उज्जयिनी

{ ujjayinī }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

UJJAYINĪ    one of the seven very sacred places in ancient india. its ancient name was Avantī. The seven sacred cities are: Ayodhyā, Mathurā, Māyā, Kāśī, Kāñcī, Avantikā, and Dvāravatī. The famous Mahākāla temple described by Kālidāsa was on the banks of the river Śiprā flowing through Ujjayinī. Jyotirliṅga of Śiva is the presiding deity in the temple. there is also a holy bathing ghat called Koṭitīrtha here. A bath in it is as beneficial as an Aśvamedha yajña. [M.B. Vana Parva, Chapter 82] .

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

    see : उज्जैन

कोंकणी (Konkani) WN

    see : उज्जैन

मराठी (Marathi) WN

    see : उज्जैन

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

उज्- जयिनी  f.  f. the city Oujein (the Gk. *᾿οζήνη, a city so called in अवन्ति or मालव, formerly the capital of विक्रमादित्य; it is one of the seven sacred cities of the Hindūs, and the first meridian of their geographers, from which they calculate longitude; the modern Oujein is about a mile south of the ancient city), [Hit.]; [Megh.]; [Rājat. &c.]

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Shabda-Sagara

उज्जयिनी  f.  ( - नी) The city Oujein.
    E. see उज्जयनी.

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