mAhizmatI
Māhiṣmatī (= Pali Māhissatī), n. of a city, capital of the Avantis, as in DN ii.235.20 ; originally so in Mv iii.208.18 , where mss. are corrupt; Senart correctly em. to Māhiṣmatī, but leaves a blank for the people-name; mss. ca vartināṃ; read c' Avantīnāṃ with DN . In Sn 1011 Māhissatī is mentioned along with Ujjenī, which confirms its association with Avanti.