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purāṇaपुराणpurāṇá mf(I or A)n. belonging to ancient or olden times, ancient, old (also = withered, worn out, opp. to nūtana, nava), [RV.] &c. &c.
purāṇá m. a Karṣa or measure of silver (= 16 Paṇas of cowries), [Mn. viii, 136] (also n., [L.])
purāṇá m. N. of a Ṛṣi, [Kāṭh.]
purāṇá m. pl. the ancients, [MW.]
purāṇá n. a thing or event of the past, an ancient tale or legend, old traditional history, [AV.] &c. &c.
N. of a class of sacred works (supposed to have been compiled by the poet Vyāsa and to treat of 5 topics [cf. pañca-lakṣaṇa]; the chief Purāṇas are 18, grouped in 3 divisions: viz. 1. Rājasa exalting Brahmā [e.g. the Brahma, Brahmāṇḍa, Brahmavaivarta, Mārkaṇḍeya, Bhaviṣya, Vāmana]; 2. Sāttvika exalting Viṣṇu [e.g. the Viṣṇu, Bhāgavata, Nāradīya, Garuḍa, Padma, Varāha]; 3. Tāmasa exalting Śiva [e.g. the Śiva, Liṅga, Skanda, Agni or in place of it the Vāyu, Matsya, Kūrma]; by some the P° are divided into 4, and by others into 6 groups; cf. [IW. 509] &c.)
N. of wk. (containing an index of the contents of a number of P° and some other works.)
purātana. See p. 635.
purāṇagaपुराणगpurāṇa—ga m. ‘singing of the past’, N. of Brahmā, [L.]
a reciter of the Purāṇas, [W.]
purāṇakaपुराणकifc. (f(ikA). ) = purāṇa, a partic. coin (cf. tri-p°).
purāṇagirपुराणगिर्purāṇa—gir m. ‘praising the past’, N. of Brahmā, [Gal.]
purāṇavatपुराणवत्purāṇa—vát ind. as of old, [RV.]
purāṇavidपुराणविद्purāṇa—víd mfn. knowing the things or events of the past, [AV.]
knowing the P°, [Prab.]
purāṇagītaपुराणगीतpurāṇa—gīta m. ‘sung by the ancients’ id., [Gal.]
purāṇasāraपुराणसारpurāṇa—sāra m. N. of wk.
purāṇavedaपुराणवेदpurāṇa—veda m. knowledge of the things or events of the past, [ŚrS.]
purāṇadṛṣṭaपुराणदृष्टpurāṇa—dṛṣṭa mfn. seen or approved by ancient sages, [Vas.]
purāṇakalpaपुराणकल्पpurāṇa—kalpa m. = purā-k°, [BhP.]
purāṇapañjīपुराणपञ्जीpurāṇa—pañjī f. N. of wk.
purāṇaratnaपुराणरत्नpurāṇa—ratna n. N. of wk.
purāṇasiṃhaपुराणसिंहpurāṇa—siṃha m. N. of Viṣṇu as man-lion, [R.]
purāṇavidyāपुराणविद्याpurāṇa—vidyā f.
purāṇaproktaपुराणप्रोक्तpurāṇa—prokta mfn. proclaimed by ancient sages, [Pāṇ. iv, 3, 105.]
purāṇapuruṣaपुराणपुरुषpurāṇa—puruṣa m. ‘primeval male’, N. of Viṣṇu, [Siṃhās.]
purāṇaśravaṇaपुराणश्रवणpurāṇa—śravaṇa n. hearing or studying the P°
purāṇadvitīyāपुराणद्वितीयाpurāṇa—dvitīyā f. the former wife, [L.]
purāṇasaṃhitāपुराणसंहिताpurāṇa—saṃhitā f. a collection of the P°, [BhP.]
purāṇamāhātmyaपुराणमाहात्म्यpurāṇa—māhātmya n. N. of ch. of [LiṅgaP.]
purāṇasaṃgrahaपुराणसंग्रहpurāṇa—saṃgraha m. N. of wk.
purāṇasarvasvaपुराणसर्वस्वpurāṇa—sarvasva n. N. of wk.
purāṇasamuccayaपुराणसमुच्चयpurāṇa—samuccaya m. N. of wk.
purāṇaśravaṇavidhiपुराणश्रवणविधिpurāṇa-śravaṇa—vidhi m. N. of wk.
purāṇadānamāhātmyaपुराणदानमाहात्म्यpurāṇa—dāna-māhātmya n. N. of ch. of [BrahmāṇḍaP.]
purāṇapañcalakṣaṇaपुराणपञ्चलक्षणpurāṇa—pañca-lakṣaṇa n. N. of wk.
purāṇasārasaṃgrahaपुराणसारसंग्रहpurāṇa—sāra-saṃgraha m. N. of wk.
purāṇaśravaṇamahimanपुराणश्रवणमहिमन्purāṇa-śravaṇa—mahiman m. N. of wk.
purāṇadṛṣṭāntaśatakaपुराणदृष्टान्तशतकpurāṇa—dṛṣ°ṭānta-śataka n. N. of a poem.
purāṇaśravaṇamāhātmyaपुराणश्रवणमाहात्म्यpurāṇa-śravaṇa—māhātmya n. N. of wk.
purāṇamahimopavarṇanaपुराणमहिमोपवर्णनpurāṇa—mahimopavarṇana n. N. of ch. of [PadmaP. ii.]
purāṇapadārthasaṃgrahaपुराणपदार्थसंग्रहpurāṇa—padārtha-saṃgraha m. N. of wk.