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Purana

[ poo-rah-nuh ]

noun

  1. any of 18 collections of Hindu legends and religious instructions.


Purana

/ pʊˈrɑːnə /

noun

  1. 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
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Derived Forms

  • Puˈranic, adjective
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Other Words From

  • Pu·ranic adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Purana1

1690–1700; < Sanskrit: of old
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Purana1

C17: from Sanskrit: ancient, from purā formerly
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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.

From Nature

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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