Am·bash·tha | \ (ˌ)əmˈbəshtə \
plural -s
Definition of Ambashtha
: a member of a caste in India formed by persons descended from Brahman fathers and Vaisya mothers and having the practice of the art of healing as its prerogative
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The first known use of Ambashtha was in 1838
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