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purāṇa

purāṇá 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.