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Purana
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purana
English
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Etymology
Borrowed from en sa पुराण purāṇá old, ancient.
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
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en Hinduism A text that is part of an ancient Indian genre of Hindu or Jain written literature, concerning various topics, including cosmogony and mythology.
Derived terms
en Puranic
Translations
Arabic: ar بُورَانَا f, ar بُورَانَاه f
Bengali: bn পুরাণ
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 往世書
Gujarati: gu પુરાણ n
Hindi: hi पुराण m
Japanese: ja プラーナ purāna
Korean: ko 푸라나
Malayalam: ml പുരാണം
Punjabi: pa ਪੁਰਾਣ m
Sanskrit: sa पु॒रा॒ण m
Tamil: ta புராணம்
Telugu: te పురాణము