Purana
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 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 wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 A text that is part of an ancient Indian genre of Hindu or Jain written literature, concerning various topics, including cosmogony and mythology. Hinduism
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit पुराण (purāṇá, literally “old, ancient”).