amrita

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Amrita is the divine nectar of immortality in Hindu mythology, sought by gods and demons during the churning of the cosmic ocean.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
amrita canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf concept in Hinduism ⓘ
divine nectar ⓘ
immortality elixir ⓘ
mythological substance ⓘ
appearsInText Mahabharata ⓘ
Puranas ⓘ
Ramayana ⓘ
associatedWithAvatar Mohini ⓘ
associatedWithBeing Asuras ⓘ
linked to: Asura

Devas ⓘ
associatedWithConcept churning of the cosmic ocean ⓘ
associatedWithDeity Dhanvantari ⓘ
Vishnu ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Samudra Manthan ⓘ
category Hindu mythology ⓘ
mythological food and drink ⓘ
causedConflictBetween Devas and Asuras ⓘ
linked to: Devas
contrastedWith Visha ⓘ
cosmicLocation Kshira Sagara ⓘ
describedAs nectar of immortality ⓘ
distributionManagedBy Vishnu as Mohini ⓘ
linked to: Mohini
etymology from Sanskrit root "mṛ" meaning "to die" with prefix "a-" meaning "not" ⓘ
guardedBy gods ⓘ
hasProperty grants immortality ⓘ
sought by demons ⓘ
sought by gods ⓘ
influencedConcept idea of ambrosia in later literature ⓘ
languageOfName Sanskrit ⓘ
literalMeaning immortality ⓘ
obtainedBy churning the ocean of milk ⓘ
relatedConcept Ambrosia ⓘ
Soma ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
roleInMyth object of contention in Samudra Manthan ⓘ
symbolizes divine grace ⓘ
eternal life ⓘ
spiritual bliss ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kurma → associatedWith → amrita ⓘ
Kshira Sagara → producedFromChurning → amrita ⓘ
subject linked to: Kshira Sagara (Ocean of Milk)
Ocean of Milk → contains → amrita ⓘ
Chiranjivi → relatedConcept → amrita ⓘ