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| Root Word (Pāṇini Dhātupāṭha:) | Full Root | Marker | Sense | Class | Sutra | | √pur | pura | a | agragamane | 6 | 55 | |
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| Root Word | IAST | Meaning | Monier Williams Page | Class | | √पुर् | pur | going in front / agragamana | 6/2, 348/1 | Cl.6 | |
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|  | | pur | f. ( pṝ-) only instrumental case plural pūrbh/is-, in abundance, abundantly   | | | pur | cl.6 P. purati-, to precede, go before, lead (prob. invented to furnish an etymology for puras-and purā-below) . | | | pur | f. (in Nominal verb sg. and before consonants pūr-) a rampart, wall, stronghold, fortress, castle, city, town (also of demons) etc. | | | pur | f. the body (considered as the stronghold of the puruṣa- q.v) | | | pur | f. the intellect (equals mahat-) | | | pur | f. Name of a daśa-rātra- [Perhaps fr. pṝ-and originally identical with 1. pur-; confer, compare Greek , ] |
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| | pur | पुर् 6 P. (पुरति) To go before, precede. | | | pur | पुर् f. (Nom. sing. पूः; instr. du. पूर्भ्याम्) 1 A town, fortified town; पूरण्यभिव्यक्तमुखप्रसादा R.16.23. -2 A fortress, castle, strong-hold. -3 A wall, rampart. -4 The body; पुरश्चक्रे द्विपदः पुरश्चक्रे चतुष्पदः Bṛi. Up.2.5.18. -5 Intellect. -Comp. -द्वार् f., -द्वारम् (पूर्द्वार्) the gate of a city. | |
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| | pur | púr, f. citadel, ii. 35, 6 [pṛ fill]. | |
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| | pur | f. (nm. pûh) stronghold, citadel; fortified city; town. | | | pur | f. fulness (only in. pl.). | |
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| | pur | Is a word of frequent occurrence in the Rigveda and later, meaning ‘rampart,’ foft,’ or stronghold.’ Such fortifications must have been occasionally of considerable size, as one is called ‘broad’ (prthvī) and ‘wide’ (urvī). Elsewhere a fort made of stone’ (aśmamayī) is mentioned. Sometimes strongholds ‘ of iron ’ (<āyasī) are referred to, but these are probably only metaphorical. A fort full of kine ’ (gomatī) is mentioned, showing that strongholds were used to hold cattle. Autumnal ’ (sāradī) forts are named, apparently as belonging to the Dāsas: this may refer to the forts in that season being occupied against Aryan attacks or against inundations caused by overflowing rivers. Forts ‘with a hundred walls (βata- bhuji) are spoken of. It would probably be a mistake to regard these forts as permanently occupied fortified places like the fortresses of the mediaeval barony. They were probably merely places of refuge against attack, ramparts of hardened earth with palisades and a ditch (cf. Dehī). Pischel and Geldner, however, think that there were towns with wooden walls and ditches (περίβολος and τάφρος) like the Indian town of Pātaliputra known to Megas- thenes and the Pāli texts. This is possible, but hardly susceptible of proof, and it is not without significance that the word Nagara is of late occurrence. On the whole it is hardly likely that in early Vedic times city life was much developed. In the Epic, according to Hopkins, there are found the Nagara, ‘city’; Grāma, ‘village’; and Ghosa, ‘ranch.’ Vedic literature hardly seems to go beyond the village, no doubt with modifications in its later period. The siege of forts, is mentioned in the Samhitās and Brāhmanas. According to the Rigveda, fire was used. | |
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| | pur | noun (feminine) a rampart (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
castle (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
fortress (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the body (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the intellect (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
town (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
wall (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
[phil.] mahān
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