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माहिष्मती

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Script: Devanagari

माहिष्मती

Puranic Encyclopaedia  | English  English |   | 
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.)

माहिष्मती

माहिष्मती n.  महर्षि अंगिरस् की छठी कन्याइसेअनुमतीनामांतर भी प्राप्त था [म.व.२०८.६] । भांडारकर संहिता मे इसके नाम का ‘हविष्मतीपाठ स्वीकार लिया है ।
माहिष्मती ii. n.  बृहस्पति की कन्याओं में से एकइसकी माता का नाम शुभा था

माहिष्मती

A Sanskrit English Dictionary | Sanskrit  English |   | 
माहिष्मती  f. f.N. of a city (founded by महिष्मत् or मुचुकुन्द), [MBh.] ; [Kāv. &c.]

माहिष्मती

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary | Sanskrit  English |   | 
माहिष्मती [māhiṣmatī]  N. N. of a city, the hereditary capital of the Haihaya kings; माहिष्मतीवप्रनितम्बकाञ्चीम् (रेवाम्) [R.6.43.]

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