Dictionary meanings for dūra from Apte and Monier-Williams.
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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
a. (Compar. davīyas, superl. daviṣṭha) Distant, remote, far off, a long way off, long; kiṃ dūraṃ vyavasāyi- nāṃ Chāṇ. 73; na yojanaśataṃ dūraṃ vāhyamā- (nasya tṛṣṇayā H. 1. 146, 49. raṃ Dis- [Page0575-a+ 57] tance, remoteness. [ N. B. Some of the oblique cases of dūra are used adverbially as follows: (a) dūraṃ 1 to a distance, far away, far or dis- tant from (with abl. or gen.); grāmāt or grāmasya dūraṃ Sk.
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Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
mf (A) n. (prob. fr. 1. du, but, see Un2. ii, 21; compar. d/avīyas, superl. daviṣṭha, qq.vv.) distant, far, remote, long (way) 489,2 94895 n. distance, remoteness (in space and time), a long way S3Br.; MBh.; Ka1v. &c 489,2 94896 ind. far, far from (gen. or abl. Pa1n2. 2-3, 34 Ka1s3.), a long way off or a long period back RV.; AV.; S3Br. &c (also dūr/ād dūr/am AV. xii, 2, 14) 489,2 94897 ind. far above (ut-patati...