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पुर् f. 1.f. (√ पॄ) only instr. pl. पूर्भि॑स्, in abundance, abundantly, [RV. v, 66, 4.] पुर् 2.cl. 6. P. पुरति, to precede, go before, lead, [Dhātup. xxviii, 56] (prob. invented to furnish an etymology for पुरस् and पुरा below). पुर् f. 3.f. (in nom. sg. and before consonants पूर्) a rampart, wall, stronghold, fortress, castle, city, town (also of demons), [RV.] &c. &c. पुरुष the body (considered as the stronghold of the q.v. ), [BhP.] महत् the intellect (= ), [VP.] पॄ N. of a दश-रात्र, KātyŚr. [Perhaps fr. √ and orig. identical with 1.पुर्; cf. Gk. , πόλις]
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