वेङ्कट [ veṅkaṭa ] [ veṅkaṭa ] m. ( Prākṛit for [ vyaṅkaṭa ] ) N. of a very sacred hill in the 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 Kṛishṇa or Vishṇu in his character of " Lord of Veṅkaṭa " , also called Śrī-pati or Tirupati , whence the hill is sometimes popularly known as Tri-patī ; it is annually thronged with thousands of pilgrims Lit. RTL. 267) Lit. BhP.

  of a king of Vijaya-nagara (the patron. of Appaya Dīkshita) Lit. Cat.

  ( also with [ adhvarin ] , [ ācārya ] , [ kavi ] , [ bhaṭṭa ] , [ yajvan ] , [ yogin ] ) N. of various authors and teachers Lit. ib.