Sanskrit

Proper noun

वेङ्कट • ‎(vēṅkaṭa) m

1. Name 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.
2. Name of a king of विजय-नगर (the patron of अप्पय दीक्षित).
3. Name of various authors and teachers.

Derived terms

1. वेङ्कटेश्वर ‎(veṅkaṭeśvara)

References

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