[poo-rah-nuh] 
| any of 18 collections of Hindu legends and religious instructions. |
| Pu·ra·na (pōō-rä'nə) n. Any of a class of Sanskrit encyclopedic texts containing cosmogonic histories, legends of gods and heroes, and other traditional material. [Sanskrit purāṇam, from neut. of purāṇa-, old, prehistoric, from purā, of old, formerly; see per1 in Indo-European roots.] |