purā

1. pür-

f

2. Purü-

Adj

3. ةُر

2. pur cl. 6. P. purati, to precede, go before, lead, Dhātup. xxviii, 56 ( prob. invented to furnish an etymology for puras and purā below).

4. purā

(with pres. = pf. ) from of old, hitherto, up to the present time (also with sma cf. Pāṇ. iii, 2, 122 ; with na, ‘never yet’), RV. &c. &c.

5. purā

(with pres. = fut. [ cf. Pāṇ. iii, 3, 4 ], once with Pot. ) ere, before (sometimes with na or na and yāvat [followed by tāvat], with mā or yadi, MBh. ; Kāv. &c.)

6. ةُر

3. pur f. (in nom. sg. and before consonants pūr) a rampart, wall, stronghold, fortress, castle, city, town (also of demons), RV. &c. &c.

7. ةُر

N. of a Daśa-rātra , KātyŚr. [Perhaps fr. √ pṝ and orig. identical with 1. pur; cf. Gk. , πόλις ]

8. ةُرَ

2. pura 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