Purana definitions

Purana

1) Indian epic 2) Old legend of India 3) Sanskrit literature
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Purana

[genus] Purana is a genus of cicadas from Southeast Asia. Its distribution includes Java, Sumatra, Borneo, The Philippines, peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, India, Indochina, China, and Japan. Only one species has been recorded east of the Wallace Line, Purana celebensis, from Sulawesi. In all species the male possess two pairs of dark ventra...
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purāṇa

old episodes, stories, legends. There are eighteen purāṇas.
Found on http://indiafacts.org/glossary-of-terms-in-hinduism/

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Purana

• (n.) 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 ...
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Purana

in the sacred literature of Hinduism, any of a number of popular encyclopaedic collections of myth, legend, and genealogy, varying greatly as to date ... [9 related articles]
Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/133

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Purana

eighteen ancient
Found on http://www.doyogawithme.com/yoga_glossary

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Purana

One of a number of sacred Hindu writings dealing with ancient times and events, and dating from the 4th century AD onwards. The 18 main texts include the Vishnu Purana and Bhagavata, which...
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

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Purana

Pu·ra'na noun [ Sanskrit purā... , properly. old, ancient, from 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,...
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/197

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Purana

Ancient. Part of the Smriti scriptures. Contains many of the well-known Hindu stories.
Found on http://www.mmiweb.org.uk/publications/glossary/glossaries/hindglos.html

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purANa

religious legend (There are eighteen in number
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Purana

noun a body of 18 works written between the first and 11th centuries and incorporating legends and speculative histories of the universe and myths and customary observances
Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20974

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Purana

(Skr. ancient) One of 18 or more treatises, mainly cosmological, mythological, or legendary in character and composed in p.Ch.n. times. Interspersed are ethical, philosophical and scientific observations. -- K.F.L.
Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21203

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Purana

any of 18 collections of Hindu legends and religious instructions.
Found on https://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/purana

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