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pur

púr f. (√ pṝ) only instr. pl. pūrbhís, in abundance, abundantly, [RV. v, 66, 4.]

cl. 6. P. purati, to precede, go before, lead, [Dhātup. xxviii, 56] (prob. invented to furnish an etymology for puras and purā below).

púr f. (in nom. sg. and before consonants pūr) a rampart, wall, stronghold, fortress, castle, city, town (also of demons), [RV.] &c. &c.

the body (considered as the stronghold of the puruṣa, q.v.), [BhP.]

the intellect (= mahat), [VP.]

N. of a Daśa-rātra, [KātyŚr.] [Perhaps fr. √ pṝ and orig. identical with 1. ; cf. Gk., πόλις]