History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c74.t9.177

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Avanti—A (country of which Ujjayinī was capital) Pāṇ IV. 1.176 ('strīyām—*avanti-kunti-kurubhyaś-ca*'), Raghuvaṁśa VI. 32; S 31. 10 (Vindānuvindāvāvantyau), Udyoga 166 6 (same words as in S). B Avantī (river starting from m Pāriyātra) Vā 45 98, M 114.24, Br II 16 29. C (the capital of Mālava, Ujjayinī) B 43 24, Ag 109. 24 (Avantī paramam tīrtham). N. II 78 35-36 (several names such as Viśālā, Amarāvatī, Kuśasthalī, Kanakaśṛṅgā, Padmāvatī, Kumudvatī, Ujjayinī) Vide also L I 92. 7-8 and B 194.19 (Sāndīpani, teacher of Kṛṣṇa, dwelt in Avantīpura) The Meghadūta (I 30) speaks of Ujjayinī as Viśālā. Kāśīkhaṇḍa 7 92 'pāpād-avantī sā viśvam-avantīti nigadyate । yuge yugeśnyanāmnī kalāvujjayanītī ca॥). Vide under Mahākāla