पुर [ pura ] [ pura ]2 n. ( for :1. see p. 634 , col. 2) (ifc. f ( [ ā ] ) .) a fortress , castle , city , town (a place containing large buildings surrounded by a ditch and extending not less than one Kos in length ; if it extends for half that distance it is called a [ kheṭa ] , if less than that , a [ karvaṭa ] or small market town ; any smaller cluster of houses is called a [ grāma ] or village Lit. W.) Lit. Mn. Lit. MBh. ( 635,2 )

  the female apartments , gynaeceum Lit. MBh. ( cf. [ antaḥ-p ] , [ nārī-p ] )

  a house , abode , residence , receptacle Lit. BhP. Lit. Tattvas.

  an upper story Lit. L.

  a brothel Lit. L.

  " the city " Gk. 1 i.e. Pāṭali-putra or Patnā Lit. L.

  = [ tri-pura ] , the 3 strong holds of the Asuras Lit. Kathās.

  the body ( cf. 3. [ pur ] ) Lit. BhP.

  the skin Lit. L.

  a species of Cyperus Lit. L.

  N. of a constellation Lit. Var.

  a leaf rolled into the shape of a funnel Lit. L. ( prob. w.r. for [ puṭa ] )

  N. of the subdivisions of the Vedānta wk. [ tripurī ] or [ tripuṭī ] ( perhaps also w.r. for [ puṭa ] ) Lit. Cat.

  [ pura ] m. f. n. a kind of resin , bdellium , Lit. Suśr. Lit. L.

  m. N. of an Asura= [ tri-pura ] ( cf. [ pura-jit ] ) , of another man , g. [ kurv-ādi ]

  [ purā ] f. a stronghold , fortress ( cf. [ agni-purā ] and [ aśma-p ] )

  a kind of perfume Lit. L.

  [ purī ] f. a fortress , castle , town Lit. TĀr. Lit. MBh.

  N. of a town (the capital of Kaliṅga , noted for the worship of Jagan-nātha or Kṛishṇa Lit. IW. 244 n. 1)

  the sanctuary or adytum of a temple Lit. Inscr.

  n. the body Lit. BhP.

  N. of one of the 10 orders of mendicants (said to be founded by disciples of Śaṃkara , the members of which add the word [ purī ] to their names) Lit. W.