Purana vs Puranic - What's the difference?
purana | puranic |
(Hinduism) Name of an ancient Indian genre (or a group of related genres) of Hindu or Jain literature (as distinct from oral tradition). They are primarily post-Vedic texts containing a narrative of the history of the Universe, from creation to destruction, genealogies of the kings, heroes and demigods, and descriptions of Hindu cosmology, philosophy and geography.
Of or pertaining to the Puranas.
* "I have always regarded the Pur??ic stories about the Hindu gods as the very best stories in the world, rich in human wisdom and metaphysical truth." (Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty in Women, Androgynes, and Other Mythical Beasts )