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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 Pu·ra·na /pʊˈrɑnə/

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Pu·ra·na n.  One of a class of sacred Hindoo poetical works in the Sanskrit language which treat of the creation, destruction, and renovation of worlds, the genealogy and achievements of gods and heroes, the reigns of the Manus, and the transactions of their descendants. The principal Puranas are eighteen in number, and there are the same number of supplementary books called Upa Puranas.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Purana
      n : 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