Purana
Definition of Purana
Pu`ra´na
n.
1.
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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