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PURA—A big fortified city as in Tripura and Mahāpura described in the *Yajur-Veda* and *Brahmāṇḍa-Purāṇa* (*see* references under NAGARA) but apparently less pretentious than the capital cities (nagara), a castle, a fortress, a village, a fortified town, a city, a wall, a rampart, a house, an abode, a residence, the female apartments, a store-house, an upper storey.