avaMtiH · avaMtI
avaMtiH -tI f. [ av-bAhu° Jic Uṇ. 3. 50 ] 1 N. of a city, the modern ( pb ) ujjayinI , one of the seven sacred cities of the Hindus, to die at which is said to secure eternal happiness; cf. ayoDyA maTurA mAyA kASI kAMciravaMtikA . purI dvArAvatI cEva saptEtA mokzadAyikAH .. . The women of Avanti are said to be very skilful in all erotic arts; cf. AvaMtya eva nipuRA sudfSo ratakarmaRi B. R. 10. 82. 2 N. of a river. — m. pl. N. of a country and its inhabitants; its capital being ujjayinI on the river siprA ; and there is also the temple of mahAkAla in the suburbs. [According to Hemacandra abaMti is synonymous with Mālava or the modern Mālavā; but the latter country covered in ancient times, as now, a wider area than Avanti, as Bāṇa applies the name to a neighbouring kingdom in the east, whose capital was Vidiśā on the Vetravatī or Betvā. In the time of the Mahābhārata Avanti appears to have extended on the south to the banks of the Narmadā and on the west probably to the banks of the Myhe or Mahi]; avaMtinATo'yamudagrabAhuH R. 6. 32 ; asO mahAkAlaniketanasya vasannadUre kila caMdramOleH 6. 34 , 35 ; prApyAvaMtInudayanakaTAkovidagrAmavfdDAn Me. 30 ; avaMtIzUjjayinI nAma nagarI K. 52. Comp. — puraM the city of Avanti ujjayinI . — brahmaH [ avaMtizu brahmA ac samAsaH P. V. 4. 104 ] a Brāhmaṇa residing in Avanti. — somaH [ avaMtizu soma iva ] sour gruel prepared from the fermentation of rice-water ( kAMjikaM ).
avaMtiH -tI f. [ av-bAhu° Jic Uṇ. 3. 50 ] 1 N. of a city, the modern ( pb ) ujjayinI , one of the seven sacred cities of the Hindus, to die at which is said to secure eternal happiness; cf. ayoDyA maTurA mAyA kASI kAMciravaMtikA . purI dvArAvatI cEva saptEtA mokzadAyikAH .. . The women of Avanti are said to be very skilful in all erotic arts; cf. AvaMtya eva nipuRA sudfSo ratakarmaRi B. R. 10. 82. 2 N. of a river. — m. pl. N. of a country and its inhabitants; its capital being ujjayinI on the river siprA ; and there is also the temple of mahAkAla in the suburbs. [According to Hemacandra abaMti is synonymous with Mālava or the modern Mālavā; but the latter country covered in ancient times, as now, a wider area than Avanti, as Bāṇa applies the name to a neighbouring kingdom in the east, whose capital was Vidiśā on the Vetravatī or Betvā. In the time of the Mahābhārata Avanti appears to have extended on the south to the banks of the Narmadā and on the west probably to the banks of the Myhe or Mahi]; avaMtinATo'yamudagrabAhuH R. 6. 32 ; asO mahAkAlaniketanasya vasannadUre kila caMdramOleH 6. 34 , 35 ; prApyAvaMtInudayanakaTAkovidagrAmavfdDAn Me. 30 ; avaMtIzUjjayinI nAma nagarI K. 52. Comp. — puraM the city of Avanti ujjayinI . — brahmaH [ avaMtizu brahmA ac samAsaH P. V. 4. 104 ] a Brāhmaṇa residing in Avanti. — somaH [ avaMtizu soma iva ] sour gruel prepared from the fermentation of rice-water ( kAMjikaM ).