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Purana
[ poo-rah-nuh ]
noun
- any of 18 collections of Hindu legends and religious instructions.
Purana
/ pʊˈrɑːnə /
noun
- any of a class of Sanskrit writings not included in the Vedas, characteristically recounting the birth and deeds of Hindu gods and the creation, destruction, or recreation of the universe
Derived Forms
- Puˈranic, adjective
Other Words From
- Pu·ranic adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of Purana1
Word History and Origins
Origin of Purana1
Example Sentences
Gandhi, center, visiting a camp for Muslim refugees at the Purana Qila in New Delhi.
I could not say I lived on a doorstep off the Purana Bazaar.
Her writing here is similar in texture to stories from the Indian epics and Puranas, a great body of classical literature mainly in Sanskrit, which have at times been invoked to narrow political ends.
India is no stranger to prominent figures citing ancient Hindu texts like the Puranas and Vedas as ironclad evidence of the country’s technological prowess.
I’m sure this is not what the yogis and yoginis of the classical sanskrit of the Puranas intended all those years ago.
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