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Sanskrit
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Etymology
From अन्तर् (antár, “inner”) + पुर (pura, “town”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
Noun
अन्तःपुर • (antaḥpura) stem, n
- female apartments, gynaeceum
- harem
Descendants
References
- ^ “अन्तःपुर” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 23, column 2.
- ^ Monier Williams (1899) “अन्तःपुर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 43, column 1.