purana

Turkish - Turkish

Definition of purana in Turkish Turkish dictionary

Mahabharata ve Ramayana'yı da kapsayan Hinduizm'in kutsal metinleri

English - English

Definition of purana in English English dictionary

Name of an ancient Indian genre (or a group of related genres) of Hindu or Jain literature (as distinct from oral tradition). They are primarily post-Vedic texts containing a narrative of the history of the Universe, from creation to destruction, genealogies of the kings, heroes and demigods, and descriptions of Hindu cosmology, philosophy and geography

In Hinduism, an encyclopaedic collection of myth, legend, and genealogy. A Purana traditionally treats five subjects: primary creation of the universe, secondary creation after periodic annihilation, genealogy of gods and saints, grand epochs, and histories of the royal dynasties. Written in narrative couplets, the Puranas date from 400 to 1000. The 18 principal surviving Puranas are grouped according to whether they exalt Vishnu, Shiva, or Brahma. Most popular is the Bhagavata Purana, which treats the early life of Krishna

Any of a class of Sanskrit texts that are an encyclopedic collection of myths and legends etc

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

The principal Puranas are eighteen in number, and there are the same number of supplementary books called Upa Puranas

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

Hyphenation

Pu·ra·na

Etymology

() From Sanskrit पुराण (purāṇá, “stories of ancient times told in a new manner”).