As a deity name
Name 79 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 566 of the Surya Sahasranāma — Bhavishya Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
Name 498 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
पुरातन · adj
प्राचीन । पुराना · सर्वप्राचीन । सबसे पूर्व का (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
पुरातन · noun · masculine
विष्णु · प्राचीन आख्यान (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
पुरातन · purātan · adj.
Belonging to the past, former, old, ancient; experienced, knowing, sage — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 234
पुरातन
ancient, old
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
belonging to the past, former, old, ancient (˚ne formerly, in olden times), &c.
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Gender counterpart
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Dictionary citations
purā-tana mf(ī)n. belonging to the past, former, old, ancient (˚ne ind. formerly, in olden times), Mn.; MBh. &c.
used-up, worn out, Suśr.
purā-tana m. pl. the ancients, Rājat.
purā-tana n. an ancient story, old legend, R.
a Purāṇa, Hcat.
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