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Manasara Series (I. A Dictionary of Hindu Architecture; II. Indian Architecture according to Manasara-Shilpashastra; III. Manasara on Architecture and Sculpture: Sanskrit Text; IV. Architecture of Manasara: Translation; V. Architecture of Manasara: Illustrations; VI. Hindu Architecture in India and Abroad; VII. An Encyclopaedia of Hindu Architecture) v7.c47.3035

Mānasāra Series (I. A Dictionary of Hindu Architecture; II. Indian Architecture according to Mānasāra-Śilpaśāstra; III. Mānasāra on Architecture and Sculpture: Sanskrit Text; IV. Architecture of Mānasāra: Translation; V. Architecture of Mānasāra: Illustrations; VI. Hindu Architecture in India and Abroad; VII. An Encyclopaedia of Hindu Architecture) v7.c47.3035

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NAGARA(-RĪ) (*cf.* GRĀMA)—Probably from Naga, *lit.* immovable or rock, implying permanence and strength with reference to stonewalls, etc. The *purs* were mere fort while *pura* as in Tripura and Mahāpura was something much bigger (*Tait. Sam.*, VI, 2, 3, 4 ; *Kāth. Sam.*, XXIV, 10 ; *Sat. Brā.* VI, 3, 3, 35 ; *Ait. Brā.*, II, 11 ; *Mait. Sam.*, III, 8, 1). Thus *pur* might have been the prototype of *pura*, the developed city, and nagara the full-fledged capital city.

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