Lexicon

of Rig Veda

pur, stronghold

Most often the word is used as a figure for mental consciousness (imaged also by figures of rock, stone, mountain) or of some difficult conception that contains enclosured and emprisoned riches that must be released for their using by man and by the gods in him.

See also:

•  cave (bila)

•  earthly world (vṛjana)

•  mountain (parvata)

•  stone, rock (adri)

•  strong place; firm (dṛḍha)

Synonyms and words close in meaning:

•  puraṃdara, splitter of strongholds