One of a class of sacred Hindoo poetical works in the Sanskritlanguage which treat of the creation, destruction, and renovation ofworlds, the genealogy and achievements of gods and heroes, the reignsof the Manus, and the transactions of their descendants. Theprincipal Puranas are eighteen in number, and there are the samenumber of supplementary books called Upa Puranas.

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