a. (kī f.) [purāṇa-ṭhak] 1 Belonging to the past, ancient.

2 Belonging to the Purāṇas or de- rived from them.

3 Versed in the legends of the past. kaḥ 1 A Brāhmaṇa well-versed in the Purāṇas, a public reader of the Purāṇas.

2 A mythologist.