पुरी

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[edit] Sanskrit

[edit] Noun

पुरी (purī) f.

  1. a 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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[edit] References

  • 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