Plural of amreeta; alternative spelling for amrit, the divine nectar of immortality in Hindu and Sikh tradition.
From Sanskrit amṛta meaning 'immortal' or 'ambrosia'. The word traveled from ancient Sanskrit texts through Hindi and Persian into English. The 'a' prefix in Sanskrit often negates, so amṛta literally means 'non-death' or deathlessness.
Nearly every ancient culture had their own version of a magical immortality drink—the Greeks had ambrosia, the Norse had mead of poetry, and Hindus had amrit—showing how universal human imagination is about defeating death itself.
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