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Purana

Pu·ra·na [ poo rnə ] (plural Pu·ra·nas)


noun 
Definition:
 
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

[Late 17th century. < Sanskrit purāṇaḥ< purāṇa- "belonging to former times" < purā "formerly"]

Pu·ra·nic adjective
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