purāṇa

a. (ṇā or ṇī f.) [purā navaṃ Nir.] 1 Old, ancient, belonging to olden times: purāṇamityeva na sādhu sarvaṃ na cāpi kāvyaṃ navamityavadyaṃ M. 1. 2; purāṇapatrāpagamādanaṃtaraṃ R....

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[apte] a. (ṇā or ṇī f.) [purā navaṃ Nir.] 1 Old, ancient, belonging to olden times: purāṇamityeva na sādhu sarvaṃ na cāpi kāvyaṃ navamityavadyaṃ M. 1. 2; purāṇapatrāpagamādanaṃtaraṃ R. 3. 7. --2 Aged, primeval; ajo nityaḥ śāśvato- yaṃ purāṇaḥ Bg. 2. 20. --3 Decayed, worn out. --ṇaṃ 1 A past event or occurrence. --2 A tale of the past, legend, ancient or legendary his- tory. --3 N. of certain well-known sacred works; these...

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√pura पुर

Gaṇa 6· tudadi· Parasmaipada · agragamane

to proceed,to lead, to go ahead

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Part of Speech: NOUN
Occurrences: 93
Texts: 30

DCS: fit for woollen blankets

Occurrences

Appears in 105 texts.

Abhidhanacintamani Abhinavacintamani Agnipurana Aitareya-Aranyaka Amarakosa Anandakanda Apastambadharmasutra Apastambasrautasutra Arthasastra Astadhyayi Astangahrdayasamhita Astangasamgraha Asvalayanagrhyasutra Atharvaprayascittani Ayurvedadipika Baudhayanadharmasutra Bhagavatapurana Bharadvajagrhyasutra Bharatamanjari Bhavaprakasa Brhadaranyakopanisad Brhatkathaslokasamgraha Carakasamhita Chandogyopanisad Dasakumaracarita Devikalottaragama Divyavadana Garudapurana Gautamadharmasutra Gherandasamhita Gokarnapuranasarah Gopathabrahmana Haribhaktivilasa Hathayogapradipika Hiranyakesigrhyasutra Hitopadesa Jaiminigrhyasutra Jaiminiya-Upanisad-Brahmana Kathopanisad Katyayanasrautasutra Kausikasutra Krsiparasara Krsnamrtamaharnava Kumarasambhava Kurmapurana Lalitavistara Lingapurana Madanapalanighantu Maitrayanisamhita Manavagrhyasutra Manusmrti Matrkabhedatantra Matsyapurana Mrgendratika Mugdhavabodhini Naradasmrti Narasimhapurana Narmamala Pancarthabhasya Parasarasmrtitika Paraskaragrhyasutra Rajanighantu Ramayana Rasamanjari Rasaprakasasudhakara Rasaratnakara Rasaratnasamuccayatika Rasendracudamani Rgvedakhilani Rgvidhana Saddharmapundarikasutra Samavidhanabrahmana Samkhyakarikabhasya Samkhyatattvakaumudi Sanghabhedavastu Sankhayanagrhyasutra Sankhayanaranyaka Sankhayanasrautasutra Sarvadarsanasamgraha Satakatraya Satapathabrahmana Satvatatantra Skandapurana Susrutasamhita Svetasvataropanisad Taittiriyabrahmana Taittiriyaranyaka Tantraloka Uddamaresvaratantra Vaikhanasadharmasutra Vaikhanasagrhyasutra Vasisthadharmasutra Visnupurana Visnusmrti Yajnavalkyasmrti Yogasutrabhasya atharvaveda-paippalada atharvaveda-saunaka mahabharata mahabharata mahabharata rgveda sira-upanisad skandapurana-revakhanda vajasaneyisamhita-madhyandina

Top Texts by Occurrence

Suśrutasaṃhitā 18 · 19.4%Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā 14 · 15.1%Skandapurāṇa (Revākhaṇḍa) 9 · 9.7%Aṣṭādhyāyī 8 · 8.6%Mahābhārata 5 · 5.4%

Concordance Sample

Rāmāyaṇasurface: pūraṇam

gaṅgāvataraṇaṃ puṇyaṃ sāgarasya ca pūraṇam

Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitāsurface: pūraṇe

prīṇanaṃ jīvanaṃ lepaḥ sneho dhāraṇapūraṇe

Āyurvedadīpikāsurface: pūraṇam

sahasrasaṃkhyāpūraṇaṃ cehaikena vardhanahrāsakrameṇa na bhavati tena punar āvṛtt