पुरा

{ purā }

A dictionary, Marathi and English

   .
   A ward or quarter of a town: also a supplemental or suburban district.

Aryabhushan School Dictionary

 a   complete. finished. perfect, adept. sufficient.
 ad   fully, thoroughly.
  m  A ward or quarter of a town: a suburban district.

मराठी पर्यायी शब्दकोश

 वि.   अख्खा , पूर्व , सगळा , सबंध .

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

पुरा  n.  a ind. ( cf. प्र, पुरस्, पूर्व) before, formerly, of old (with न, ‘ never’), [RV.] &c. &c.
   in a previous existence, [VarYogay.]
स्म   (with tense.">pres. = tense."> pf.) from of old, hitherto, up to the present time ( also with cf. [Pāṇ. 3-2, 122]; with न, ‘ never yet’), [RV.] &c. &c.
पश्चा   at first, in the beginning, [Bhartṛ.] ( opp. to , पश्चात्, [Pāṇ. 5-3, 33]; [Kāś.])
    soon, shortly (with tense.">pres.= fut.), [Kālid.]; [Naiṣ.]
   (as prep., mostly in earlier language, with abl., rarely with dat. or gen.) before
    securely from
    except, beside
न   (with tense.">pres.= fut. [ cf. [Pāṇ. 3-3, 4]], once with pot.) ere, before ( sometimes with or and यावत् [followed by तावत्], with मा or यदि, [MBh.]; [Kāv. &c.])
पुरा  f.  b f. a stronghold, fortress ( cf. अग्नि-पुरा and अश्म-प्°)
   a kind of perfume, [L.]
पुरा    c see p. 634, col. 3.

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

पुरा [purā]   ind.
   In former times, formerly, of yore, in the olden time; पुरा शक्रमुपस्थाय [R.1.75;] पुरा सरसि मानसे ... यस्य यातं वयः [Bv.1.3;] [Ms.1.119;5.22.]
    before, hitherto, upto the present time
   At first, in the first place; रामं दर्शय मे शीघ्रं पुरा मेऽर्थोऽतिवर्तते [Rām.7.15.2.]
   In a short time, soon, ere- long, shortly (in this sense usually with a present tense to which it gives a future sense); पुरा सप्तद्वीपां जयति वसुधामप्रतिरथः [Ś. 7.33;] पुरा दूषयति स्थलीम् [R.12.3;] आलोके ते निपतति पुरा सा बलिव्याकुला वा [Me.87;] [N.1.18,] [Śi.1.56;] [Ki.1.] 5;11.36.
   Ved. For the defence of.
    securely from.
    except, besides. -Comp.
-उपनीत a.  a. formerly possessed.
-कथा   an old legend; को नाम लोके पुरुषार्थसारवित् पुराकथानां भगवत् कथासुधाम् [Bhāg.3.13.5.]
    कल्पः a former creation; सिद्धसंघपरिज्ञातं पुराकल्पं सनातनम् [Mb.14.35.23.]
   a story of the past.
   a former age; द्यूतमेतत् पुराकल्पे दृष्टं वैरकरं महत् [Ms.9.227;] [Mb.3.41.35.]
   A passage descriptive of past events; [MS.6.7.26.]
-कृत् a.  a. done formerly. (- तम्) actions done in a former life; [Ś.7.] - योनि a. of ancient origin. (- निः) an epithet of Śiva.- वसुः an epithet of Bhīṣma.
-विद् a.  a. acquainted with the past, knowing the events of former times, conversant with former times or events; वदन्त्यपर्णेति च तां पुराविदः [Ku.5.28;6.9;] [R.11.1.]
-वृत्त   a.
   occurring in, or relating to, ancient times.
    old, ancient.
   ( तम्) history.
   an old or legendary event; पुरावृत्तोद्गारैरपि च कथिता कार्यपदवी [Māl.2.13.] ˚कथः an old legend.
पुरा [purā]   1 An epithet of the ganges.
   A kind of perfume.
   The east.
   A castle. see पुरम्.

Shabda-Sagara

पुरा   Ind.
   1. An ancient story.
   2. old.
   3. past.
   4. long past, of yore. 5. near.
   6. future.
   7. proximate future.
    E. पुर् to precede, affs. क and टाप्.

ROOTS:

पुर् क टाप्

संस्कृतम् (Sanskrit) WN

 adverb  पुरातनसमये।   Ex. पुरा भारतदेशः विश्वशिक्षायाः केन्द्रम् आसीत्।

ONTOLOGY:

time)">समयसूचक ( time) ➜ क्रिया विशेषण (Adverb)

Wordnet:

asm পূর্বতে

bd गिबियाव

ben আগে

guj પહેલાં

kan ಪೂರ್ವದಲ್ಲಿ

kas برٛونٛہہ کالہِ

mal പണ്ട്

nep पहिले

ori ଆଗରୁ

tam முற்காலத்தில்

tel పూర్వం

urd پہلے , قبل

    see : पूर्वम्