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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
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