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Source: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram

Puravara (पुरवर) refers to the “most excellent city”, according to the Manthānabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjikā.—Accordingly, “She who is Yakṣiṇī is Raudrī whose energy has been stimulated (mathita) (lit. 'churned') and is aroused by the five arrows (of the god of love). Playing in the Circle of Fire, she moves in the hexagram on the first day of the bright fortnight. In the triangle within the maṇḍala she looks beautiful, associated with the six (Yoginīs who surround her). Above time, in front, in the most excellent triple city (of the Triangle) [i.e., tripura-puravara] her nature (projected out) is divided into the divisions (of the maṇḍala)”.

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Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

puravāra (पुरवार).—f unc (puraṇēṃ) Substantiating, establishing by evidence.

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

puravāra (पुरवार).—f Substantiating by evidence.

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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: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Puravara (पुरवर).—n. an excellent town, [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 5, 157.

Puravara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pura and vara (वर).

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

Puravara (पुरवर):—[=pura-vara] [from pura > pur] n. ‘chief town’, a king’s residence, [Jātakamālā]

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Pūravāra (ಪೂರವಾರ):—[noun] (said of a river in floods) a flowing beyond the banks; an overflowing.

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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.

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Partial matches: Vara, Pura.

Full-text: Iravara, Sopita, Avanadayati, Onadeti, Mayavin, Vara.

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