Religion:Pur (Vedic)

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The term Pur (Devanagari:पुर, Nastaleeq: پور, Eastern Nagari: পুর) or Pura (Devanagari: पूरा, Nastaleeq: پورہ, Eastern Nagari: পুরা) occurs 30 times in the Rig Veda which is an ancient sacred Hindu text. It is often translated as city, castle, fortress or abode. These terms are used as a part of the names of many cities throughout the Indian subcontinent, especially in India such as Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kanpur, Raipur, and Nagpur, eastern regions of Pakistan i.e Punjab and Sindh provinces in Pakistan, as well as Bangladesh. With the Indianization of Southeast Asia and the spread of Hinduism there, specially in the Indosphere, the term pura also means temple (abode of god), e.g. Balinese pura. Other English place name variations include the suffixes -pore e.g. Singapore, -puri e.g. Jagannathpuri and -puram e.g. Kanchipuram.

In the Rig Veda, there are also purs made of metal (purās ayasīs in 10.101.8). In Aitareya Brahmana, there is copper/bronze, silver, and golden pur.

Pur and pura

Pur and pura are suffixes meaning "city" or "settlement", used in several place names across the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Afghanistan and Iran. The word pura is the oldest Sanskrit language word for "city", finds frequent mention in the Rigveda, one of the four canonical sacred texts of Hinduism, most dating between c. 1500–1200 BCE. However in later Vedic literature it also means "fortress" or "rampart". These days pura is often used for a mohalla (neighbourhood).[1] In Balinese Hinduism, the temple for worship is known as a pura.

Pur

Bangladesh

  • Akkelpur, Joypurhat, Bangladesh
  • Bajitpur, Kishoreganj, Bangladesh
  • Bancharampur, Brahmanbaria, Bangladesh
  • Bhuapur, Tangail, Bangladesh
  • Bhujpur, Chittagong, Bangladesh
  • Birampur, Dinajpur, Bangladesh
  • Chandpur, Bangladesh
  • Char Rajibpur, Kurigram, Bangladesh
  • Daulatpur, Khulna, Bangladesh
  • Daulatpur, Kushtia, Bangladesh
  • Daulatpur, Manikganj, Bangladesh
  • Dinajpur, Bangladesh
  • Durgapur, Netrokona, Bangladesh
  • Durgapur, Rajshahi, Bangladesh
  • Faridpur, Bangladesh
  • Faridpur, Pabna, Bangladesh
  • Gajnaipur, Madhabpur, Bangladesh
  • Gazipur, Bangladesh
  • Gauripur, Mymensingh, Bangladesh
  • Gomastapur, Nawabganj, Bangladesh
  • Gopalpur, Tangail, Bangladesh
  • Gurudaspur, Natore, Bangladesh
  • Hakimpur, Dinajpur, Bangladesh
  • Haripur, Thakurgaon, Bangladesh
  • Harirampur, Manikganj, Bangladesh
  • Hossainpur, Kishoreganj, Bangladesh
  • Islampur, Jamalpur, Bangladesh
  • Kazipur, Sirajganj, Bangladesh
  • Keshabpur, Jessore, Bangladesh
  • Khalishpur, Khulna, Bangladesh
  • Kotchandpur, Jhenaidah, Bangladesh
  • Lakshmipur, Bangladesh
  • Lalpur, Natore, Bangladesh
  • Madaripur, Bangladesh
  • Madhupur, Tangail, Bangladesh
  • Maheshpur, Jhenaidah, Bangladesh
  • Manirampur, Jessore, Bangladesh
  • Meherpur, Bangladesh
  • Mirpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Mirpur, Kushtia, Bangladesh
  • Mirzapur, Tangail, Bangladesh
  • Mohadevpur, Naogaon, Bangladesh
  • Mohammadpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Mohammadpur, Magura, Bangladesh
  • Mohanpur, Rajshahi, Bangladesh
  • Muksudpur, Gopalganj, Bangladesh
  • Nagarpur, Tangail, Bangladesh
  • Nazirpur, Pirojpur, Bangladesh
  • Niamatpur, Naogaon, Bangladesh
  • Parbatipur, Dinajpur, Bangladesh
  • Phulpur, Mymensingh, Bangladesh
  • Pirojpur, Bangladesh
  • Raipur, Lakshmipur, Bangladesh
  • Rajapur, Bhola, Bangladesh
  • Rangpur, Bangladesh
  • Sadarpur, Faridpur, Bangladesh
  • Sadullapur, Gaibandha, Bangladesh
  • Sakhipur, Tangail, Bangladesh
  • Shahjadpur, Sirajganj, Bangladesh
  • Shahjahanpur, Madhabpur, Bangladesh
  • Shajahanpur, Bogra, Bangladesh
  • Shariatpur, Bangladesh
  • Sherpur, Bangladesh
  • Sherpur, Bogra, Bangladesh
  • Shibpur, Narsingdi, Bangladesh
  • Shyampur, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Sreepur, Magura, Bangladesh
  • Sreepur, Gazipur, Bangladesh
  • Sutrapur, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Ulipur, Kurigram, Bangladesh
  • Wazirpur, Barisal, Bangladesh

