Apte Dictionary

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Entry खर्वट

खर्वटkharvaṭaटम् [ṭam], टम् [खर्व्-अटन्]
1. टम् ṭam, टम् खर्व्-अटन्
2. A market-town.
3. A village at the foot of a mountain; this word generally occurs joined with खेट; Bhāg.1.6.11;4.18.31;7.2.14; धनुःशतं परीणाहो ग्रामे क्षेत्रान्तरं भवेत् । द्वे शते खर्वटस्य स्यान्नगरस्य चतुःशतम् ॥ Y.2.167. Mitākṣarā says खर्वटस्य प्रचुरकण्टक- सन्तानस्य ग्रामस्य खर्वटानि कुनगराणि । (प्रश्नव्याकरणसूत्रव्याख्याने).
4. A mixed locality on the bank of river, partly a village and partly a town (according to the text of Bhṛigu, quoted in Shrīdharasvāmin's commentary on the Bhāg.); Compare Rājadharmakaustubha, G. O. S.72, p.13.
5. A principal village among two hundred ones (Dānasāgara, Bibliotheca Indica 274, Fasc. I, p.145); Compare also दण्डविवेक, G. O. S.52, p.277.
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