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Amrita

The elixir of immortality, made by churning the milk-sea (Hindu mythology). Sir William Jones speaks of an apple so called, because it bestows immortality on those who partake of it. The word means immortal. (See Ambrosia.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894

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