purī

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[apte] 1 A city, town; śaśāsaikapurī- siva R. 1. 30; purīmavaskaṃda lunīhi naṃdanaṃ Śi. 1. 51. --2 A stronghold. --3 The body. --Comp. --mohaḥ the Dhattūra plant.

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1 A city, town; śaśāsaikapurī- siva R. 1. 30; purīmavaskaṃda lunīhi naṃdanaṃ Śi. 1. 51. --2 A stronghold. --3 The body. --Comp. --mohaḥ the Dhattūra plant.

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

382

Texts Appeared In

23

Semantic Classification

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3. Kūrmapurāṇa 40 10.5%
4. Viṣṇupurāṇa 21 5.5%
5. Bṛhatkathāślokasaṃgraha 20 5.2%

Concordance (Sample)

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: purīṃ

  samudraḥ saptame hy enāṃ purīṃ ca plāvayiṣyati

• Rāmāyaṇa surface: purīṃ

  tatra laṅkāṃ samāsādya purīṃ rāvaṇapālitām

• Rāmāyaṇa surface: purīṃ

  tato dagdhvā purīṃ laṅkām ṛte sītāṃ ca maithilīm