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purī

(ī), f. a fortress, castle, town, [TĀr.]; [MBh.] &c.

N. of a town (the capital of Kaliṅga, noted for the worship of Jagan-nātha or Kṛṣṇa, [IW. 244 n. 1])

the sanctuary or adytum of a temple, [Inscr.]

the body, [BhP.]

N. of one of the 10 orders of mendicants (said to be founded by disciples of Śaṃkara, the members of which add the word to their names), [W.]

f. See under 2. pura.