Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Punāna


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The result was delete. Per nominator. Missvain (talk) 04:33, 26 November 2021 (UTC)

Punāna

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Fails WP:GNG, due to lack of significant independent coverage in general media. Given sources are dictionary or books on specialized books on WP:FRINGE topics. Some are offline, but my searches did not show any source with significant coverage and only found passing mentions of the word. Violates WP:Wikipedia is not a dictionary. Venkat TL (talk) 15:40, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Language-related deletion discussions. Venkat TL (talk) 15:40, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
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 * Comment: I am no expert on Hinduism, but this certainly looks like a dictionary-type entry. According to the text, Punāna is a title used to refer to Brahman. If that is the case, a redirect (possibly merge) to 'Brahman' may be the way to go. If this is indeed fringe within Hindu commentary/discourse, then deletion may be more appropriate, but (again) I don't know that. Cnilep (talk) 05:32, 19 November 2021 (UTC)
 * I disagree with that redirect suggestion. There is no source for the claim (possibly WP:OR) that Punana means Brahman. This book claims punāna means purification. So it would be inappropriate. Venkat TL (talk) 06:17, 19 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: A copyright violation investigation has been launched on the articles by the creator at Contributor copyright investigations/20211117 and the creator has now been blocked. Venkat TL (talk) 17:21, 20 November 2021 (UTC)


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