Amangala, ṅg, Amamgala: 19 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation1) ṅg (अमङ्गल) refers to the “inauspicious characterstic� of Śiva, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.2.16.—Accordingly as Śiva said to Brahmā: “Of what avail is a beloved to me in this world since I am in the path of abstinence delighting myself in my own soul, freed of attachment, unsullied, with the body of an ascetic, possessed of knowledge, seeing himself, free from aberrations and a non-reveller. Besides I am always unclean and inauspicious (ṅg). Hence say now what can I do with a loving wife?�.
2) ṅg (अमङ्गल) refers to “inauspicious results�, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.2.31.—Accordingly as Brahmā narrated to Nārada: “[...] Inauspicious results (ṅg) befall one when those worthy of worship are not worshipped and they are quelled when they are worshipped, since Śivā is the worthiest of all worship’�.
3) ṅg (अमङ्गल) refers to “inauspicious activities�, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.2.41.—Accordingly, as Viṣṇu and others eulogized Śiva:“[...] O great lord, the lord of the gods and the prescriber of worldly conventions, we know you to be Śiva and Brahman, thanks to your favour. [...] O lord, the activities of auspicious nature (i.e., ṅg) result in happiness to the doer whereas inauspicious activities (ṅg) end in adverse, or in partially good and bad results�.
4) ṅg (अमङ्गल) refers to “inauspicious (words)�, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.5.23 (“Outraging the modesty of Vṛndā�).—Accordingly, after Jalandhara spoke to Śiva: “After saying this to lord Śiva, the son of the ocean did not move nor did he remember the Dānavas killed in the battle. Lord Śiva was slighted and insulted by means of harsh words by the haughty impudent Daitya after slapping each arm by the other forcibly. On hearing the inauspicious (ṅg) words of the Daitya, lord Śiva laughed mockingly and became furious. [...]�.

The Purana (पुरा�, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihiraṅg (अमङ्गल) refers to the “failure� (of an undertaking), according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 2), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “We shall now proceed to give a brief description of (the qualifications of) a dzپṣa첹. [...] He must be able to interpret the language and gestures of fighting men and the like; he must be learned in the Ṣaḍguṇa and Upāya policies; he must be able to predict the success or failure [i.e., ṅg] of an undertaking; he must be able to interpret omens; he must have a knowledge of favourable halting places for the king’s army; he must be able to interpret the colour of ceremonial fires; he must know when to employ the ministers, spies, messengers and forest men; he must be able to give directions touching the captures of the enemy’s fortress�.

Jyotisha (ज्योति�, dzپṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy� or “Vedic astrology� and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
Kavyashastra (science of poetry)
: Shodhganga: Mālatīmādhava of Bhavabhūti (kavya-shastra)ṅg (अमङ्गल) or ṅgvyañjaka refers to “inauspiciousness� and represents one of three types of śī or śītva (“words that are indecorous in three ways�), according to Mammaṭa-Bhaṭṭa’s Kāvyaprakāśa verse 7.50-51.—The ṣa called śītva or indecorous is of three kinds, implying either, (a) īḍ� (indecency), (b) ܱܲ (disgust), (c) ṅgvyañjaka (inauspiciousness).

Kavyashastra (काव्यशास्त्र, 屹ⲹśٰ) refers to the ancient Indian tradition of poetry (kavya). Canonical literature (shastra) of the includes encyclopedic manuals dealing with prosody, rhetoric and various other guidelines serving to teach the poet how to compose literature.
Biology (plants and animals)
: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Amangala in India is the name of a plant defined with Ricinus communis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Cataputia major Ludw. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames (1984)
· Species Plantarum
· Tropical Plant Science Research. New Delhi (1983)
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1981)
· Acta Pharm. Toxicol., (1977)
· Davidsonia (1981)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Amangala, for example pregnancy safety, side effects, diet and recipes, health benefits, extract dosage, chemical composition, have a look at these references.

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Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryṅg (अमंग�).—a (S) pop. ṅgḷa a Unpropitious, inauspicious, of unfavorable aspect. 2 Defiling or polluting: foul, vile, loathsome--certain rites, as funeral rites, certain actions, persons, places.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishṅg (अमंग�) [-ḷa, -ळ].�a Unpropitious, unauspicious. Vile, defiling, foul, loathsome.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryṅg (अमङ्गल).�a.
1) Inauspicious, evil, ill; R.12.43; °अभ्यासरतिम� (پ) Kumārasambhava 5.65; अमङ्गल्य� शीलं तव भवतु नामैकमखिलम� (ṅgⲹ� śīla� tava bhavatu nāmaikamakhilam) ʳṣp岹Գٲ.
2) Unlucky, unfortune.
-� The castor-oil tree (ṇḍ).
-lam Inauspiciousness, ill-luck; evil; oft. used in dramatic literature; शान्तं पापं प्रतिहतम- मङ्गलम� (śānta� pāpa� pratihatama- ṅgm); cf. God forbid.
See also (synonyms): ṅgⲹ.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionaryṅg (अमङ्गल).—mfn.
(-�-lā-�) Inauspicious, unlucky, civil. n.
(-�) Inauspiciousness, ill luck. m.
(-�) The castor oil plant. E. a neg. and ṅg auspicious: the wood has no sap, and is useless.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionaryṅg (अमङ्गल).—I. adj. inauspicious, [ٲśܳٲ] in
ṅg is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms a and ṅg (मङ्ग�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionaryṅg (अमङ्गल).—[adjective] inauspicious, unlucky.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) ṅg (अमङ्गल):—[=a-ṅg] mfn. inauspicious, unlucky, evil, [Raghuvaṃśa xii, 43, etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] m. the castor oil tree, Ricinus Communis, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [v.s. ...] n. inauspiciousness, ill-luck, [Kumāra-sambhava; Veṇīs.]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionaryṅg (अमङ्गल):—[a-ṅg] (la�) n. Inauspiciousness. a. inauspicious. 1. m. Castoroil tree.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryAmaṃgala (अमंग�) [Also spelled amangal]:�(nm) inauspiciousness; evil; disaster.
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusAmaṃgala (ಅಮಂಗ�):—[noun] a condition of being suffering; distress; misfortune; inauspiciousness.
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Amaṃgaḷa (ಅಮಂಗ�):—[noun] = ಅಮಂಗ� [amamgala].
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary1) ṅg (अमङ्गल):—adj. 1. unlucky; inauspicious; 2. disastrous; evil;
2) ṅg (अमङ्गल):—n. 1. misfortune; inauspiciousness; disaster; 2. calamity; 3. ill-omen;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
Pali-English dictionary
[Pali to Burmese]
: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မ� အဘိဓာန�)ṅg�
(Burmese text): အမင်္ဂလာ၊ မင်္ဂလာမရှိသေ�-မင်္ဂလာမဟုတ်သေ�-အရာ၊ အောင်မြင�-ကြီးပွါ�-ပြည့်စု�-ကြောင်� မဟုတ်သေ�-အရ� (မင်္ဂလာမရှိဟ� ယူဆအပ်သေ� မြင်အပ်ကြားအပ်သေ� အာရု�-စသည�)�
(Auto-Translation): Auspicious, an item that is not auspicious - not favorable - something that is not successful - not flourishing - not complete (something perceived as inauspicious according to sensory perceptions, etc.).

Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
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Partial matches: A, Mangala, Na.
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