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SB 4.18.31

Devanāgarī

ग्रामान् पुर: पत्तनानि दुर्गाणि विविधानि च । घोषान् व्रजान् सशिबिरानाकरान् खेटखर्वटान् ॥ ३१ ॥

Text

grāmān puraḥ pattanāni durgāṇi vividhāni ca ghoṣān vrajān sa-śibirān ākarān kheṭa-kharvaṭān

Synonyms

grāmān—villages;puraḥ—cities;pattanāni—settlements;durgāṇi—forts;vividhāni—of different varieties;ca—also;ghoṣān—habitations for the milkmen;vrajān—pens for cattle;sa-śibirān—with camps;ākarān—mines;kheṭa—agricultural towns;kharvaṭān—mountain villages.

Translation

In this way the King founded many types of villages, settlements and towns and built forts, residences for cowherdsmen, stables for the animals, places for the royal camps, mining places, agricultural towns and mountain villages.

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