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Purana

pu·rana

uncommon

noun

1.

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

Origin

Borrowed from Sanskrit पुराण (purāṇá, literally “old, ancient”).

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