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    Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 37.
    antaḥpura n. (-raṃ)

    1 The female apartments.

    2 A queen.

    3 A palace.

    E. antar inner, and pura a house.

    Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 30, col. 1.
    antaḥ-pura (raṃ) 1. n. The queen's
    apartments, the seraglio.

    Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 115, col. 2.
    antaḥpura Tatpur. n. (-ram) 1 The inner or female apart-

    ments, the gynæceum, espec. of a king. (Comp. antarā

    pur s. v. antara.) 2 The palace of a king. 3 The wives of

    a king, (collectively). 4 The principal wife of a king, a

    queen (accord. to a comm.). E. antar and pura.

    Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 27, col. 1.
    antaḥpura antaḥpura, i. e. antar-pura,

    n. 1. The palace of a king, Rām. 2,

    14, 28. 2. The female apartments, the

    gyneceum, Man. 7, 221. 3. The wives

    of a king. Sing. Nal. 17, 31, and plur.

    Śāk. 30, 12.

    Lanman’s Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

    p. 116, col. 2.
    antaḥ-pura, n. inner stronghold or citadel; inner apartment of the royal citadel, gynaeceum, harem, 221. [antar, 1289a.]

    Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 23.
    antaḥpura n. the king's palace (lit. inner town); stronghold, esp. the inner apartment of it, i.e. the gynaeceum, harem. Sgl., pl. & °jana m. the females of the harem.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    p. 43, col. 1.
    antaḥ—pura n. the king's palace, the female apartments, gynaeceum
    p. 43, col. 1.
    those who live in the female apartments
    p. 43, col. 1.
    a queen.

    Śabdasāgara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 31, col. 1.
    antaḥpura

    n. (-raṃ)

    1. The female apartment.

    2. A queen.

    3. A palace.

    E.
    antar inner, and pura a house.

    Burnouf Dictionnaire Sanscrit-Français

    p. 29, col. 1.
    antaḥpura antaspura n. (pura) partie intérieure de la maison; appartement des femmes, surtout de la reine.

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    vol. 1, p. 236.
    antaḥpura (antar + pura) n.

    1) die im Innern der Stadt gelegene Burg des Königs R. 2, 14, 28. 29. 16, 1. purasyāntaḥpurasya ca 3, 42, 55. 5, 79, 10.

    — 2) das im Innern der königlichen Burg befindliche Gynaeceum AK. 2, 2, 11. madhyāhne bhoktumantaḥpuraṃ viśet M. 7, 216. bhuktavānvihareccaiva strībhirantaḥpure saha 221. praviśedbhojanārthaṃ ca strīvṛto 'ntaḥpuraṃ punaḥ (am Abend) 224. bildet ein besonderes Gebäude: antaḥpurasamīpasthe vane N. 1, 17. antaḥpuravanodyāne (der Daitya's Sunda und Upasunda) SUND. 4, 5. das Gynaeceum von Rāma's Mutter wird beschrieben R. 2, 20, 8. fgg. Wohnung, Gemach der Frauen überhaupt H. 727. antaḥpuraṃ tatastasya brāhmaṇasya - viveśa BRĀHMAṆ. 1, 12. kanyāntaḥpura PAÑCAT. 44, 11. svasutāntaḥpuradvāri VID. 217. oben im Hause: uparyantaḥpure sā (rājñastanayā) ca ratnamityabhirakṣyate KATHĀS. 3, 58.

    — 3) die Bewohnerinnen des Gynaeceums: antaḥpurapracāra M. 7, 153. sarvamantaḥpuraṃ tadā . hāhābhūtamatīvāsīdbhṛśaṃ ca praruroda ha .. N. 17, 30. pl.: kadācidasmatprārthanāmantaḥpurebhyaḥ kathayet ŚĀK. 30, 12. 13. dadāti vācamucitāmantaḥpurebhyo yadā 132.

    vol. 5, p. 995.
    antaḥpura

    3) pl. KATHĀS. 52, 263. padmanābhasya ṣoḍaśasahasrāntaḥpuravihāraḥ DAŚAK. in BENF. Chr. 182, 9.

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    vol. 1, p. 61, col. 1.
    antaḥpura n.

    — 1) königliche Burg.

    — 2) Harem , Gynaeceum , Frauengemach 42,19.

    — 3) Sg. und Pl. die Bewohnerinnen des Gynaeceums. Sg. Gattin RĀJAT. 8,1. collect. Frauenzimmer , das schöne Geschlecht VARĀH. BṚH. S. S. 7, Z. 5. 6.

    Cappeller Sanskrit Wörterbuch

    p. 16, col. 2.
    antaḥpura n. königliche Burg (eig. Instadt), Harem; Pl. u. °jana m. Sgl. die Haremsfrauen.

    Bopp Glossarium Sanscritum

    p. 11, col. 2.
    antaḥpura n. (KARM. ex antar q. v. et pura n. urbs) interior

    pars domûs, ubi feminae habitant; gynaeceum. BR. 1.

    12. N. 1. 18. 17. 31.

    Abhidhānaratnamālā of Halāyudha

    p. 55.
    antaḥpura;
    śuddhāntamavarodhaśca rājño'ntaḥpuramucyate .
    2.1.1.480

    Vācaspatyam

    p. 196, col. 2.
    antaḥpura na0 antarabhyantaraṃ puraṃ gṛhaṃ karmma0 . (andara) iti
    prasiddhe rājñāṃ strīṇāṃ sthānayogye gṛhe . tritayamidama-
    pūrbaṃ dṛṣṭamantaḥpure te ityudbhaṭaḥ vyāyamyāplutya madhyāhne
    bhoktumantaḥpuraṃ viśet iti bhuktavān vihareccaiva
    strīṃbhirantaḥpure saheti . antaḥpurapracārañca praṇidhīnāñca
    ceṣṭitamiti ca manuḥ . tatra sthitatvāt rājamahi-
    lāyāmapi . dākṣinyenadadāti vācamucitāmantaḥpurebhyo
    yadeti śaku0 . purśabdasamāse aci strītvāt ṅīp .
    antaḥpurītyapi strī .

    Indian Epigraphical Glossary

    p. 22.
    antaḥpura, cf. karaṇa (LP); the royal harem.

    (ML), the household; same as avarodhana in Aśoka's

    edicts.