Mar: वाशीम vāśīma
‘Calf Grove’ [Vatsagulma, Vachchoma] -City/District, Maharashtra
From Skt: vatsa, ‘calf’, ‘yearling’; Skt: gulma ‘clump or cluster of trees’, ‘grove’.
Vashima is derived from Vachchhoma, the Prakrit corruption of Vatsagulma [Vatsagulma →Vachchoma→Vashima].
Washim was once the capital of the Vatsagulma branch of Vakataka dynasty [3rd-6thC] founded by Sarvasena in the 4thC. The Dynasty were patrons of the Ajanta Caves.
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