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उज्जयनी

   
Script: Devanagari

उज्जयनी

A Sanskrit English Dictionary | Sanskrit  English |   | 
उज्-जयनी  f. f.उज्जयिनी (See below) or Oujein.
ROOTS:
उज् जयनी

उज्जयनी

Shabda-Sagara | Sanskrit  English |   | 
उज्जयनी  f.  (-नी) Ujjayani or Oujein, a city so called in Malabar, formerly the capital of VIKRAMADITYA. It is one of the seven sacred cities of the Hindus, and the first meridian of their geographers: the modern Oujein is about a mile south of the ancient city.
   E. उत् much, जयनी victorious or place of victory; from the militery cha- racter of its people; also अवन्ती and उज्जयिनी.
ROOTS:
उत् जयनी अवन्ती उज्जयिनी

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