Puratana, Purātana: 17 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)
Purātana (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
purātana : (adj.) ancient; old; worn out; used; former.
Purātana, (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
purātana (पुरातन).—a (S) Old, ancient, antique.
purātana (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
Purātana (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.
Purātana (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.
Purātana (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.
Purātana (पुरातन).—[feminine] ī existing from of old, former, ancient, [locative] in the times of old; [masculine] [plural] the ancients.
1) 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]
Purātana (पुरातन):—[(naḥ-nī-naṃ) a.] Old, ancient.
Purātana (पुरातन):—(von purā) adj. f. ī aus alter Zeit stammend, ehemalig, alt [Amarakoṣa 3, 2, 26.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1448.] [Halāyudha 4, 26.] [Mahābhārata 14, 2849.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 3, 213.] bhiṣajaḥ [Suśruta 2, 17, 18.] [Kumārasaṃbhava 6, 9.] [Mahābhārata 12, 13450.] kathā [13, 420.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 259.] itihāsa [Sundopasundopākhyāna 1, 1.] yoga [Bhagavadgītā 4, 3.] sṛṣṭi [Mahābhārata 13,1375.] [Kullūka] zu [Manu’s Gesetzbuch.5,23.] [Oxforder Handschriften 86,a,23.] purātanena devena viṣṇunā [Mahābhārata 3, 10915.] puruṣa von Viṣṇu (vgl. purāṇapuruṣa) [KAIVALYOP.] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 2, 13.] [Raghuvaṃśa 11, 85.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 17, 30.] vane caritam [Nalopākhyāna 24, 44.] dārāḥ [Mahābhārata 4, 411.] [Harivaṃśa 9409.] cittavṛtti [Rājataraṅgiṇī 5, 193.] alt, gebraucht [Suśruta 1, 209, 19.] pl. die Alten [Rājataraṅgiṇī 1, 20.] navaṃ vastraṃ navaṃ chattraṃ navyā strī nūtanaṃ gṛham . sarvatra nūtanaṃ śastaṃ sevakānne purātane .. [Spr. 1451.] purātane ehemals, in vergangenen Zeiten: dṛṣṭametatpurātane [Mahābhārata 5, 4072.] [Harivaṃśa 3016. 7388. 7955.] so ist wohl auch [Mahābhārata 1, 1204] zu lesen. n. eine alte Sage: ākhyātuṃ tatsamārebhe viśālāyāḥ purātanam [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 45, 13.]
Purātana (पुरातन):——
1) Adj. (f. ī) aus alter Zeit stammend , ehemalig , alt ; alt auch s.v. gebraucht. Loc. (so wohl auch [53,29] zu lesen) so v.a. ehemals , in vergangenen Zeiten. —
2) m. Pl. die alten. —
3) n. eine alte Sage , die Purāṇa —
4) [Hemādri’s Caturvargacintāmaṇi 1,514,1.]
Purātana (पुरातन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Purāaṇa, Purilla.
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
Purātana (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
Purātana (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.
Nepali dictionary
Purātana (पुरातन):—n. the past; antiquity; adj. of the past; ancient; old;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Puratanajvara, Puratanakantam, Puratanam, Puratanamata, Puratanan, Puratanapanthi, Puratanapurusha, Puratanar, Puratanarahi, Puratanavada, Puratanayogasamgraha.
Full-text (+8): Apuratana, Apuratanadhamma, Puratanapurusha, Puratanajvara, Puratanamata, Puratanayogasamgraha, Puratan, Puratanakantam, Puratanam, Puratane, Purata, Purantimam, Purana, Puratanan, Purusha, Ityadi, Pratana, Purilla, Sanantana, Purush.
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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 1.1.9 < [Chapter 1 - Description of Śrī-Kṛṣṇa’s Glories]
Verse 4.15.15 < [Chapter 15 - The Story of the Women of Barhiṣmatī-pura, the Apsarās, and the Women of Sutala and Nāgendra]
Purana, Itihasa and Akhyana < [Purana, Volume 6, Part 2 (1964)]
Purana-prasanga (from Jagad-Guru-Vaibhava) < [Purana, Volume 1, Part 2 (1960)]
The Naciketa-Upakhyana as the source of the Nasiketopakhyana < [Purana, Volume 6, Part 2 (1964)]
Yoga Upanishads (study) (by Heena B. Kotak)
Notes and References for chapter 1 < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Part 14 - Origin and History of Yoga Shastra < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Bhagavad-gita (with Vaishnava commentaries) (by Narayana Gosvami)
Verse 4.3 < [Chapter 4 - Jñāna-Yoga (Yoga through Transcendental Knowledge)]
Sucindrasthala-mahatmya (critical edition and study) (by Anand Dilip Raj)
Chapter 4 - Cartutha Adhyaya (cartutho'dhyayah) < [Chapter 5 - Sucindrasthalamahatmya: Sanskrit critical edition]
Chapter 9 - Navama Adhyaya (navamo'dhyayah) < [Chapter 5 - Sucindrasthalamahatmya: Sanskrit critical edition]
Chapter 15 - Pancadasha Adhyaya (pancadaso'dhyayah) < [Chapter 5 - Sucindrasthalamahatmya: Sanskrit critical edition]
Temple worship and Rituals as per Shaiva Agamas (by Gayathri Balasubramanian)
Part 5.3.2 - The Virashaivism school of Shaivism < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]