Ujjain

or U·jain

[ oo-jahyn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a city in W Madhya Pradesh, in W central India: one of the seven holy cities of India.

Ujjain

/ uːˈdʒeɪn /

a city in W central India, in Madhya Pradesh: one of the seven sacred cities of the Hindus; a major agricultural trade centre. Pop: 429 933 (2001)

He refers to Ujjain more than once, and in a manner hardly possible to one who did not know and love the city.

We know from Kalidasa's writings that he spent at least a part of his life in the city of Ujjain.

The earliest name of the tract seems to have been Avanti, from its capital the modern Ujjain.

The city of Ujjain was at this time a centre of Indian intellectual life.

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