Puranas

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Puranas
Purana (Sanskrit: , meaning "belonging to ancient or olden times") is the name of an ancient Indian genre (or a group of related genres) of Hindu or Jain literature (as distinct from oral tradition). They primarily are post-Vedic texts containing a narrative of the history of the Universe, from creation to destruction, genealogies of the kings, heroes and demigods, and descriptions of Hindu cosmology, philosophy and geography.
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Puranas
[Hindu] A collection of ancient Hindu mythological texts.


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Puranas
A group of writings about the adventures and activities of Hinduism's gods and goddesses. Most were composed during the classical period of Hinduism, with some being written later.

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