वेङ्कट m. m. (
Prākṛt for
व्यङ्कट)
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
अप्पयदीक्षित),
[Cat.] अध्वरिन् (also with ,
आचार्य,
कवि,
भट्ट,
यज्वन्,
योगिन् &c.)
N. of various authors and teachers,
ib.