purāṇa

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[apte] a. (ṇā or ṇī f.) [purā navaṃ Nir.] 1 Old, ancient, belonging to olden times: purāṇamityeva na sādhu sarvaṃ na cāpi kāvyaṃ navamityavadyaṃ M. 1. 2; purāṇapatrāpagamādanaṃtaraṃ R. 3. 7. --2 Aged, primeval; ajo nityaḥ śāśvato- yaṃ purāṇaḥ Bg. 2. 20. --3 Decayed, worn out. --ṇaṃ 1 A past event or occurrence. --2 A tale of the past, legend, ancient or legendary his- tory. --3 N. of certain well-known sacred works; these...

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√pura पुर

Gaṇa 6· tudadi· Parasmaipada · agragamane

to proceed,to lead, to go ahead

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Abhidhanacintamani Abhinavacintamani Agnipurana Aitareya-Aranyaka Amarakosa Anandakanda Apastambadharmasutra Apastambasrautasutra Arthasastra Astadhyayi Astangahrdayasamhita Astangasamgraha Asvalayanagrhyasutra Atharvaprayascittani Ayurvedadipika Baudhayanadharmasutra Bhagavatapurana Bharadvajagrhyasutra Bharatamanjari Bhavaprakasa Brhadaranyakopanisad Brhatkathaslokasamgraha Carakasamhita Chandogyopanisad Dasakumaracarita Devikalottaragama Divyavadana Garudapurana Gautamadharmasutra Gherandasamhita Gokarnapuranasarah Gopathabrahmana Haribhaktivilasa Hathayogapradipika Hiranyakesigrhyasutra Hitopadesa Jaiminigrhyasutra Jaiminiya-Upanisad-Brahmana Kathopanisad Katyayanasrautasutra Kausikasutra Krsiparasara Krsnamrtamaharnava Kumarasambhava Kurmapurana Lalitavistara Lingapurana Madanapalanighantu Maitrayanisamhita Manavagrhyasutra Manusmrti Matrkabhedatantra Matsyapurana Mrgendratika Mugdhavabodhini Naradasmrti Narasimhapurana Narmamala Pancarthabhasya Parasarasmrtitika Paraskaragrhyasutra Rajanighantu Ramayana Rasamanjari Rasaprakasasudhakara Rasaratnakara Rasaratnasamuccayatika Rasendracudamani Rgvedakhilani Rgvidhana Saddharmapundarikasutra Samavidhanabrahmana Samkhyakarikabhasya Samkhyatattvakaumudi Sanghabhedavastu Sankhayanagrhyasutra Sankhayanaranyaka Sankhayanasrautasutra Sarvadarsanasamgraha Satakatraya Satapathabrahmana Satvatatantra Skandapurana Susrutasamhita Svetasvataropanisad Taittiriyabrahmana Taittiriyaranyaka Tantraloka Uddamaresvaratantra Vaikhanasadharmasutra Vaikhanasagrhyasutra Vasisthadharmasutra Visnupurana Visnusmrti Yajnavalkyasmrti Yogasutrabhasya atharvaveda-paippalada atharvaveda-saunaka mahabharata mahabharata mahabharata rgveda sira-upanisad skandapurana-revakhanda vajasaneyisamhita-madhyandina

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a. (ṇā or ṇī f.) [purā navaṃ Nir.] 1 Old, ancient, belonging to olden times: purāṇamityeva na sādhu sarvaṃ na cāpi kāvyaṃ navamityavadyaṃ M. 1. 2; purāṇapatrāpagamādanaṃtaraṃ R....

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Part of Speech: NOUN
Total Occurrences: 93
Texts Appeared In: 30

DCS: fit for woollen blankets

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Rāmāyaṇa surface: pūraṇam

gaṅgāvataraṇaṃ puṇyaṃ sāgarasya ca pūraṇam
Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā surface: pūraṇe

prīṇanaṃ jīvanaṃ lepaḥ sneho dhāraṇapūraṇe
Āyurvedadīpikā surface: pūraṇam

sahasrasaṃkhyāpūraṇaṃ cehaikena vardhanahrāsakrameṇa na bhavati tena punar āvṛtt