neuter · nagara 1 · nagara 2
town
a town; a city; especially the seat of a rāja
Nagara (neuter) [Vedic nagara, Non-aryan? Connection with agāra is very problematic] a stronghold, citadel, fortress; a (fortified) town, city. As seat of the government and as important centre of trade contrasted with gāma and nigama (village and market-place or township) Vin III 47 (°bandhana), 184; cf. gāma 3 b. deva° deva city Ja I 3, 168, 202; Dhp-a I 280 etc.; cf. yakkha° Ja II 127. — Vin I 277, 342, 344; II 155, 184; D II 7; S II 105 f.; IV 194 (kāyassa adhivacanaṃ); V 160; A I 168, 178; IV 106 f. (paccantima); V 194 (the same) Dhp 150 (aṭṭhīnaṃ); Snp 414, 1013 (Bhoga°); Ja I 3, 50 (Kapilavatthu°); II 5; III 188; VI 368 etc.; Pp 56; Dhp-a IV 2; Pv-a 3, 39, 73; Dīp XIV 51 (+ pura). Cf. nāgara. -ūpakārikā a town fortified with a wall covered with cement at its base D I 105, cf. Sv I 274; -ūpama like a citadel (of citta) Dhp 40, cf. Dhp-a I 317 and Nagaropama sūtra Divy 340; -kathā town-gossip D I 7; -guttika superintendent of the city police Ja III 30, 436; IV 279; Miln 345 (dhammanagare n-g.), Dhp-a IV 55. Cf. Kern, Toev. page 167; -vara the noble town (of Rājagaha) Vv 16 6 , cf. Vv-a 82; -vīthi a city street Ja II 416; -sobhinī the city belle, a town courtesan Ja II 367 (°anā); III 435 (Sulasā), 475 (°anī); Dhp-a I 174; II 201; Pv-a 4 (Sulasā); Miln 350.
【中】 城鎮，城堡，要塞。~guttika,【陽】 市長。~vara,【中】 皇家城市。~vāsī,【陽】 市民。~sodhaka,【陽】 清道夫。~sobhinī,【陰】 城市的美女，城鎮的妓女。
(nt, nt) town; city town, citadel
(nt, nt) fortress; citadel; stronghold; fortification