Ambara2 (m. -- nt.) [etym. = ambara1 (?) or more likely a distortion of kambala; for the latter speaks the combn. rattambara = ratta -- kambala. -- The word would thus be due to an erroneous syllable division rattak -- ambala (= ambara) instead of ratta -- kambala] some sort of cloth and an (upper) garment made of it (cp. kambala) Vv 537 (ratt˚ = uttariya VvA 236).