Puranavidya, Purāṇavidyā, Purana-vidya: 5 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPurāṇavidyā (पुराणविद्या).—knowledge of the past events.
Purāṇavidyā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms purāṇa and vidyā (विद्या). See also (synonyms): purāṇaveda.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryPurāṇavidyā (पुराणविद्या).—[feminine] veda [masculine] [abstract] to [preceding]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPurāṇavidyā (पुराणविद्या):—[=purāṇa-vidyā] [from purāṇa > pur] f.
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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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Partial matches: Vidya, Purana, Puraana.
Full-text: Puranaveda, Anuvyakhyana.
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The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 36 - The Efficacy of Listening to the Purāṇa < [Section 4 - Kārttikamāsa-māhātmya]