Definitions for puranas

puranas Pu·ra·na

Spelling: [poo-rah-nuh]
IPA: /pʊˈrɑ nə/

Puranas is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 156 anagrams from letters in puranas (aanprsu).

Definitions for puranas

noun

  1. any of 18 collections of Hindu legends and religious instructions.

Origin of puranas

1690-1700; Sanskrit: of old

Examples for puranas

Including these this Purana makes 60 kings between Manu and Daçaratha.

Krishna's career as a warrior, in fact, is ended and with this episode the Purana enters its final phase.

But the author of the Purana denies that this was done in anger.

At this point, the Purana embarks on an episode which, at first sight, appears to have very little to do with its main subject.

Radha is constantly mentioned and in all the incidents in the Purana involving cowgirls, it is she who is given pride of place.

The Linga Purana tells us that the linga was a pillar of fire in which Siva was present.

Purana, as usual with Buddhists in regard to those who held opinions different from their own, is styled a heretic.

Four bridges crossed the Musi, the most notable of which was the Purana Pul, of 23 arches, built in 1593.

"The light of the day takes refuge in their bosoms," as the Purana says of the ocean.

The word "Purana" means "old," and in ancient Sanscrit writings it has the same meaning as our "cosmology."

Word Value for puranas
Scrable

8

Words with friends

11

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