purARa purAtana . See p. 635.
purARa a. ( RA or RI f. ) [ purA navaM Nir. ] 1 Old, ancient, belonging to olden times: purARamityeva na sADu sarvaM na cApi kAvyaM navamityavadyaM M. 1. 2 ; purARapatrApagamAdanaMtaraM R. 3. 7. 2 Aged, primeval; ajo nityaH SASvatoyaM purARaH Bg. 2. 20. 3 Decayed, worn out. — RaM 1 A past event or occurrence. 2 A tale of the past, legend, ancient or legendary history. 3 N. of certain well-known sacred works; these are 19; they are supposed to have been composed by Vyāsa, and contain the whole body of Hindu mythology. A Purāṇa treats of five topics (or lakzaRAni ), and is hence often called paMcalakzaRa; sargaSca pratisargaSca vaMSo manvaMtarARi ca . vaMSAnucaritaM cEva purARaM paMcalakzaRaM .. . For the names of the 18 Purāṇas see under azwAdaSan . — RaH A coin equal to 80 cowries. Comp. — aMtaH an epithet of Yama. — ukta a. enjoined by or laid down in the Purāṇas. — kalpaH = purAkalpa q. v. — gaH 1 ( pb ) an epithet of Brahman. 2 a reciter or reader of the Purāṇas. — puruzaH 1 an epithet of Viṣṇu. 2 an old man; yadvadaMti capaletyapavAdaM tanna dUzaRamaho capalAyAH . doza eza jalaDeH piturasyA yatpurARapuruzAya dadO tAM Subhāṣ. (where both senses are intended).