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माहिष्मती (mAhiSmatI)

 
Apte
English
माहिष्मती [māhiṣmatī],
N.
 of a city, the hereditary capital of the Haihaya kings
माहिष्मतीवप्रनितम्बकाञ्चीम् (रेवाम्)
R.*
 6.43.
Apte 1890
English
माहिष्मती N. of a city, the hereditary capital of the Haihaya kings
R. 6. 43.
माहिष्मती See under चेदि.
Monier Williams Cologne
English
माहिष्मती
f.
N.
 of a city (founded by Mahiṣmat or Mucukunda),
MBh.
Kāv.
&c.
Monier Williams 1872
English
माहिष्मती माहिष्मती, f. of माहिष्मत
(fr. महिष्मत्), N. of a city founded by Mahiṣ-
mat or by Mucu-kunda.
Macdonell
English
माहिष्मती māhiṣ-mat-ī,
f.
 N. of a city.
Apte Hindi
Hindi
माहिष्मती
स्त्री*
 - -
"एक नगर का नाम, हैहय राजाओं की कुलक्रमागत राजधानी"
माहिष्मती
स्त्री*
 -
Shabdartha Kaustubha
Kannada
माहिष्मती
पदविभागः - > स्त्रीलिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > ಹೈಹಯ ರಾಜರ ರಾಜಧಾನಿ /ಹೈಹಯ ದೇಶದ ಮುಖ್ಯ ಪಟ್ಟಣ
प्रयोगाः - > "निरुद्धवीवधासारप्रसरा जा इव व्रजम् । उपरुन्धन्तु दाशार्हाः पुरीं माहिष्मतीं द्विषः ॥"
उल्लेखाः - > माघ० २-६४
L R Vaidya
English
mAhizmatI {% f. %} Name of a city, माहिष्मतीवप्रनितंबकांचीम् R.vi.43.
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
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.
Mahabharata
English
Māhishmatī, a city. § 282 (Sahadeva): II, 31, 1124 (on his digvijaya Sahadeva came to M., the capital of king Nīla, and fought with Nīla, who was assisted by Agni).-§ 282b (do.): Agni had become enamoured of Nīla's daughter and would not blaze up till agitated by the breath of her lips
one day when he enjoyed her love, disguised as a brahman, he was discovered by Nīla, who ordered the brahman to be punished according to the law, but as Agni flamed up in wrath, the king bestowed his daughter upon him and was granted the boon that his army should have no fear from enemies, and from that time those monarchs who attacked Nīla were consumed by Agni. The wives of M. were granted sexual liberty, and were not confined to a particular husband. From that time the monarchs avoid M. from fear of Agni: II, 31, 1130 (ºvāsī bhagavān Havyavāhanaḥ), 1140.--§ 555 (Sainyodhyogap.): V, 19, 592 (ºvāsī Nīlaḥ).--§ 572 (Rathātirathasaṅkhyānap.): V, 166, 5751 (Nīlo Mºvāsī).--§ 720b (Sudarśanop.): XIII, 2, 89 (the capital of Daśāśva), 116 (all. to § 282 foll., the capital of Duryodhana^2, who bestowed his daughter Sudarśanā on Agni).--§ 772b (Pavanārjunasaṃv.): XIII, 153, 7187 (the capital of Arjuna Kārtavirya).
पुराणम्
English
माहिष्मती / MĀHIṢMATĪ. An ancient city on the banks of river narmadā. There is reference to this place in many places in the Purāṇas and a few of them are given below:(i) King nīla was reigning in a country with māhiṣmatī as its capital. sahadeva, one of the pāṇḍavas during his victorious march to the south conquered this country. (Chapter 31, Sabhā Parva). (ii) daśāśva, tenth son of ikṣvāku, had made this city his capital. (Śloka 6, Chapter 2, Anuśāsana Parva).(iii) kārtavīryārjuna who had made māhiṣmatī the capital of his kingdom had subdued many kings. (Śloka 3, Chapter 152, anuśāsana parva). (See under kārtavīryārjuna.)
Stchoupak
French
माहिष्मती-
f.
n.
 d'une ville.