nAgara mf( I )n. ( fr. nagara ) town-born, t° -bred, relating or belonging to a t° or city, t° -like, civic, MBh. ; Kāv. &c.
nAgara a. ( rI f. ) [ nagare BavaH aR ] 1 Town-born, town-bred. 2 Relating to a town, civic. 3 Spoken in a town. 4 Polite, civil. 5 Clever, sharp. 6 Bad, vile, one who has contracted the vices of a town. 7 Nameless. — raH 1 A citizen ( pOra ); Me. 25 , Śānti. 4. 19. 2 A husband's brother. 3 A lecturer. 4 An orange. 5 Fatigue; hardship, toil. 6 Desire of final beatitude. 7 A term applied to a prince engaged in war under certain circumstances and also to a planet when in opposition to other planets (in ( pb ) astrol. ). 8 Denial of knowledge. — raM 1 Dry ginger. 2 A kind of coitus. — rI 1 The character in which Sanskrit is generally written; cf. devanAgarI . 2 A clever, intriguing or shrewd woman; haMtABIrIH smaratu sa kaTaM saMvfto nAgarIBiH Ud. D. 16. 3 The plant snuhI . Comp. — AhvaM dry ginger.