पुरी

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Sanskrit [edit]

Noun [edit]

पुरी (purī) f

  1. fortress, castle, town (TĀr., MBh. etc.)
  2. name of a town (the capital of Kaliṅga, noted for the adoration of जगन्नाथ (jagan-nātha) or Kṛṣṇa) (IW., 244 n. 1)
  3. the sanctuary or adytum of a temple (Inscr.)

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References [edit]

  • Sir Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1898, page 0635