Nalapura, Nala-pura: 6 definitions
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Nalapura means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Source: archive.org: Personal and geographical names in the Gupta inscriptionsNalapura (नलपुर) is a place name ending in pura mentioned in the Gupta inscriptions. Nalapura is also known as Narwar in the way that pura is changed to war.
Source: What is India: Epigraphia Indica volume XXXI (1955-56)Nalapura is the name of a locality mentioned in the inscriptions of the time of Yajvapāla (or Yajapella) Gopāla (1270 A.D.), the son of Āsalla (or Āsala). Nalapura represents modern Narwar in the Shivapuri District of the old Gwalior State now in Madya Pradesh.
Source: What is India: Inscriptions of the Candellas, Kacchapaghatas, Pala, etc.Nalapura was the capital of the Yajvapāla dynasty in the latter half of the thirteenth century A.C. The place lies in the Karerā parganā in the Sipri (Shivpurī) District of Madhya Pradesh, about 26 kms. north by west of Karerā and almost equidistant south-east of Shivpurī, and contains ruins of old palaces ascribed to the ruling house of the Yajvapālas. The stone bearing this inscription stated in have been discovered in these ruins.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Nalapura (नलपुर):—[=nala-pura] [from nala] n. Name of a town, [Inscriptions]
2) [v.s. ...] of N°’s town = Niṣadhā, [Demetrius Galanos’s Lexiko: sanskritikes, anglikes, hellenikes]
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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.
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Ends with: Chinalapura.
Full-text: Narwar, Gopala, Yajvapala, Viravarman, Pura.
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The Shiva Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 28 - Śiva’s incarnation as Yatinātha haṃsa (swan) < [Section 3 - Śatarudra-saṃhitā]
Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 17: Kanakamālā and Pradyumna < [Chapter VI - Marriage of Kṛṣṇa with Rukmiṇī and others]