वेङ्कट

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • ᬯᬾᬗ᭄ᬓᬝ (Balinese script)
  • ৱেঙ্কট (Assamese script)
  • বেঙ্কট (Bengali script)
  • 𑰪𑰸𑰒𑰿𑰎𑰘 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀯𑁂𑀗𑁆𑀓𑀝 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌵𑍇𑌙𑍍𑌕𑌟 (Grantha script)
  • વેઙ્કટ (Gujarati script)
  • ਵੇਙੑਕਟ (Gurmukhi script)
  • ꦮꦺꦔ꧀ꦏꦛ (Javanese script)
  • វេង្កដ (Khmer script)
  • ವೇಙ್ಕಟ (Kannada script)
  • ເວງ຺ກຏ (Lao script)
  • വേങ്കട (Malayalam script)
  • 𑘪𑘹𑘒𑘿𑘎𑘘 (Modi script)
  • ᠸᠧᢊᢉᠠᢌᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
  • ᠸᡝᢛᡬᠠᢞᠠ (Manchu script)
  • ဝေင်္ကဋ (Burmese script)
  • 𑧊𑧚𑦲𑧠𑦮𑦸 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐰𑐾𑐒𑑂𑐎𑐚 (Newa script)
  • ଵେଙ୍କଟ (Oriya script)
  • ꢮꢾꢖ꣄ꢒꢜ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆮𑆼𑆕𑇀𑆑𑆛 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖪𑖸𑖒𑖿𑖎𑖘 (Siddham script)
  • වේඞ්කට (Sinhalese script)
  • వేఙ్కట (Telugu script)
  • เวงฺกฏ (Thai script)
  • ཝེ་ངྐ་ཊ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒫𑒹𑒓𑓂𑒏𑒙 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

वेङ्कट • (veṅkaṭa) m

  1. Name of a very sacred hill in the द्राविड (drāviḍa) 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 विष्णु (viṣṇu) in his character of ‘Lord of वेङ्कट’, also called श्री-पति (śrī-pati) or Tirupati, whence the hill is sometimes popularly known as त्रि-पती (tri-patī); it is annually thronged with thousands of pilgrims.
  2. Name of a king of विजय-नगर (vijaya-nagara) (the patron of अप्पय दीक्षित (appaya dīkṣita)).
  3. Name of various authors and teachers.

Derived terms

References
  • Monier William's Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 2nd Ed. 1899
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