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Agni Purana — Chapter 136

AgP 136.1

:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे युद्धार्णवे सङ्ग्रामविजयविद्या नाम पञ्चत्रिंशदधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {१३६} :श् अथ षट्त्रिंशदधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः नक्षत्रचक्रं ईश्वर उवाच अथ चक्रं प्रवक्ष्यामि यात्रादौ च फलप्रदम् अश्विन्यादौ लिखेच्चक्रं त्रिनाडीपरिभूषितं

:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe yuddhārṇave saṅgrāmavijayavidyā nāma pañcatriṃśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {136} :ś atha ṣaṭtriṃśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ nakṣatracakraṃ īśvara uvāca atha cakraṃ pravakṣyāmi yātrādau ca phalapradam aśvinyādau likheccakraṃ trināḍīparibhūṣitaṃ

[Colophon] Thus, in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa, in the "Ocean of War," the one hundred thirty-fifth chapter, called "The Science of Victory in Battle." [Chapter 136] Now the one hundred thirty-sixth chapter: The Circle of the Lunar Mansions. Īśvara said: Now I shall declare the circle, which yields results at the setting out on a journey and the like. Beginning with Aśvinī, one should draw the circle, adorned with three nāḍīs (channels).

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AgP 136.2

अश्विन्यार्द्रादिभिः पूर्वा ततश्चोत्तरफल्गुनी हस्ता ज्येष्ठा तथा मूलं वारुणं चाप्यजैकपात्

aśvinyārdrādibhiḥ pūrvā tataścottaraphalgunī hastā jyeṣṭhā tathā mūlaṃ vāruṇaṃ cāpyajaikapāt

(In the first nāḍī:) with Aśvinī, Ārdrā, and the rest — Pūrva(phalgunī), then Uttaraphalgunī, Hasta, Jyeṣṭhā, and likewise Mūla, the Vāruṇa (Śatabhiṣaj) constellation, and Ajaikapād (Pūrvabhādrapadā).

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AgP 136.3

:न् १ मुष्टिमुद्गरसंयुक्तौ इति ज॥ । ऋष्टिमुद्गरयुक्तौ चेति ञ॥ २ अभयस्वस्तिकान्वितौ इति ख॥ , ग॥ , ङ॥ , छ॥ , झ॥ च अभयस्तम्भिकाश्वितौ इति ज॥ :प् ८१ नाडीयं प्रथमा चान्या याम्यं मृगशिरस् तथा पुष्यं भाग्यन्तथा चित्रा मैत्रञ्चाप्यं च वासवं

:n 1 muṣṭimudgarasaṃyuktau iti ja.. / ṛṣṭimudgarayuktau ceti ña.. 2 abhayasvastikānvitau iti kha.. , ga.. , ṅa.. , cha.. , jha.. ca abhayastambhikāśvitau iti ja.. :p 81 nāḍīyaṃ prathamā cānyā yāmyaṃ mṛgaśiras tathā puṣyaṃ bhāgyantathā citrā maitrañcāpyaṃ ca vāsavaṃ

[Variant readings: "joined with fist and mallet" in MS ja; "and joined with lance and mallet" in MS ña; "accompanied by the gesture of fearlessness and the svastika" in MSS kha, ga, ṅa, cha, and jha; "attended by the fearlessness (gesture) and the little post" in MS ja. Page 81] The first is the nāḍī-row, and the other (the second contains): Yāmya (Bharaṇī), and likewise Mṛgaśiras, Puṣya, Bhāgya (Pūrvaphalgunī), likewise Citrā, Maitra (Anurādhā), Āpya (Pūrvāṣāḍhā), and Vāsava (Dhaniṣṭhā).

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AgP 136.4

अहिर्व्रध्रं तृतीयाथ कृत्तिका रोहिणी ह्य् अहिः चित्रा स्वाती विशाखा च श्रवणा रेवती च भं

ahirvradhraṃ tṛtīyātha kṛttikā rohiṇī hy ahiḥ citrā svātī viśākhā ca śravaṇā revatī ca bhaṃ

(and) Ahirbudhnya (Uttarabhādrapadā). Then the third (nāḍī): Kṛttikā, Rohiṇī, Ahi (Āśleṣā), Citrā, Svātī, and Viśākhā, Śravaṇā, and the constellation Revatī.

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AgP 136.5

नाडीत्रितयसंजुष्टग्रहाज् ज्ञेयं शुभाशुभं चक्रम्फणीश्वरन्तत्तु(१) त्रिनाडीपरिभूषितं

nāḍītritayasaṃjuṣṭagrahāj jñeyaṃ śubhāśubhaṃ cakramphaṇīśvarantattu(1) trināḍīparibhūṣitaṃ

From the planet conjoined with the triad of nāḍīs the auspicious and inauspicious is to be known. And that circle of the Lord of Serpents is adorned with three nāḍīs.

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AgP 136.6

रविभौमार्कराहुस्थमशुभं स्याच्छुभं परं देशग्रामयुता भ्रातृभार्याद्या एकशः शुभाः

ravibhaumārkarāhusthamaśubhaṃ syācchubhaṃ paraṃ deśagrāmayutā bhrātṛbhāryādyā ekaśaḥ śubhāḥ

What stands (in the nāḍī) of the Sun, Mars, Saturn(?), and Rāhu would be inauspicious; the rest is auspicious. Joined with country and village, brothers, wives, and the rest are, one by one, auspicious.

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