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‖ Purāna|pʊˈrɑːnə|
Forms: 7 poran(e, 9 pooraun, poorána, 8– purāna.
[Skr. purāṇá belonging to former times, f. purā formerly. Cf. F. pourana, formerly pouran, puran.]
One of a class of sacred poetical works in Sanskrit, containing the mythology of the Hindus. Also attrib.
1696Toland Christianity not Myst. 31 To say it bears witness to itself, is equally to establish the Alcoran or the Poran. 1698Phil. Trans. XX. 275 In which Language are written the Porane, or Sacred History. 1798Brit. Critic XI. 120 From the numerous puranas and ancient dramas of India, many scattered rays of information are to be collected. 1889J. M. Robertson Christ & Krishna vii. 25 He disputes the point as to the early existence of literature of the Purâna order.
Hence Puˈranism, the religious system taught in the Puranas.
1882Pidgeon Engineer's Holiday II. 225 Buddhism has been replaced in India by Puranism, a religion based on an immense extension and perversion of the early Vedas. |