वेङ्कट

{ vēṅkaṭḥ }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

वेङ्कट  m.  m. ( Prākṛt for व्यङ्कट) also title or epithet).">N. of a very sacred hill in the द्राविड country (in the district of north Arcot, about 80 miles from madras; it reaches an elevation of about 2,500 feet above the sea- level, and on the summit is the celebrated temple dedicated to कृष्ण or विष्णु in his character of ‘ lord of वेङ्कट’, also called श्री- पति or Tirupati, whence the hill is sometimes popularly known as त्रि- पती; it is annually thronged with thousands of pilgrims, [RTL. 267]), [BhP.]
   of a king of विजय- नगर (the patron. of अप्पय दीक्षित), [Cat.]
अध्वरिन्   ( also with , आचार्य, कवि, भट्ट, यज्वन्, योगिन् &c.) also title or epithet).">N. of various authors and teachers, ib.

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

वेङ्कटः [vēṅkaṭḥ] वेङ्कटाद्रिः [vēṅkaṭādriḥ] गिरिः [giriḥ]   वेङ्कटाद्रिः गिरिः N. of a mountain ( तिरुपति).