Alternative spellings of this word include Pagar.

India history and geography

Source: What is India: Inscriptions of the Śilāhāras

Pagārā is the name of a locality mentioned in the “Cintra stone inscription of Aparāditya I”.

These stone inscriptions (mentioning Pagārā) were in the vicinity of the Jogeśvarī Cave to the north of Bombay in the Sālsette island. It is dated on the twelfth tithi of the bright fortnight of Caitra in the Śaka year 1059, the cyclic year being Piṅgala.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

pagara (पगर).—m Irregular or excessive menstruation, menorrhagia. Disting. into tāmbaḍā pa0 & pāṇḍharā pa0. v lāga.

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pagarā (पगरा).—m An ornament for the ear. Used by the Mahar caste.

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pagāra (पगार).—m (Pagar To pay. Paga Pay. Port.) Pay, wages, salary.

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pagāra (पगार).—m A canoe well scooped, smoothed, and finished: opp. to hōḍī Canoe roughly executed.

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pāgāra (पागार).—m A wooden implement for sowing cornseed.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

pagāra (पगार).—m Pay, wages, salary.

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pagāra (पगार).—m A canoe well scooped, smoothed, and finished.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pagārā (पगारा):—f. Name of a place, [Inscriptions]

[Sanskrit to German]

Pagara in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Pagāra (पगार) [Also spelled pagar]:—(nf) wages, salary.

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Prakrit-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary

1) Pagara (पगर) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Prakara.

2) Pagāra (पगार) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Prakāra.

3) Pāgāra (पागार) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Prākāra.

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Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Pagāra (ಪಗಾರ):—[noun] fixed compensation paid regularly for services; salary.

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Pāgara (ಪಾಗರ):—[noun] = ಪಾಗಾರ [pagara].

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Pāgara (ಪಾಗರ):—[noun] = ಪಾಕರ [pakara].

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Pāgāra (ಪಾಗಾರ):—[noun] a wall enclosing a building and its surrounding place.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Pagaragode, Pagarana, Pagarane, Pagaraniga, Pagarapatraka, Pakaram, Pakarappirapai.

Ends with: Apagara, Baitha Pagara, Baithapagara, Kopagara, Leppagara, Phulapagara, Sampagara, Turipagara.

Full-text: Prakara, Korada-Daramaha, Pakal, Pakalu, Pagala, Pagar, Mahinemala, Baitha Pagara, Parakaviyam, Mahinamala, Mahinemahala, Pagalu, Pagal, Thayabasalya, Pakala, Ucalala, Bhaganem, Cukata, Pakaram, Paga.

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