Re: OT: Is Amrita an Indian name?

Quoting Tim May <butsuri@...>:

> Mark J. Reed wrote at 2006-01-04 12:50:18 (-0500)
>  > On 1/4/06, Andreas Johansson <andjo@...> wrote:
>  > > A dream of mine last night involved an Indian girl called
>  > > "Amrita". I can't seem to recall having heard the name IRL, but
>  > > it does sound pretty Indic to me, so I thought I'd ask whether
>  > > it's an actual name I've snatched up unconsciously somewhere, or
>  > > it's just my brain indulging in some freelance conlanging.
>  > >
>  > I've only encountered it as the name of a web page templating
>  > system which uses the Ruby programming language (and which doesn't
>  > seem to have a FAQ indicating the source of the name).  A web
>  > search reveals that it is also a tantric term for female ejaculate
>  > (gotta love that tantric stuff), so it probably is Indic in origin.
>
> I can't, of course, speak with any confidence on the history of the
> word in Andreas's mind, but it certainly sounds like a cognate of the
> Sanskrit _am$,1n;(Bta$,1n#(B_ "nectar, ambrosia".  I recall that _amrit_
> is an
> important concept in Sikhism, as reflected in the name of the city of
> Amritsar, which you might have heard of.  Ah, here we are...
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amrita
>
> ,A+(BIt is also a common first name in India and Nepal, as the masculine
> "Amrit" and the feminine "Amrita.",A;(B
Ah. Then I've probably indeed heard the name somewhere and my subconscious had
stored it. Thanks.

Quoting Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...>:

> Andreas Johansson skrev:
> > A dream of mine last night involved an Indian girl called "Amrita". I can't
> seem
> > to recall having heard the name IRL, but it does sound pretty Indic to me,
> so I
> > thought I'd ask whether it's an actual name I've snatched up unconsciously
> > somewhere, or it's just my brain indulging in some freelance conlanging.
> >
> >                                                       Andreas
> >
> >
>
> No, amṛtā (feminine of amṛtaḥ means "immortal" in Sanskrit.
> It seems a goddess has visited your dreams!
Hm. For whatever reason, I had expected goddesses to have a less nerdy look.

(Not that I've got anything against nerdy girls, mind you.)

                                               Andreas