pura

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[apte] a. [pṛ-ka] Full of, filled with. --raṃ 1 A town, city (containing large buildings, surrounded by a ditch, and not less than one Krośa in extent); pure tāvaṃtamevāsya tanoti ravirātapaṃ 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 pāṭaliputra. q. v. --7 The calyx of a flower, or any cup formed of leaves. --8 A...

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√pura पुर

Gaṇa 6· tudadi· Parasmaipada · agragamane

to proceed,to lead, to go ahead

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Abhidhanacintamani Abhinavacintamani Agnipurana Aitareyabrahmana Amarakosa Anandakanda Apastambadharmasutra Arthasastra Aryasaptasati Astadhyayi Astangahrdayasamhita Avadanasataka Ayurvedadipika Baudhayanadharmasutra Bhadrabahucarita Bhagavatapurana Bharatamanjari Bhavaprakasa Brhatkathaslokasamgraha Buddhacarita Carakasamhita Chandogyopanisad Dasakumaracarita Dhanvantarinighantu Divyavadana Garudapurana Gokarnapuranasarah Goraksasataka Hamsaduta Hamsasamdesa Haribhaktivilasa Harsacarita Hitopadesa Janmamaranavicara Kathasaritsagara Kathopanisad Katyayanasmrti Kiratarjuniya Kokilasamdesa Kumarasambhava Kurmapurana Lalitavistara Lankavatarasutra Lingapurana Manusmrti Matsyapurana Mugdhavabodhini Mundakopanisad Naradasmrti Narmamala Natyasastra Nighantusesa Pancarthabhasya Parasarasmrtitika Rajanighantu Ramayana Rasahrdayatantra Rasakamadhenu Rasamanjari Rasaprakasasudhakara Rasaratnakara Rasarnava Rasasamketakalika Rasatarangini Rasendracintamani Sarngadharasamhitadipika Satakatraya Satvatatantra Saundarananda Skandapurana Spandakarikanirnaya Sukasaptati Suryasataka Suryasatakatika Susrutasamhita Svetasvataropanisad Syainikasastra Taittiriyaranyaka Taittiriyasamhita Tantraloka Tantrasara Tikanikayatra Trikandasesa Uddamaresvaratantra Visnupurana Visnusmrti Yajnavalkyasmrti Yogaratnakara atharvaveda-saunaka mahabharata mahabharata mahabharata rgveda skandapurana-revakhanda

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a. [pṛ-ka] Full of, filled with. --raṃ 1 A town, city (containing large buildings, surrounded by a ditch, and not less than one Krośa in extent); pure tāvaṃtamevāsya tanoti...

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Part of Speech: NOUN
Total Occurrences: 28
Texts Appeared In: 19

DCS: according to desire | Monier-Williams: pUra mf( A )n. a sort of unleavened cake fried with ghee or oil, W. ( cf

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Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: pūra

prāṇasya śodhayen mārgaṃ pūrakumbhakarecakaiḥ
Śārṅgadharasaṃhitādīpikā surface: pūraiḥ

pūrayet sikatāpūrair ā galaṃ matimān bhiṣak
Bhāvaprakāśa surface: pūraiḥ

piṭharīṃ vālukāpūrair bhṛtvā cā kūpikāgalam