By Swami Harshananda
Sometimes transliterated as: Puranas, PurAnas, Puraanas
Purānas are the Brāhmaṇas of the Vedas that are accepted as the purāṇas and not the present eighteen purāṇas.
References
- The Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Swami Harshananda, Ram Krishna Math, Bangalore
