nāgara
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[apte] a. (rī f.) [nagare bhavaḥ aṇ] 1 Town-born, town-bred. --2 Relat- ing 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. --raḥ 1 A citizen (paura); Me. 25, Śānti. 4. 19. --2 A hus- band's brother. --3 A lecturer. --4 An orange. --5 Fatigue; hardship, toil. --6 Desire of final beatitude. --7 A term applied to a prince...
[mw] mf (I) n. (fr. nagara) town-born, t town -bred, relating or belonging to a t town or city, t town -like, civic MBh.; Ka1v. &c 533,3 105221 mf (I) n. spoken in a t town (said of a partic. Apabhran6s3a apabhraṃśa dialect; cf. upa-n) Sa1h. 533,3 105222 mf (I) n. polite, civil, S3ak. v, 1/2 (v.l. for rika) 533,3 105223 mf (I) n. clever, dexterous, cunning Dhu1rtan. 533,3 105224
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a. (rī f.) [nagare bhavaḥ aṇ] 1 Town-born, town-bred. --2 Relat- ing to a town, civic. --3 Spoken in a town. --4 Polite, civil. --5 Clever, sharp. --6 Bad, vile, one who has...
Corpus Profile
- Part of Speech
- NOUN
- Total Occurrences
- 259
- Texts Appeared In
- 29
DCS: a particular official in a Buddhist monastery | Monier-Williams: N. of sev. places, L.
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rāmas tu punar ālakṣya nāgarasya janasya ca
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tataḥ pramuditāḥ sarve dṛṣṭvā vai nāgarā dvijam
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siddhāṃ vā matsyapacane pacane nāgarasya vā