Nagara

Nagara is the homophon of "while being (on the mountain)."

Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan b. 974? Murasaki Shikibu Izumi Shikibu 1920

The people of Saketa do with these women every kind of mouth congress, while the people of Nagara do not practise this, but do every other thing.

The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana 2006

King was at this time ill in Nagara, and indeed afterwards he dies in crossing the Little Snowy Mountains; but all the texts make him die twice.

A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms 2003

Going on, north from this, for a yojana, (Fa-hien) arrived at the capital of Nagara, the place where the Bodhisattva once purchased with money five stalks of flowers, as an offering to the

A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms 2003

Dr. Davids (“Buddhism,” p. 27) says: “The family name was certainly Gautama,” adding in a note, “It is a curious fact that Gautama is still the family name of the Rajput chiefs of Nagara, the village which has been identified with Kapilavastu.”

A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms 2003

The Juneau thus spun out of control and swept in toward one of the burning ships that had been plaguing it, apparently the Nagara.

Left to Die Dan Kurzman 1995

He headed south for Guadalcanal after the light cruiser Nagara and a group of eight destroyers arrived from Truk to join his two battleships, Hiei and Kirishima, and the three destroyers already under his command.

Left to Die Dan Kurzman 1995

A shell from the enemy ship, believed to be the cruiser Nagara, roared red-hot over the Juneau and smashed into another enemy vessel, apparently the Hiei, on the other side of it.

Left to Die Dan Kurzman 1995

Its torpedoes slammed into the Nagara, almost lifting it out of the water, and Hartney saw the crew “running like ants” as flames ate up the decks.

Left to Die Dan Kurzman 1995

A shell from the enemy ship, believed to be the cruiser Nagara, roared red-hot over the Juneau and smashed into another enemy vessel, apparently the Hiei, on the other side of it.

Left to Die Dan Kurzman 1995