Purana (disambiguation)
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Puran or Purana and similar word Purna can mean:
- Puran or Purna mean 'complete' in HindiHindiStandard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...
and SanskritSanskritSanskrit , is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.Buddhism: besides Pali, see Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand...
respectively, in words like Purna avatarAvatarIn Hinduism, an avatar is a deliberate descent of a deity to earth, or a descent of the Supreme Being and is mostly translated into English as "incarnation," but more accurately as "appearance" or "manifestation"....
, Purna SwarajPurna SwarajThe Purna Swaraj declaration, or Declaration of the Independence of India was promulgated by the Indian National Congress on January 26, 1930, resolving the Congress and Indian nationalists to fight for Purna Swaraj, or complete self-rule independent of the British Empire...
and Purna YogaIntegral yogaIn the teachings of Sri Aurobindo, Integral yoga refers to the process of the union of all the parts of one's being with the Divine, and the transmutation of all of their jarring elements into a harmonious state of higher divine consciousness and existence.Sri...
. - Purana, a type of Hindu Indian literature
- PuranaPurana (genus)Purana is a genus of cicadas from Southeast Asia. Its distribution includes Java, Sumatra, Borneo, The Philippines, Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, India, Indochina, China, and Japan. Only one species has been recorded east of the Wallace Line, Purana celebensis, from Sulawesi...
, a genus of cicadas (Homoptera, Cicadidae) indigenous to southeast Asia
Puran
- PuranPuranPuran Puran Tehsil is a sub-division and tehsil of Shangla District in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan....
, a subdivision and a tehsil of Shangla District, North-West Frontier Province NWFP, Pakistan - Puran AppuPuran AppuWeerahennadige Francisco Fernando alias Puran Appu is one of the notable personalities in Sri Lanka's history. He was born on November 1812 in the coastal town of Moratuwa. He left Moratuwa at the age of 13 and stayed in Ratnapura with his uncle, who was the first Sinhalese proctor, and moved to...
, 1812–1848, a Sri Lankan historic figure - Puran BairPuran BairPuran Khan Bair is a meditation teacher, mystic, and author of Living from the Heart and co-author of Energize Your Heart in 4 Dimensions. He was born in Greensburg, PA, in 1944. Bair holds an MS degree in Computer Science from the University of Pennsylvania...
, a meditation teacher, mystic, and author - Puran PoliPuran PoliPuran Poli is a traditional type of sweet flatbread made in India in the states of Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Goa.-Ingredients:*300 gm - Channa dal or split yellow gram*300 gm - Jaggery...
, a type of Indian sweet - Puran BhagatPuran BhagatPuran Bhagat is the kulguru of jandials . Jandials are call there kulguru by name Bawa Sahaj Nath Ji . Jandials are get togather twice a year on Guru Purnima and worship the Kulguru...
, a temple at Taragarh near Dinanagar in Gurdaspur district, Punjab, India - Puran Rana TharuPuran Rana TharuPuran Rana Tharu is a Nepalese politician, belonging to the Communist Party of Nepal . In the 2008 Constituent Assembly election he was elected from the Kanchanpur-1 constituency, winning 14765 votes.-References:...
, a Nepalese politician - Puran BhattPuran BhattPuran Bhatt is a renowned puppeteer of Rajasthan. He was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2003.- External links :* Entry on PuppetIndia referencing Puran Bhatt...
, a renowned puppeteer of Rajasthan
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- Purana (genus)Purana (genus)Purana is a genus of cicadas from Southeast Asia. Its distribution includes Java, Sumatra, Borneo, The Philippines, Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, India, Indochina, China, and Japan. Only one species has been recorded east of the Wallace Line, Purana celebensis, from Sulawesi...
, a genus of cicadas- Purana nebulilineaPurana nebulilineaPurana nebulilinea is a cicada species distributed in Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo and nearby smaller islands. Its song consists of a long sequence of high pitched sounds with characteristic frequency modulation pattern and can be repeated many times without interruption-External links:***...
, a cicada species from southeast asia
- Purana nebulilinea
- Purana MandirPurana MandirPurana Mandir is a 1984 Hindi feature film, produced and directed by the Ramsay brothers. It is a horror film chronicling the story of the monster-demon, Samri.The Soundtrack were composed by Ajit Singh-Plot:...
, a 1984 Hindi feature film - Purana Qila, Delhi, an old fort
- Purana KassapaPurana Kassapa' was an Indian ascetic teacher who lived around the 5th or 4th c. BCE, contemporaneous with Mahavira and the Buddha.Purana taught a theory of "non-action" whereby the body acts independent of the soul, merit or demerit...
, an Indian ascetic teacher who lived around the 5th or 4th c. BCE, contemporaneous with Mahavira and the Buddha - Purana Task Force, the name of a police investigation into the underworld of Melbourne, Australia
- Purana pulPurana pulPurana Pul , built in 1578 AD, Hyderabad, India. built over the river Musi. It is the first bridge ever constructed in Hyderabad and among oldest in South India...
, an old bridge which is a major landmark in Hyderabad, India