Nagara
Nagara,(nt.) [Ved.nagara,Non-aryan? Connection with agāra is very problematic] a stronghold,citadel,fortress; a (fortified) town,city.As seat of the government & as important centre of trade contrasted with gāma & nigama (village & market-place or township) Vin.III,47 (°bandhana),184; cp.gāma 3 b.deva° deva-city JI.3,168,202; DhA.I,280 etc.; cp.yakkha° J.II,127.-- Vin.I,277,342,344; II,155,184; D.II,7; S.II,105 sq.; IV,194 (kāyassa adhivacanaṁ); V,160; A.I,168,178; IV,106 sq.(paccantima); V,194 (id.) Dh.150 (aṭṭhīnaṁ); Sn.414,1013 (Bhoga°); J.I,3,50 (Kapilavatthu°); II,5; III,188; VI,368 etc.; Pug.56; DhA.IV,2; PvA.3,39,73; Dpvs XIV.51 (+pura).Cp.nāgara.
--ûpakārikā a town fortified with a wall covered with cement at its base D.I,105,cp.DA.I,274; --ûpama like a citadel (of citta) Dh.40,cp.DhA.I,317 & Nagaropama sūtra Divy 340; --kathā town-gossip D.I,7; --guttika superintendent of the city police J.III,30,436; IV,279; Miln.345 (dhammanagare n-g.),DhA.IV,55.Cp.Kern,Toev.p.167; --vara the noble town (of Rājagaha) Vv 166,cp.VvA.82; --vīthi a city street J.II,416; --sobhinī the city belle,a town courtesan J.II,367 (°anā); III,435 (Sulasā),475 (°anī); DhA.I,174; II,201; PvA.4 (Sulasā); Miln.350.(Page 345)