Pauranaka, Paurāṇaka: 1 definition
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryPaurāṇaka (पौराणक).—adj. (= Pali por°; Sanskrit only °ṇa and °ṇika), previous, former, ancient, of olden time: °ṇakaṃ Lalitavistara 379.5 (Lefm. with all mss.; Calcutta (see LV.) °ṇikaṃ); Mahāvastu ii.492.10; iii.25.5 (here Senart with v.l. °ṇika).
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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