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- Sanskrit · borrowed fromपुराण
- English todayPurana
Borrowed from Sanskrit पुराण (purāṇá, literally “old, ancient”).
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Purana
Today it means: A text that is part of an ancient Indian genre of Hindu or Jain written literature, concerning various topics, including cosmogony and mythology. Full definition →
Sanskrit पुराण