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Purana
Purana Pu*ra"na, n. [Skr. pur[=a]?, properly. old, ancient,
fr. pur[=a] formerly.]
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.
Meaning of Purana from wikipedia
- most
Jaina Puranas can be
dated and
their authors ****igned.
There are 18
Mukhya Puranas (Major
Puranas) and 18 Upa
Puranas (Minor
Puranas), with over...
- The
Bhagavata Purana (Sanskrit: भागवतपुराण; IAST: Bhāgavata
Purāṇa), also
known as the
Srimad Bhagavatam (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam),
Srimad Bhagavata Mahapurana...
- The
Sanskrit text
Garuda Purana is one of 18
Mahapuranas in Hinduism. The
Garuda Purana was
likely composed in the
first millennium CE, with significant...
- The
Vishnu Purana (Sanskrit: विष्णुपुराण) is one of the
eighteen Mahapuranas, a
genre of
ancient and
medieval texts of Hinduism. It is an
important Pancharatra...
-
Purana Qila (lit. 'Old Fort') is one of the
oldest forts in Delhi, India. It was
built by the
second Mughal Emperor Humayun and
Surid Sultan Sher Shah...
- The
Shiva Purana is one of
eighteen major texts of the
Purana genre of
Sanskrit texts in Hinduism, and part of the
Shaivism literature corpus. It primarily...
- Avatars' of Vishnu. The Agni
Purana,
Varaha Purana,
Padma Purana,
Linga Purana,
Narada Purana,
Garuda Purana, and
Skanda Purana all
provide matching lists...
- The
Brahmanda Purana (Sanskrit: ब्रह्माण्डपुराण, romanized: brahmāṇḍa-
purāṇa) is a
Sanskrit text and one of the
eighteen major Puranas, a
genre of Hindu...
- The
Skanda Purana (IAST:
Skanda Purāṇa) is the
largest Mukhyapurāṇa, a
genre of
eighteen Hindu religious texts. The text
contains over 81,000 verses,...
- The 'Bhavishya
Purana' (Bhaviṣya
Purāṇa) is one of the
eighteen major works in the
Purana genre of Hinduism,
written in Sanskrit. The
title Bhavishya means...
