महापुर (mahApura)

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Capeller Eng

English

 महापुर॑ n.
  °री f.
  great stronghold or city.

Monier Williams Cologne

English

 महा—पुर॑ n.
  a gr° fortress,  TS.
 
 Kāṭh.
 
 AitBr.

 N.
  of a Tīrtha,  MBh.
  

Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid

English

 Mahāpura,  n. of a locality: Māy 〔91〕.

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Mahabharata

English

Mahāpura,  a tīrtha. § 733k (Vaimānika): XIII,  25,  1712.

पुराणम्

English

महापुर / MAHĀPURA. A holy place. mahābhārata,  Anuśāsana Parva,  Chapter 25,  Verse 26 states that if one takes a bath in this place and leads a pure life here for three nights,  one will become fearless.

Vedic Reference

English

 Mahā-pura in the Yajurveda Saṃhitās^1 and the Brāhmaṇas^2
denotes a great fortress.^1 Probably the only difference between
the Pur and the Mahāpura was size.
1) Taittirīya Saṃhitā,  vi. 2,  3,  1
Kāṭhaka Saṃhitā,  xxiv. 10
 Maitrā-
yaṇī Saṃhitā,  iii. 8,  1.
2) Aitareya Brāhmaṇa,  i. 23,  2
Gopatha Brāhmaṇa,  ii. 2,  7.
1) Taittirīya Saṃhitā,  vi. 2,  3,  1
Kāṭhaka Saṃhitā,  xxiv. 10
 Maitrā-
yaṇī Saṃhitā,  iii. 8,  1.

Capeller

German

 महापुर॑ n.
  eine große Festung.

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