As a deity name
Name 769 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
Name 558 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 598 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 10 of the Gopal Sahasranāma — Sammohana Tantra, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
पुराण · adj
पुरातन । प्राचीन । जैसे पुराण पुरुष · अधिक आयु का । अधिक उम्र का (को॰) · जीर्णा (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
पुराण · noun · masculine
प्राचीन आख्यान । पुरानी कथा । सृष्टि, मनुष्य, देवों, दानवों, राजाओं, महात्माओं आदि के ऐसे वृत्तांत जो पुरुषपरंपरा से चले आते हों · हिंदुओं के धर्मसंबंधी आख्यानग्रंथ जिनमें सृष्टि, लय, प्राचीन ऋषियों, मुनियों और राजाओं के वृत्तात आदि रहते हैं । पुरानी कथाओं की पोथी — Śabdasāgara
पुराण · purāṇa · adj.
Belonging to ancient or olden times, ancient, old, aged, primeval; worn out, laid aside — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 236
पुराण · masculine
Purana (one of several texts of an ancient genre of Hindu or Jain literature)
पुराण
ancient, old
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi पुराण — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit पुराण (purāṇa). Doublet of पुराना (purānā).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
purāṇa mf(ī or ā)n. belonging to ancient or olden times, ancient, old (also = withered, worn out, opp. to nūtana, nava), RV. &c. &c.
purāṇa m. a Karṣa or measure of silver (= 16 Paṇas of cowries), Mn. viii, 136 (also n., L.)
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
īā belonging to ancient or olden times, ancient, old (also = withered, worn out, opp. to nūtana, nava), &c. &c.
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Gender counterpart
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Dictionary citations
purāṇa mf(ī or ā)n. belonging to ancient or olden times, ancient, old (also = withered, worn out, opp. to nūtana, nava), RV. &c. &c.
purāṇa m. a Karṣa or measure of silver (= 16 Paṇas of cowries), Mn. viii, 136 (also n., L.)
purāṇa m. N. of a Ṛṣi, Kāṭh.
purāṇa m. pl. the ancients, MW.
purāṇa n. a thing or event of the past, an ancient tale or legend, old traditional history, AV. &c. &c.
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