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Puranic, a. (n.)|pʊˈrɑːnɪk|
Also pauranic, -ik |paʊˈrɑːnɪk|, pooranic.
[f. prec. + -ic. Pauranic follows the Skr. paurāṇika.]
Of or pertaining to the Puranas.
1809Colebrooke Jains in Asiat. Res. IX. 295 The Jainas, with whom the legendary story of their saints also seems to be engrafted on the Pauranic tales of the orthodox sect. 1869Max Müller Rig Veda I. 244 In the epic and pauranic literature this Diti has grown into a definite person. 1889J. M. Robertson Christ & Krishna xii. 59 The Krishna Birth-Festival here departs from the Purânic legend.
b. absol. as n. (a) A Puranic work or author. (b) A believer in the Puranas.
1808Wilford Sacr. Isles in Asiat. Res. VIII. 350, I shall give a few specimens..in the very words of the Pauranics. 1878G. Smith Life J. Wilson iv. 103 Rama Chundra, formerly a Pooranik, would defend the Christian religion. |