Puri

Puriname

• 1

  A surname from Punjabi

• 2

  A holy city in Odisha, India (the capital of Kalinga, noted for the adoration of Jagannath or Krishna) (IW., 244 n. 1).

  • As to the local rulers of Eastern Orissa this Chinese traveller does not give us vmj definite information; we only learn that the district of Puri which then obtained the name Kongada was under Brahminic influence and the rest of the eastern tract in the north, then designated as Ucha or Ukkala, was being governed by some rulers who had their seat somewhere in that part of the district of Midnapore which was once a part of Utkala.
  • A seat in the car of Jagannatha during the Car Festival at Puri is a great privilege to the devout and implies great social prestige also, as the Gajapati monarchs of Orissa used to ride in it. Their descendants do so today.
• 3

  A district of Odisha, India, in which the holy city is based.

purinoun詞源 1/ˈpʊəɹiː/

• 1

  A type of unleavened bread from India and Pakistan, usually deep-fried.

  • No. 17 PURI. Take Flour, ½ ser (1lb.)

purinoun詞源 2/ˈpʊəɹi/

• 1

  In Bali and other parts of Indonesia, a palace, or other residence of a member of the royal family or ruling class.