Purana, Purāṇa, Pūraṇa, Purāna: 55 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchPuraṇa (पुरण):—[Uṇādisūtra 2, 81.] m. Meer [UJJVAL.]
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Purāṇa (पुराण):—
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Pūraṇa (पूरण):—(wie eben)
1) adj. f. ī voll machend, füllend, = pūraka [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 216. fg.] [Medinīkoṣa ṇ. 64.] abhyāsānupapattau jyotiṣṭomaḥ pūraṇaḥ (Schol.: daśarātrasyāvaśiṣṭānāmahnāṃ pūraṇo bhavati) [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 24, 7, 19.] pāda iyādipūraṇaḥ (Schol.: iyādiḥ pūraṇo yasya sa iyādipūraṇaḥ) [PIṄGALA] bei [MÜLLER, SL. 149.] saṃkhyā [] zu [Bṛhadāranyakopaniṣad] [S. 247.] voll machend (nämlich eine Zahl) so v. a. eine Ordnungszahl (von dvitīya an) [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 2, 2, 11. 5, 2, 30. 48. 3, 48. 6, 2, 162. 3, 6.] [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 7, 36.] pūraṇī eine Ordnungszahl fem. gen. [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 4, 116. 6, 3, 34. 38.] [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 6, 12.] pūraṇapratyaya ein Suffix, das Ordinalia bildet, [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 1, 1, 23, Vārttika von Kātyāyana. 3. Scholiast] zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 2, 77.] pūraṇapratyayāntena śabdena Schol. zu [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 2, 8, 18.] — pāyānmeśaḥ pūraṇaḥ ṣaḍguṇānām [Harivaṃśa 7441.] pūraṇī die Erfüllerin als Beiw. der Durgā [10238.] —
2) m. a) Damm [Hārāvalī 129.] — b) das Meer [UṆĀDIVṚ. im SAṂKṢIPTAS. Śabdakalpadruma] — c) eine Art Oel (viṣṇutaila) [Dharaṇīkoṣa im Śabdakalpadruma] — d) Nomen proprium eines Mannes [Aśvalāyana’s Śrautasūtrāni 12, 14.] [Pravarādhyāya] in [Weber’s Verzeichniss 59, 28. 61, 5] (pl.). [Mahābhārata 12, 1599.] [Lebensbeschreibung Śākyamuni’s 255 (24).] [Burnouf 165]; vgl. pūraṇakāśyapa . Pūraṇa Vaiśvāmitra ist Liedverfasser von [Ṛgveda 10, 160.] —
3) f. ī a) Bombax heptaphyllum [Amarakoṣa 2, 4, 2, 27.] [Medinīkoṣa] — b) Zettel, Aufzug eines Gewebes; = paṭārambhakasūtrāṇi [Medinīkoṣa] Nach [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] ist pūraṇa n. = vānatantavaḥ . —
4) n. a) proparox. das Vollmachen, Ausfüllen, Anfüllen, Aufblähen: samudrasya [Mahābhārata 3, 8824.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 45, 2 (46, 2 Gorresio).] kumbha [Raghuvaṃśa 9, 73.] gartā (unter āpūraṇa ist diese Stelle zu streichen) [Pañcatantra 96, 20.] duṣpūrodara [Spr. 794. 1785. 2419.] [Pañcatantra 125, 11. -] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 11, 2, 4, 2.] [Prātiśākha zum Atharvaveda 4, 38.] [Suśruta 1, 25, 15. 48, 4. 85, 10.] sirā [251, 16.] dhātūnām [355, 13.] medic. das Ausfüllen, z. B. des Ohres, d. h. das Einbringen von Flüssigkeiten oder anderen Stoffen: sarasādirhitastatra dhāvane pūraṇe tathā [2, 15, 6.] karṇa (s. auch u. d. W.) [366, 1. 10. 14. 16. 20. 367, 4. 7. 9.] akṣi [1, 181, 13.] dhanuṣaḥ das Vollmachen des Bogens so v. a. das Spannen desselben [Mahābhārata 16, 271.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 67, 14. 75, 4.] stoma [LĀṬY. 6, 6, 12.] [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 14, 2, 32. 24, 5, 28. 6, 16, 17.] saṃkhyā [Aśvalāyana’s Śrautasūtrāni 10, 1.] kāla [?12, 3. zu Bṛhadāranyakopaniṣad S. 307.] bhānorbhagaṇapūraṇāt so v. a. das Durchlaufen [Sūryasiddhānta 12, 4. 50. 14, 20.] das Versehen, Ausschmücken mit [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 42 (43), 51.] abhilāṣa das Erfüllen, Befriedigen [Mālavikāgnimitra 73.] — b) das Multipliciren [ŚUBHAṂKARA im Śabdakalpadruma] — c) Regen [Śabdamālā im Śabdakalpadruma] — d) eine Art Gebäck [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] — e) Cyperus rotundus (kuṭannaṭam) [Śabdamālā im Śabdakalpadruma] — f) Zettel, Aufzug eines Gewebes; s. u. 3,b. — Vgl. apūraṇī, karṇapūraṇa, nirvāṇa, pada, pāda (n. auch [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 1, 134]).
