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am·ri·ta

also am·ree·ta (ŭm-rē′tə)

1. In Hinduism, the drink that is consumed by the gods and bestows immortality.

2. The immortality achieved by drinking amrita.

[Sanskrit amṛtam; see mer- in Indo-European roots.]

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amrita

(æmˈriːtə) or

amreeta

1. (Hinduism) the ambrosia of the gods that bestows immortality

2. (Hinduism) the immortality it confers

[from Sanskrit amrta immortal, from a- without + mrta death]

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