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Puranic

Puranic adjective: of or pertaining to the Puranas.

Adjective

Puranic (comparative more Puranic, superlative most Puranic)

  1. Of or pertaining to the Puranas.
    • I have always regarded the Purāṇic stories about the Hindu gods as the very best stories in the world, rich in human wisdom and metaphysical truth.1980, Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty, Women, Androgynes, and Other Mythical Beasts

Forms of Puranic

comparativemore Puranic
superlativemost Puranic

Origin of Puranic

From Purana + -ic.

Questions about Puranic

What does Puranic mean?
Puranic means of or pertaining to the Puranas.
What part of speech is Puranic?
Puranic is an adjective.

Words near Puranic in the dictionary

  1. purampokes
  2. Purana
  3. Puranas
  4. Purandar
  5. Purania
  6. Puranic
  7. Puraniya
  8. Puranthaba
  9. purao
  10. puraque
  11. puraques

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