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puru

purú mf(pUrvI/)n. (√ pṝ) much, many, abundant (only purū or , °rū́ṇi, °rūṇām and sev. cases of f. pūrvī; in later language only ibc.), [RV.] &c. &c. (°rú, ind. much, often, very [also with a compar. or superl.]; with simā, everywhere; with tirás, far off, from afar; purārú, far and wide; purú víśva, one and all, every, [RV.])

purú m. the pollen of a flower, [L.]

heaven, paradise, [L.]

(cf. pūru) N. of a prince (the son of Yayāti and Śarmiṣṭhā and sixth monarch of the lunar race), [MBh.]; [Śak.]

of a son of Vasu-deva and Saha-devā, [BhP.]

of a son of Madhu, [VP.]

of a son of Manu Cākṣuṣa and Naḍvalā, [Pur.]

[cf. Old Pers. paru; Gk. πολύ; Goth. filu; Angl.Sax. feolu; Germ. viel.]