अवन्तिavantiन्ती [ntī], न्ती f. [अव्-बाहु˚ झिच् Uṇ.3.5.]
- न्ती ntī, न्ती Feminine अव्-बाहुdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied झिच् Uṇ.3.5.
- Name 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; Compare अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्चिरव- न्तिका । पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैता मौक्षदायिकाः ॥ The women of Avanti are said to be very skilful in all erotic arts; Compare आवन्त्य एव निपुणाः सुदृशो रतकर्मणि B. R.1.82.
- Name of a river. Masculine (Plural) Name 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 Hemachandra अवन्ति 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 Mahī]; अवन्तिनाथोऽयमुदग्रबाहुः R.6.32; असौ महाकाल- निकेतनस्य वसन्नदूरे किल चन्द्रमौलेः 6.34,35; प्राप्यावन्तीनुदयन- कथाकोविदग्रामवृद्धान् Me.3; अवन्तीषूज्जयिनी नाम नगरी K.52.
Derived forms and compounds
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-पुरम् the city of Avanti उज्जयिनी.
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-ब्रह्मः [अवन्तिषु ब्रह्मा अच् समासान्तः ब्रह्मणोजानपदाख्यायाम् ParasmaipadaV. 4.14] a Brāhmaṇa residing in Avanti.
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-भूपालः Bhoja, the king of Avanti.
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-सोमः अवन्तिषु सोम इव sour gruel (prepared from the fermentation of ricewater (काञ्जिकम्).
Source: ApteApte entry
