purana
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1. purana - Noun
2. Purana - Proper noun
Meaning
One of a class of sacred Hindoo poetical works in the Sanskrit language which treat of the creation, destruction, and renovation of worlds, the genealogy and achievements of gods and heroes, the reigns of the Manus, and the transactions of their descendants. The principal Puranas are eighteen in number, and there are the same number of supplementary books called Upa Puranas.
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According to the Garuda Purana, a soul after leaving the body travels through a very long and dark tunnel towards the South.
According to the Brahmanda Purana, when Parashurama was a teenager, he expressed his desire to meet his paternal grandfather Richika.
Despite the fact that the Vishnu Purana describes that Vishnu manifests as Brahma in order to create and as Rudra ( Shiva ) in order to destroy, citation Vaishnavism generally does not acknowledge the Trimurti concept.
According to the Shiva Purana, Sati, herself an incarnation of Shakti, was the wife of Lord Shiva.
He is well known for composing the Eknāthī Bhāgavat, a commentary on Bhagavat Purana and the devotional songs called Bharud. citation Mukteshwar translated the Mahabharata into Marathi; Tukaram (1608–49) transformed Marathi into a rich literary language.
His body was laid to rest in Purana Quila initially, but because of attack by Hemu on Delhi and capture of Purana Qila, Humayun's body was exhumed by the fleeing army and transferred to Kalanaur in Punjab where Akbar was coronated.