The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s1.127

c5.s1.127

Avantī—1. Ujin (*Pāṇini*, iv, 176; *Skanda P.*, Avantī Khaṇḍa, ch. 40) : it was the capital of Mālava (*Brahma P.*, ch. 43). 2. The country of which Ujin was the capital (*Anargharāghava*, Act vii, 109). It was the kingdom of Vikramāditya (*see* Ujjayinī). In the Govinda Sūtta (*Dīgha-Nikāya*, xix, 36), its capital is said to be Māhishmatī. It is the ancient name of Malwa (*Kathāsarit-sāgara*, ch. xix). Avantī has been called Mālava since the seventh or eighth century A.D. (Rhys Davids' *Buddhist India*, p. 28).