Puratana, Purātana: 16 definitions
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Puratana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Marathi, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Alternative spellings of this word include Puratan.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English TranslationPurātana (पुरातन) refers to the “primordial being” and is used to describe Śiva, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.2.42.—Accordingly, as Dakṣa bowed and eulogised Śiva:—“I bow to the great lord, the supreme being, the bestower of boons, the store of knowledge, the eternal. I bow to Śiva, the lord of the chief of Gods, always conferring happiness and the sole kinsman of the universe. I bow to the lord of the universe, of cosmic form, the primordial Being (i.e., Purātana) and the form of Brahman itself. I bow to Śiva, the conceiver of world’s happiness and the greater than the greatest. [...]”.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarypurātana : (adj.) ancient; old; worn out; used; former.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryPurātana, (adj.) (fr. purā, cp. sanātana in formation) belonging to the past, former, old Nett A 194. (Page 469)
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarypurātana (पुरातन).—a (S) Old, ancient, antique.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishpurātana (पुरातन).—a Old or ancient.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPurātana (पुरातन).—a. (-nī f.)
1) Old, ancient; बहिर्विकारं प्रकृतेः परं विदुः पुरातनं त्वां पुरुषं पुराविदः (bahirvikāraṃ prakṛteḥ paraṃ viduḥ purātanaṃ tvāṃ puruṣaṃ purāvidaḥ) Śiśupālavadha 12.6; स एवायं मया तेऽद्य योगः प्रोक्तः पुरातनः (sa evāyaṃ mayā te'dya yogaḥ proktaḥ purātanaḥ) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 4.3.
2) Aged, primeval; त्वां न वेद्मि पुरुषं पुरातनम् (tvāṃ na vedmi puruṣaṃ purātanam) R.11.85; Kumārasambhava 6.9.
3) Worn out, decayed.
-naḥ 1 An epithet of Viṣṇu.
2) (pl.) The ancients. (-nam) 1 An ancient story.
2) A Purāṇa.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPurātana (पुरातन).—mfn.
(-naḥ-nī-naṃ) 1. Old, ancient. 2. Worn out. m.
(-naḥ) An epithet of Vishnu. E. purā old, ṭhya, aff., and tuṭ augment.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryPurātana (पुरातन).—[purā + tana], I. adj., f. nī, Old, ancient, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 3, 213. Ii. n. An old tale, [Rāmāyaṇa] 1, 45, 13.
— Cf. [Latin] (regarding the form) prôtenus.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryPurātana (पुरातन).—[feminine] ī existing from of old, former, ancient, [locative] in the times of old; [masculine] [plural] the ancients.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Purātana (पुरातन):—[=purā-tana] [from pur] mf(ī)n. belonging to the past, former, old, ancient (ne ind. formerly, in olden times), [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] used-up, worn out, [Suśruta]
3) [v.s. ...] m. [plural] the ancients, [Rājataraṅgiṇī]
4) [v.s. ...] n. an ancient story, old legend, [Rāmāyaṇa]
5) [v.s. ...] a Purāṇa, [Hemādri’s Caturvarga-cintāmaṇi]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryPurātana (पुरातन):—[(naḥ-nī-naṃ) a.] Old, ancient.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Purātana (पुरातन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Purāaṇa, Purilla.
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryPurātana (पुरातन) [Also spelled puratan]:—(a) ancient, old, age-old, of antiquity, archaic; ~[tā] archaism; ~[tāvāda] see ~[vāda; ~tāvādī] a lover of archaism; archaic; —[prayoga] archaic usage; archaism; ~[vāda] antiquarianism; archaism; hence ~[vādī] (a and nm).
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusPurātana (ಪುರಾತನ):—[adjective] belonging to olden times; very old; ancient.
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Purātana (ಪುರಾತನ):—
1) [noun] the quality or fact of being ancient.
2) [noun] that which belongs to ancient times.
3) [noun] a man of ancient times.
4) [noun] any of the sixty three revered, Vīraśaiva personalities.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Puratanajvara, Puratanakantam, Puratanam, Puratanamata, Puratanan, Puratanapanthi, Puratanapurusha, Puratanar, Puratanarahi, Puratanavada, Puratanayogasamgraha.
Ends with: Apuratana, Atipuratana.
Full-text (+5): Purilla, Puratanayogasamgraha, Apuratana, Puratane, Purata, Puraana, Purantimam, Puratanakantam, Puratanan, Ityadi, Purusha, Pratana, Puratan, Puratanam, Sanantana, Purush, Apurana, Dharmashastra, Abaghaka, Puravritta.
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Search found 18 books and stories containing Puratana, Purātana, Pura-tana, Purā-tana; (plurals include: Puratanas, Purātanas, tanas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 6.10.16 < [Chapter 10 - In the Description of the Gomatī River, the Glories of Cakra-tīrtha]
Verse 4.15.15 < [Chapter 15 - The Story of the Women of Barhiṣmatī-pura, the Apsarās, and the Women of Sutala and Nāgendra]
Verse 3.10.1 < [Chapter 10 - The Glory of Śrī Girirāja]
Shrimad Bhagavad-gita (by Narayana Gosvami)
Verse 4.3 < [Chapter 4 - Jñāna-Yoga (Yoga through Transcendental Knowledge)]
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Section 9 - Vāsudeva-māhātmya < [Book 2 - Vaiṣṇava-khaṇḍa]
Historical Elements in the Matsya Purana (by Chaitali Kadia)
Purāṇa and Itihāsa < [Chapter 1 - An Introduction of the Purāṇas]
Taittiriya Upanishad Bhashya Vartika (by R. Balasubramanian)
Verse 2.181 < [Book 2 - Brahmavallī]
Yoga-sutras (with Bhoja’s Rajamartanda) (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Sūtra 1.1 < [First Chapter (Samadhi Pada)]