Purana

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A text that is part of an ancient Indian genre of Hindu or Jain written literature, concerning various topics, including cosmogony and mythology.

Word forms

Purana Puranas

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पुराण (purāṇá, literally “old, ancient”).

Derived words

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