Sylhet Division

  • Adampur, Kamalganj
  • Angura Muhammadpur, Beanibazar
  • Badalpur, Ajmiriganj
  • Bishwamvarpur
  • Dakshin Shahbazpur, Barlekha
  • Gazipur, Chunarughat
  • Hajipur, Kulaura
  • Haydarpur, Chhatak
  • Islampur, Jagannathpur
  • Islampur, Kamalpur
  • Jagadispur, Madhabpur
  • Jagannathpur
  • Jaintiapur
  • Jahedpur, Chhatak
  • Kadirpur, Kulaura
  • Kanakpur, Moulvibazar
  • Lascarpur, Habiganj
  • Machimpur, Sylhet
  • Madhabpur
  • Madhabpur, Kamalganj
  • Madhobpur Lake, Kamalganj
  • Mahammedpur, Chhatak
  • Mirpur, Jagannathpur
  • Mostafapur, Moulvibazar
  • Nidhanpur, Sylhet
  • Nijbahadurpur, Barlekha
  • Nizampur, Habiganj
  • Noorpur, Habiganj
  • Nurpur, Fenchuganj
  • Nurpur, Sayestaganj
  • Rahimpur, Kamalganj
  • Sharifpur, Kulaura
  • Sripur, Sylhet
  • Sunampur, Golapganj
  • Syedpur, Jagannathpur
  • Tahirpur
  • Tajpur, Osmani Nagar
  • Talimpur, Barlekha

India

  • Babar Pur, Delhi
  • Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India
  • Burhanpur, Madhya Pradesh India
  • Biranarasingh Pur, Orissa
  • Dayal Pur Delhi
  • Gokal Pur, Delhi
  • Hakim Pur, Punjab, India
  • Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
  • Jamalpur, Bangladesh
  • Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
  • Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
  • Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
  • Khanpur, Delhi
  • Khanpur, Uttar Pradesh
  • Kolhapur, Maharastra, India
  • Libas Pur, Delhi
  • Manipur, India
  • Mithe Pur, Delhi
  • Muzaffarpur, Bihar, India
  • Saghar Pur, Punjab
  • Sampur, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka
  • Sangrampur, Siwan, Bihar, India
  • Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh
  • Sultan Pur, Delhi
  • Sultanpur, Madhya Pradesh
  • Sultanpur, Uttarakhand
  • Sultanpur Lodhi, Punjab, India
  • Sultanpur, Karnataka,
  • Sultanpur, Haryana
  • Udaipur, Rajasthan, India
  • Vijay Pur, Jammu and Kashmir
  • Ziauddin Pur, Delhi
  • All pages with titles containing Pur


Pakistan

  • Bahadur Pur, Punjab, Pakistan
  • Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan
  • Fateh Pur, Punjab, Pakistan
  • Khanpur, Punjab, Pakistan
  • Khanpur, NWFP, Pakistan
  • Mirza Pur, Punjab, Pakistan
  • Mohri Pur, Punjab, Pakistan
  • Saadat Pur, Punjab, Pakistan
  • Seet pur, Punjab, Pakistan

Other

  • Battle of Gazipur, Bangladesh
  • Gundeshapur, Iran (Ancient)
  • Lal Pur, Afghanistan
  • Nishapur, Iran

Pura

  • Amlapura, Bali, Indonesia
  • Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka
  • Azeem Pura, Pakistan
  • Dallo Pura, Delhi
  • Daulat Pura, Pakistan
  • Gobind Pura, Punjab, Pakistan
  • Islam Pura, Karachi
  • Jangpura, Delhi
  • Jayapura, Indonesia
  • Madan Pura, Punjab, Pakistan
  • Manpura, Bhola, Bangladesh
  • Mempura, Riau, Indonesia
  • Mochi Pura, Punjab, Pakistan
  • Martapura, South Kalimantan, Indonesia
  • Mangupura, Bali, Indonesia
  • Narayan Pura, Sindh, Pakistan
  • Raipura, Narsingdi, Bangladesh
  • Ranbir Pura, Punjab, India
  • Roshan Pura, Delhi
  • Sangkapura, Bawean, Indonesia
  • Semarapura, Bali, Indonesia
  • Sheikhupura, Punjab, Pakistan
  • Siak Sri Indrapura, Riau, Indonesia
  • Sikandar Pura, Punjab, Pakistan
  • All pages with titles containing Pura


Puram

As Malayalam is rich with words brought from Sanskrit there are a lots of place names in Malayalam speaking state of India, Kerala ending with puram. Below one in Palakkad District is most famous or biggest of places among them.


Puri


Pore


See also

  • -abad
  • -land
  • -stan
  • -desh
  • Ganj (disambiguation)
  • Khurd and Kalan


References

  1. ↑ Tej Ram Sharma (1978). Personal and geographical names in the Gupta inscriptions. Concept Publishing Co., Delhi. p. 224-225. https://archive.org/stream/personalgeograph00sharuoft#page/224/mode/2up. 
  • Rau Wilhelm 1976 The Meaning of pur in Vedic Literature; Mϋnchen, W Finck.
  • Vedic Index (1912), 2 vols 1995 edition, by A. A. Macdonell and A. B. Keith: M Banarsidass, Delhi.
  • Kazanas, Nicholas: Rig Vedic Pur, 2004




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