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Word (IAST)Word (Devanagari)Overview
pauraपौरpaurá m. (√ pṝ) ‘filler, increaser’, N. of Soma ([Sāy.] = udara-pūraka)
of Indra ([Sāy.] = pūrayitṛ)
of the Aśvins &c., [RV.]
of a Ṛṣi (author of [RV. v, 73]; [74])
(pl.) of a dynasty, [VP.]
mf(I)n. (fr. pura) belonging to a town or city, urban, civic
m. a townsman, citizen (opp. to jānapada), [Gaut.]; [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
a prince engaged in war under certain circumstances (= nāgara, q.v., applied also to planets opposed to each other), [Var.]
(pl.) N. of a dynasty, [VP.]
n. a species of fragrant grass, [L.]
pauraṇīपौरणीf. w.r. for paurāṇi, [Hariv.]
pauraṇaपौरणm. patr. fr. pūraṇa, [ĀśvŚr.]
paurakaपौरकm. a garden in the neighbourhood of a city or round a house, [L.]
pauravīपौरवीf. N. of the wife of Vasu-deva or of Yudhiṣṭhira, [Pur.]
(in music) N. of a Mūrchanā or a Rāga.
pauravaपौरवmf(I)n. (fr. pūru) belonging to or descended from Pūru, [MBh.] (cf. [Pāṇ. iv, 1, 168], Vārtt. 3, [Pat.])
m. a descendant of Paurava, [ib.] &c.
m. pl. the race of Paurava, [Śak.]; [Pur.]
m. N. of a people in the north or north-east of India, [MBh.]; [R.]; [Var.] (v.l. paulava)
pauraṃdhraपौरंध्रmfn. (fr. puraṃdhri) belonging to a woman, feminine, [Viddh.]
pauragīyaपौरगीयmfn. (fr. pura-ga) g. kṛśāśvādī.
paurajanaपौरजनpaura—jana m. townsfolk, citizens, [MBh.]; [R.] &c.
pauralokaपौरलोकpaura—loka m. sg. and pl. = -jana, [Kathās.]; [Pañc.]
paurastrīपौरस्त्रीpaura—strī f. = -yoṣit, [W.]
paurastyaपौरस्त्यmf(A)n. (fr. puras) situated in front, foremost, [Ragh.]; [BhP.]
eastern (-pavana m. east wind, [Kathās.])
pl. the people in the east (= gauḍa), [Kāvyād.]
pauravīyaपौरवीयmfn. devoted to Pūru, [Pāṇ. iv, 3, 100], Sch.
pauravakaपौरवकm. pl. N. of a people, [MBh.]
pauraṃdaraपौरंदरmf(I)n. (fr. puraṃ-dara) relating to or derived from or sacred to Indra, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
n. the Nakṣatra Jyeṣṭhā, [Var.]
pauraṃjanaपौरंजनmf(I)n. sprung or descended from Puraṃ-jana and Puraṃ-janī, [BhP.]
pauraṇṭhakaपौरण्ठकpauraṇṭaka and , m. N. of a teacher, [Cat.] (w.r. paurandaka).
pauraṇṭakaपौरण्टकand pauraṇṭhaka, m. N. of a teacher, [Cat.] (w.r. paurandaka).
paurakāryaपौरकार्यpaura—kārya n. public business, [Śak.]
paurakanyāपौरकन्याpaura—kanyā f. a maiden of the city, [Ragh.]
paurakutsīपौरकुत्सीf. w.r. for pauru-k°, [Hariv.]
pauramukhyaपौरमुख्यpaura—mukhya m. chief man of the city, [Daś.]
paurasakhyaपौरसख्यpaura—sakhya n. fellow-citizenship, [Mn. ii, 134.]
pauravṛddhaपौरवृद्धpaura—vṛddha m. = -mukhya, [MBh.]; [Daś.]
paurayoṣitपौरयोषित्paura—yoṣit f. a woman living in a city, townswoman, [MW.]
paurajānapadaपौरजानपदpaura—jānapada mf(I)n. belonging to town and country
paura—jānapada m. pl. townsmen and country-people, [MBh.]; [R.]
paurarucidevaपौररुचिदेवpaura—ruci-deva m. N. of a man, [Kathās.]
pauraścaraṇikaपौरश्चरणिकmfn. (fr. puraś-caraṇa), [Pāṇ. iv, 3, 72.]
pauravatantavaपौरवतन्तवpaurava—tantava See para-p°-t° (p. 587, col. 1).
paurastyapavanaपौरस्त्यपवनpaurastya—pavana m., east wind, [Kathās.]