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3) am Ende hinzuzufügen [SAṂSK. K. 39,a,8. fg.]
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Pūraṇa (पूरण):—
1) pañcaṣāsu triyāmāsu hāyanāpūraṇīṣu das Jahr nicht voll machend so v. a. an einem vollen Jahre fehlend [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 13, 28.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungPuraṇa (पुरण):—m. das Meer.
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Purāṇa (पुराण):——
1) Adj. (f. ī und ā) früher dagewesen , vormalig , längt , bestehend , alt ; auch so v.a. abgelegen , gebraucht , vertrocknet (Blat). —
2) m. (*n.) eine Münze von einem best. Gewicht. —
3) m. Nomen proprium eines Ṛṣi. —
4) n. Dinge der Vorzeit , eine Erzählung aus der Vergangenheit , alte Geschichte |(λόγος und μύθος) ; eine best. Klasse von Werken.
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Pūraṇa (पूरण):——
1) Adj. (f. ī) — a) voll machend , füllend. — b) erfüllend , befriedigend , bewirkend [Harivaṃśa 2,72,52.] —
2) m. — a) der Vollmacher einer Zahl. so v.a. ein Nomen ordinale (von dvitīya an) masc. gen. — b) *Damm — c) *Meer. — d) Nomen proprium verschiedener Männer. Auch Pl. als Patron. —
3) f. pūraṇī — a) f. zu 2)a). — b) *Bombax heptaphyllum. — c) Zettel , Aufzug eines Gewebes. Du. (!) [Rājataraṃgiṇī 8,2834.] —
4) n. pūraṇa — a) das Vollmachen , Ausfüllen , Anfüllen , Aufblähen. — b) in der Med. das Füllen. so v.a. das Einbringen von Flüssigkeit oder andern Stoffen (in’s Ohr u.s.w.) — c) das Vollmachen eines Bogens , so v.a. vollkommenes Spannen desselben. — d) das Durchlaufen (einer Bahn). — e) das Erfüllen , Befriedigen. — f) das Versehen mit dem Erforderlichen , das Ausschmücken. — g) reichliche Zufuhr von Nahrung [Carakasaṃhitā 3,3,] — h) *Regen — i) eine Art Gebäck , Gefülltes [Bhāvaprakāśa] [2,21.] — k) *Cyperus rotundus. — l) *Zettel , Aufzug einer Gewebes.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Historical Elements in the Matsya Purana (by Chaitali Kadia)
Meaning of the word Purāṇa < [Chapter 1 - An Introduction of the Purāṇas]
Relation between History and Purāṇa < [Chapter 2 - History and Historical elements]
Purāṇa and Itihāsa < [Chapter 1 - An Introduction of the Purāṇas]
The Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 62 - The Merit of Reciting the Padma Purāṇa, Svargakhaṇḍa < [Section 3 - Svarga-khaṇḍa (section on the heavens)]
The Devi Bhagavata Purana (by Swami Vijñanananda)
Chapter 3 - On praising the Purāṇas and on each Vyāsa of every Dvāpara Yuga < [Book 1]
Chapter 13 - On the description of Janamejaya’s Devī Yajñā < [Book 12]
Chapter 4 - On the excellency of the Devī < [Book 1]
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 6.13.11 < [Chapter 13 - The Glories of Prabhāsa-tīrtha, the Sarasvatī River, etc.]
Verse 5.24.83 < [Chapter 24 - The Killing of the Kola Demon]
Verse 6.13.10 < [Chapter 13 - The Glories of Prabhāsa-tīrtha, the Sarasvatī River, etc.]
The Markandeya Purana (Study) (by Chandamita Bhattacharya)
1.2: The Meaning and Definition of Purāṇa < [Chapter 1]
1.4: Date of the Purāṇas < [Chapter 1]
1.3: Characteristics of Purāṇa < [Chapter 1]
Rivers in Ancient India (study) (by Archana Sarma)
Introduction to Purāṇa Literature < [Chapter 5 - Rivers in the Purāṇic Literature]
1. Meaning of the term Purāṇa < [Chapter 5 - Rivers in the Purāṇic Literature]
15. The river Lauhitya or Brahmaputra and its present status < [Chapter 6 - Changing trends of the Rivers from Vedic to Purāṇic Age]
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