neuter · pura 1.1 · pura 2.1
town
pura , ( 1 ) city , as masc. ( Skt. nt. ): LV 300.22 ( vs ) pūrṇāṃ … purāṃ ( acc. pl. , for pūrṇān … purān); ( 2 ) in cpds. with numerals, tri-pura etc. , an element in the architecture of a vihāra, acc. to Tib. (b)rtseg , upper chamber : MSV iii.133.9 ff. , monksʼ vihāras have five, nunsʼ three; a gandhakuṭi , and a bālāgrapūtikā , of monks have seven each, of nuns five.
a town or city
Pura *Pura [on etymology see purā, purāṇa, pure] base of adverb and preposition denoting "before"; ablative purato (adverb and preposition) in front of (with genitive), before (only local) Vin I 179; II 32; D II 14 (mātu); S I 137; Pv I 11 1 , 11 3 (opposite pacchā); II 8 6 (janādhipassa); Sv I 152; Pv-a 5 (purisassa), 22, 39 (tassa). Often repeated (distributively) purato purato each time in front, or in front of each, or continuously in front Vin II 213; Vism 18; cf. pacchato pacchato. — Otherwise *pura occurs only in following derivations: (1) adverbial: *puraḥ in purakkharoti, purekkhāra, purohita; purā, pure, puratthaṃ, puratthato. (2) adjectival: purāṇa, puratthima, purima. Pura (neuter) [Vedic pur feminine later Sanskrit puraṃ neuter and purī feminine] 1. a town, fortress, city Vin I 8 = M I 171 (Kāsinaṃ puraṃ); Ja I 196, 215; Snp 976, 991, 1012 (°uttama),1013; Ja VI 276 (= nagara commentary); Mhv 14, 29. — avapure below the fortress M I 68. — devapura city of the Gods S IV 202; Vv 64 30 (= Sudassana-mahā-nagara Vv-a 285). See also purindada. 2. dwelling, house or (divided) part {469} of a house (= antepura), a meaning restricted to the Jātakas, e.g. V 65 (= nivesana commentary); VI 251, 492 (= antepura). Cf. thīpura lady's room, harem, also "lady" Ja V 296, and antepura. 3. the body [cf. Sanskrit pura body as given by Abhidh-r-m 2, 355, see op. cit. page 273] Thag 79 1150 (so read for pūra, cf. Kern, Toev. sub voce and under sarīradeha). — Cf. porin.
【中】 城鎮，城市。
pura a. [ pf-ka ] Full of, filled with. — raM 1 A town, city (containing large buildings, surrounded by a ditch, and not less than one Krośa in extent); pure tAvaMtamevAsya tanoti ravirAtapaM Ku. 2. 33 ; R. 1. 59. 2 A castle, fortress, stronghold. 3 A house, residence, abode. 4 The body. 5 The female apartments. 6 N. of the town pAwaliputra . q. v. 7 The calyx of a flower, or any cup formed of leaves. 8 A brothel. 9 The skin. 10 Bdellium. 11 An upper story. 12 A store-house. 13 A fragrant grass ( nAgaramustA ). Comp. — awwaH a turret on a citywall. — aDipaH, -aDyakzaH the governor of a town. — arAtiH, -ariH , — asuhfd m. — ripuH epithets of Śiva; putarAtiBrAMtyA kusumaSara kiM mAM praharAsa Subhāṣ. , see tripura . — arDavistAraH a small village, hamlet. — utsavaH a festival celebrated in a city. ( pb ) — qadyAna a city-garden, park. — okas m. an inhabitant of a town. — kowwaM a citadel. — ga a. 1 going to a town. 2 favourably inclined. — jit , — dviz, -Bid m. epithets of Śiva. — jyotis m. 1 an epithet of fire. 2 the world of Agni. — tawI a small market-town, small village. — toraRaM the outer gate of a city. — devatA the tutelary deity of a town. — dvAraM a city-gate. — niveSaH the founding of a city. — pAlaH 1 ‘city-governor’, the commandant of a fortress. 2 the soul. — maTanaH an epithet of Śiva. — mArgaH the street of a town; Ku. 4. 11 ; R. 11. 3. — rakzaH, -rakzakaH, -rakzin m. a constable, police-officer. — roDaH the siege of a fortress. — vAsin m. a citizen, a townsman. — vAstu n. ground fit for the foundation of a town. — SAsanaH 1 an epithet of Viṣṇu 2 of Śiva; Ku. 7. 30. — han m. 1 an epithet of Viṣṇu. 2 of Śiva.
(nt, nt) fortified town; castle; fortress town or city
(ind, ind, adv, in comps) before; in front; earlier