आर्यावर्त

{ āryāvarta }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

ĀRYĀVARTA   Another name for Bhārata. There is also a place of that name. According to Smṛti the land lying between the Himālayas and the Vindhyas is called Āryāvarta. [Śloka 15, Chapter 325, Śānti Parva, M.B.] .
ĀRYĀVARTA   A king of the dynasty of Viśvakarmā. Genealogy. Descending in order from Viṣṇu are Brahmā, Dharma, Prabhāsa, Viśvakarmā, Priyavrata, Agnīdhra, Nābhi, Ṛṣabha and Āryāvarta. Of these Ṛṣabha got of his wife Jayantī twenty sons: Bharata, Kuśāvarta, Ilāvarta, Brahmāvarta, Aryāvarta Malaya, Ketu, Bhadrasena, Indraspṛk, Vidarbha, Kīkaṭa, Kavi, Hari, Antarīkṣa, Prabuddha, Pippalāyana, Āvirhotra, Dramiḍa, Camasa and Karabhājana. Of these Bharata ruled over this land and gave it the name Bhārata. Brothers of Bharata ruled different parts of this land. Dramiḍa's land became known later as Drāviḍa (Dakṣiṇabhārata).

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

   See : उत्तर भारत

मराठी (Marathi) WN

 noun  आर्य लोकांचा प्रदेश   Ex. पूर्व व पश्चिम समुद्र, उत्तरेस हिमालय आणि दक्षिणेस विंध्य पर्वत यांमधील प्रदेशास आर्यावर्त म्हणतात.

महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश

  पु. आर्यांचा प्रदेश ; आजचा उत्तरहिंदुस्थान ; आर्यावर्ताची प्राचीन सीमा - पूर्व समुद्र , पश्चिम समुद्र , उत्तरेस हिमाचल आणि दक्षिणेस विंध्याचल ; यामधील भाग . [ सं . ]

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

आर्यावर्त  m.  m. ‘abode of the noble or excellent ones’
   the sacred land of the Āryans ( N. of Northern and Central India, extending from the eastern to the western sea and bounded on the north and south by the हिमालय and विन्ध्य mountains), [Mn.]; [Rājat. &c.]
   the inhabitants of that country.