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  • He then advanced towards the capital of the Gadrosians, which was named Pura; and he arrived there in sixty days after starting from Ora. Most of the...
    458 bytes (560 words) - 05:34, 16 September 2023
  • funerals by various castes. It is recorded, in the Gazetteer of Malabar, that "Pura Pothuvāls are of two classes, Chenda Pothuvāls or drum Pothuvāls, and Māla...
    331 bytes (459 words) - 05:16, 9 July 2021
  • 8° E., 14 m. N.E. of Dambulla, and about 17 m. nearly due W. of Pulasti-pura, the now ruined ancient capital of Ceylon. There a solitary pillar of granite...
    216 bytes (632 words) - 15:02, 10 August 2020
  • 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Hassan (category EB1911:Cities:Asia:India)
    11th till the 14th century. Their capital was at Dwarasamundra (Dwaravati-pura), the ruins of which are still to be seen scattered round the village of...
    376 bytes (355 words) - 20:03, 8 December 2017
  • Julien tran- scribes as Vichava-pura. M. Vivien de St. Martin, however, suggests that it may be the Sanskrit Vichála- pura, or city of "Middle Sindh," which...
    361 bytes (17,827 words) - 08:36, 30 May 2020
  • holding in the extended right hand an eagle, in the left a spear, the hasta pura. Not far from the city was the temple of Men Karou, with a great medical...
    390 bytes (745 words) - 11:42, 15 January 2022
  • identical with the Agapothuvals, or inside Pothuvals, as distinguished from the Pura, or outside Pothuvals, in North Malabar. They are said to be the descendants...
    335 bytes (2,076 words) - 05:48, 9 July 2021
  • Gaon, Dung Kherai, Beri Dong, Chandu Pura, Kampura, Khera, Parsani, Dhasuri, Simora, Jaitpura, Chilora, Mohammad Pura, Bhobahi, Sipura, Salampura, Barkara...
    671 bytes (6,196 words) - 04:58, 8 April 2022
  • The Music of India by Herbert Arthur Popley Chapter II : Legend and History 2388716The Music of India — Chapter II : Legend and HistoryHerbert Arthur Popley...
    345 bytes (6,547 words) - 07:22, 25 December 2017
  • Castes and Tribes of Southern India by Edgar Thurston Dōmb 2671233Castes and Tribes of Southern India — DōmbEdgar Thurston ​Dōmb.— The name Dōmb or Dōmbo...
    323 bytes (3,380 words) - 07:35, 9 July 2021
  • to cattle, and who are intent to damage his kingdom. Ppp. reads, for b, purā dṛṣṭān parā ”yuṣaḥ. ⌊In c, pronounce yāí ’nam.⌋ 17. As the sun shines exceedingly...
    344 bytes (1,288 words) - 02:06, 26 March 2017
  • rather the same word, with su, good, prefixed. CANTO SEVENTH. Pura's conqueror.] Pura, or Tripura, the name of a Demon destroyed by Siva. Kaildsa's side...
    373 bytes (2,833 words) - 16:35, 13 July 2016
  • 392. Ibid., 367. Vinoda.rasa-manjari, p. 57. Pura-nanuru. Vinoda-ras-manjari. Yapp-arun-kalak-karikai. Pura-na-nuru. Tol-kappiyam, Porul-atthikaram Nachchinarkk-iniyar’s...
    364 bytes (8,342 words) - 09:27, 5 August 2019
  • common in the Outer languages, and especially so in AMg. and M.; thus, Skr. pura-, M. pur-illa-. All the Skr. cases are preserve except the dative, which...
    334 bytes (4,993 words) - 21:26, 22 October 2019
  • Pāndu (dhṛta-rāṣṭra, pāṇḍu), were brought up in their royal home of Hastinā-pura, about sixty miles north-east of modern Delhi. Dhritarāshtra, the elder,...
    300 bytes (5,121 words) - 20:45, 18 May 2022
  • Piracada; properly Puṛākkāḍŭ, [or according to the Madras Gloss. Purakkātu, Mal. pura, 'outside,' kātu, 'jungle']. A town on the coast of Travancore, formerly...
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  • The meaning of the word in Skt. is 'city-gate,' go 'eye,' pura, 'city.' But in S. India the gopuram is that remarkable feature of architecture, peculiar...
    249 KB (38,748 words) - 01:31, 26 February 2024
  • PALEMPORE. [The Madras Gloss., deriving the word from Tel. sāle, 'weaver,' pura, Skt. 'town,' describes it as "a kind of cotton cloth formerly manufactured...
    575 KB (89,353 words) - 01:27, 26 February 2024
  • the sun rises in Ceylon it is sunset in the City of the Blessed (Siddha-pura, i.e. The Fortunate Islands), noon at Yava-koṭi, and midnight in the Land...
    181 KB (28,608 words) - 01:31, 26 February 2024
  • Reorganisation Act, 2019 the Parliament of India 3095525Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 20192019the Parliament of India Layout 2 ​ रजिस्ट्री सं० डी० एल० (एन)...
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