As a Hindi name
चेदि · noun · masculine
एक प्राचीन देश का नाम · इस देश का राजा · इस देश का निवासी — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
pl. N. of a people (who lived in Bundelkhand; renowned for their attachment to ancient laws and institutions, their capital was Śuktimatī; some of their kings were Vasu Uparicara…
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cedi m. pl. N. of a people (who lived in Bundelkhand; renowned for their attachment to ancient laws and institutions, MBh.; their capital was Śuktimatī; some of their kings were Vasu Uparicara, Subāhu, Dhṛṣṭa-ketu, Dama-ghoṣa, Śiśu-pāla &c.), RV. viii, 5, 39; MBh.; R. &c.
cedi m. sg. N. of the supposed ancestor of the Cedis (son of Kaiśika or Uśika), BhP. ix, 24, 2.
cedi N. of a country and their people. The Cedis were also called Ḍāhalas and Traipuras; they occupied the banks of the Narmadā and were the same as the people of daśārṇa q. v. Their capital was at one time tripurī q. v. The Cedis are considered by some to have inhabited the modern Bundelkhand in Central India, while by others their country is identified with the modern Chandail. The Haihayas or Kalacuris ruled at Māhiṣmatī situated on the Narmadā between the Vindhya and Ṛkṣa mountains about Bheraghar below Jabbalpur.
cedi m. (-diḥ) The name of a country, perhaps the modern Chandail. m. plu. (-dayaḥ) The inhabitants of Cedi.
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