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अवंतिः (avaMtiH)

 
Apte 1890
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अवंतिः
ती f. [अव्-बाहु° झिच् Uṇ. 3. 50] 1 N. of a city, the modern उज्जयिनी, one of the seven sacred cities of the Hindus, to die at which is said to secure eternal happiness
cf. अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी कांचिरवंतिका । पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैता मोक्षदायिकाः ॥. The women of Avanti are said to be very skilful in all erotic arts
cf. आवंत्य एव निपुणा सुदृशो रतकर्मणि B. R. 10. 82.
2 N. of a river.
m. pl. N. of a country and its inhabitants
its capital being उज्जयिनी on the river सिप्रा
and there is also the temple of महाकाल in the suburbs. [According to Hemacandra अबंति 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]
अवंतिनाथोऽयमुदग्रबाहुः R. 6. 32
असौ महाकालनिकेतनस्य वसन्नदूरे किल चंद्रमौलेः 6. 34, 35
प्राप्यावंतीनुदयनकथाकोविदग्रामवृद्धान् Me. 30
अवंतीषूज्जयिनी नाम नगरी K. 52.
Comp.
पुरं the city of Avanti उज्जयिनी.
ब्रह्मः [अवंतिषु ब्रह्मा अच् समासः P. V. 4. 104] a Brāhmaṇa residing in Avanti.
सोमः [अवंतिषु सोम इव] sour gruel prepared from the fermentation of rice-water (कांजिकं).