avimuktaa-vimukta, as, ā, am (rt. muc), un- loosed, not quitted; (as), m., N. of a Tīrtha near Benares. —Avimuktāpīḍa (°ta-āp°), as, m., N. of a king. —Avimukteśvara (°ta-īś°), as, m. a cele- brated Śiva-liṅga at Benares.
avimuktaa. Unloosed, not quitted or let go. —ktaṃ1 N. of a Tīrtha or sacred place near Benares, or Benares itself; na vimuktaṃ śivābhyāṃyadavimuktaṃ tato viduḥ. 2 The space between the chin and the head. Comp.—īśvaraḥ a celebrated Śiva-linga at Benares.
avimuktaa. Unloosed, not quitted or let go. -ktaḥ The Lord of Benares; prīto'vimukto bhagavāṃstasmai varamadādbhavaḥ Bhāg.10.66.29. -ktam 1 N. of a Tīrtha or sacred place near Benares, or Benares itself; na vimuktaṃ śivābhyāṃ yadavimuktaṃ tato viduḥ. -2 The space between the chin and the head. -kaḥ N. of a plant (Mar. kusarī). -Comp. -āpīḍaḥ N. of a king. Rāj. T. -īśvaraḥ a celebrated Śiva-liṅga at Benares.
— 2) m. N. pr. eines Tīrtha bei Benares KAIV. UP. in Ind. St. 2, 14. JĀB. UP. ebend. 73 - 75. 77. MBH. 3, 8057. LIA. I, 585, N. 3. HARIV. 1578. fgg. = vārāṇasīkṣetra KĀŚIKHAṆḌA im ŚKDR. avimukteśāvirbhāva ebend. in Verz. d. B. H. No. 490 (39).
2) vgl. WEBER, RĀMAT. UP. 329. fgg. 333. 337. 344. fgg. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 10,a,9. 42,a,7. 44,a, No. 101. 76,a,14. avimukteśvaraeine Form Śiva's DAŚAK. 114, 4. avimukteśvaraliṅga Verz. d. Oxf. H. 64,a,37. 70,a,20. °nirukti f. Titel eines Werkes HALL 133.
Avimukta(m) (II) — ety. Benares which is not left by Śiva at any time. M. 180. 54 and 94; 181. 13, 15, 31; 182. 4-5, 19-20, 23, 26; 183. 19, 36 and 39; 184, 1-2, 21-2, 48-9, 74; 185. 1-2, 17-18, 46-7, 54, 71; Vā. 106. 69; Vi. V. 34. 30.
AVIMUKTA (M). The middle part of the city of Kāśī. There is a holy temple here. It is said that those who commit suicide in this temple would attain heaven. (Vana Parva, Chapter 64, Stanzas 78 and 79). For more information see the word Divodāsa.