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| Pu·ra·na [ poo rnə ] (plural Pu·ra·nas) |
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Hindu sacred literature: any of a group of sacred Hindu texts written in Sanskrit that recount the lives of deities and the creation, destruction, and recreation of the universe
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| [Late 17th century. < Sanskrit purāṇaḥ< purāṇa- "belonging to former times" < purā "formerly"] |
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 Pu·ra·nic adjective |
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