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Webster 1913 Edition
Purana
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Pu-ra′na
,Noun.
[Skr.
purā[GREEK]
, properly. old, ancient, fr. purā
formerly.] One of a class of sacred Hindoo poetical works in the Sanskrit language which treat of the creation, destruction, and renovation of worlds, the genealogy and achievements of gods and heroes, the reigns of the Manus, and the transactions of their descendants. The principal Puranas are eighteen in number, and there are the same number of supplementary books called Upa Puranas.
Webster 1828 Edition
Purana
PURANA
,Noun.
Definition 2024
Purana
Purana
English
Proper noun
Purana (plural Puranas)
- (Hinduism) Name of an ancient Indian genre (or a group of related genres) of Hindu or Jain literature (as distinct from oral tradition). They are primarily post-Vedic texts containing a narrative of the history of the Universe, from creation to destruction, genealogies of the kings, heroes and demigods, and descriptions of Hindu cosmology, philosophy and geography.