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    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    ☞ p. 100, col. 3.
    avanti—pura n. id., Hariv. 4906
    ☞ p. 100, col. 3.
    N. of a town in Kāśmīra, built by Avantivarman, Rājat.

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 480.
    avantipura (a° + pu°)

    1) n.

    a) die Stadt der Avanti, Ujjayinī HARIV. 4906. Vgl. avantī .

    — b) N. einer von Avantivarman in Kāśmīra gegründeten Stadt RĀJA-TAR. 5, 44.

    — 2) f. °rī Ujjayinī MṚCCH. 2, 3.

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 123, col. 1.
    avantipura

    — 1) n.

    — a) die Stadt Ujjayinī.

    — b) N.pr. eines von Avantivarman errichteten Heiligthums.

    — 2) f. ī die Stadt Ujjayinī.

    The Purāṇa Index

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 117.
    Avantipura — Here lived Sāndīpani of Kāśī;1 also Avan-

    tikā;2 one of the seven great cities. One of its kings married

    Rājādhidevī and became father of Vinda and Anuvinda.3

    Capital of the sons of Kārtavīrya Arjuna.4 The navel of the

    Veda Puruṣa.5 [Footnote] 1) Bhā. X. 45. 31; 58. 30; Vi. V. 21. 19. [Footnote] 2) Br. IV. 40. 91. [Footnote] 3) Vi. IV. 14. 43; Bhā. X. 58. 31; Vā. 96. 157. [Footnote] 4) Vā. 94. 50. [Footnote] 5) Vā. 104. 76.