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 adhivacanaŋ); v.160; Ai.168, 178; iv.106 sq. (paccantima); v.194 (id.) Dh 150 (aṭṭhīnaŋ); 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.), DhAiv.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 Jii.367 (˚anā); iii.435 (Sulasā), 475 (˚anī); DhA i.174; ii.201; PvA 4 (Sulasā); Miln 350.