Na > References for ‘nagara, Nágara’

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[42] Puruśa evedaḿ sarvaḿ [...] “in this pura” (pura means nagara [town]) “in this physical [...] before you: He is Puruśa.

[6] In ancient India three scripts [...] who use this script are known as Nágara Brahmins. The Brahmins of Gujarat are called Nágara Brahmins, and their script is [...] own script and its own alphabet.

[2] What is Puruśa? Puruśa [...] Pura means settlement or township (Nagara). Therefore the entity which lies [...] doesn’t perform any action.

[29] The inclination within people to [...] been named with the words pura, nagara, etc., added on. In Sanskrit small cities used to be called pura and large cities were called nagara (incidentally, the word pur is actually Farsi). The difference between the two was that a nagara used to be completely encircled [...] to live within the walls of the nagara were called nágarika. The [...] Nágarika means “inhabitant of a nagara”, while “citizen”, [...] in a city or in a rural village.

[31] This wall-enclosed city used to [...] main gate of the hábelii or nagara used to be closed at nine at night [...] the city-father or the sheriff.

[32] Many places in India and Southeast Asia were named with the words pura, nagara, upanagara, etc. added on. We [...] your daughter’s wedding].