Puranas in Malayalam
Malayalam names the old scripture collection with പുരാണ (puraana), the same word that on its own means ancient or belonging to the old texts. In speech the aa is held long, and the plural form used in sermons and school lessons is built straight off this stem. A single story lifted out of them is പുരാണകഥ (puraanakatha), a Puranic tale.
Ancient, antiquarian, very old, antiquated, pert. to the Puranas or holy scriptures.
ആ നഗരത്തിൽ പുരാണ കെട്ടിടങ്ങൾ ഉണ്ട്
aa nagarathil puraana kettidangal undu
There are ancient buildings in that city.
All Malayalam words for “puranas”
- പുരാണ (puraana) — Ancient, antiquarian, very old, antiquated, pert. to the Puranas or holy scriptures.
- പുരാണകഥ (puraanakatha) — Ancient story, story in the Puranas, epics, legends.
The word puraanakatha is one narrative out of the collection, so it cannot stand in for the books themselves; puraana is the word that names them and also does duty as the adjective ancient.
Common questions
How do you say puranas in Malayalam?
Use പുരാണ (puraana), put in the plural when you mean the whole body of scripture.
What is the difference between puraana and puraanakatha?
Here puraana is the scripture or the quality of being ancient, while പുരാണകഥ (puraanakatha) is one story taken from it, the kind grandmothers retell.