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PURANA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Purana mean?
• PURANA (noun)
The noun PURANA has 1 sense:
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
Familiarity information: PURANA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Purana" is a kind of...):
Sanskrit literature (Hindu literature written in Sanskrit)
Derivation:
Puranic (of or relating to the Purana)
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