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n. 1 (context Hinduism English) The capital of Hindu lord Indra. 2 Name of a city in Maharashtra. 3 Name of a historic Buddhist town in Andhra Pradesh.
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Amaravati, Amaravathi or Amravati may refer to:
- Amaravati, a Pali word meaning 'Abode of the Deathless' referring to nirvana
- Amaravathi (1993 film), a 1993 Tamil language film
- Amaravathi (2009 film), a Telugu language film
- Amaravati (mythology), the capital of Svarga, one of the seven planes of Hinduism
- Amaravati (Champa), the ancient kingdom Champa in Central Vietnam
- Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, a Theravada Buddhist monastery located near London, UK
- Almaveth [Hebrew meaning eternity]
Amaravati (also known as Indra Loka) is a figure in Hindu mythology. The heaven of Lord Indra is a region for the virtuous alone with celestial gardens called Nandana planted with sacred trees and sweet-scented flowers. The fragrant groves are occupied by Apsaras. Low sweet music plays. Indra's abode is eight hundred miles in circumference and forty miles in height.
The pillars of Amaravati are composed of diamonds and its furniture is made of pure gold. Amaravati's palaces are also made of gold. Pleasant breezes carry the perfume of rose-colored flowers. Amaravati was built by Lord Vishwakarma, the architect of the gods, a son of Lord Brahma. The inhabitants of Amaravati are entertained by music, dancing and every sort of festivity.
The audience chamber of Amaravati accommodates the three hundred and thirty million celestials, together with the forty-eight thousand Rishis and the multitude of attendants.
Amaravati is the riverfront capital city of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located on the southern banks of the Krishna river in Guntur district, within the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region. The foundation stone for the planned city was laid on 22 October 2015, at Uddandarayunipalem area by the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. The cities of Guntur and Vijayawada are the major nearby cities to the state capital.
Usage examples of "amaravati".
For these were the men who had taken her out of her father's palace in Amaravati, on the day her family was slaughtered, as a Malwa captive.
The lookout had been assigned to the squad because he was one of the few Malwa assassins who had personally seen the rebel Empress after her capture at the siege of Amaravati.