Ambika (disambiguation)

References

1. Garg, Ganga Ram (1992). Ambikā. Concept Publishing Company. p. 380. ISBN 9788170223757. Retrieved 22 June 2016. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
2. Muir, John (1873). And Mahādeva's Spouse Under Other Names. Trübner & Company. p. 425. Retrieved 22 June 2016. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)