Agni Purana — Chapter 26

AgP 26.1

:ए इत्य् आदिमहापुराणे आग्नेये मन्त्रप्रदर्शनं नाम पञ्चविंशो ऽध्यायः छप्तेर् {२६} :श् अथ षड्विंशो ऽध्यायः मुद्रालक्षणकथनं नारद उवाच मुद्राणां लक्षणं वक्ष्ये सान्निध्यादिप्रकारकं अञ्जलिः प्रथमा मुद्रा वन्दनी हृदयानुगा

:e ity ādimahāpurāṇe āgneye mantrapradarśanaṃ nāma pañcaviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ chapter {26} :ś atha ṣaḍviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ mudrālakṣaṇakathanaṃ nārada uvāca mudrāṇāṃ lakṣaṇaṃ vakṣye sānnidhyādiprakārakaṃ añjaliḥ prathamā mudrā vandanī hṛdayānugā

[Colophon:] Thus in the Āgneya Ādi-mahāpurāṇa, the twenty-fifth chapter, called the Setting Forth of Mantras. [Chapter 26. Heading:] Now the twenty-sixth chapter: the Telling of the Characteristics of Mudrās. Nārada said: I shall declare the characteristics of the mudrās, with their modes of (invoking) presence and the rest. The first mudrā is the añjali, the mudrā of salutation, held at the heart.

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AgP 26.2

ऊर्ध्वाङ्गुष्ठोवाममुष्टिर्दक्षिणाङ्गुष्ठबन्धनं सव्यस्य तस्य चाङ्गुष्ठो यस्य चोर्ध्वे प्रकीर्तितः(३)

ūrdhvāṅguṣṭhovāmamuṣṭirdakṣiṇāṅguṣṭhabandhanaṃ savyasya tasya cāṅguṣṭho yasya cordhve prakīrtitaḥ(3)

The left fist with the thumb raised, clasping the right thumb; and (the one) whose left thumb is said to be uppermost —

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AgP 26.3

तिस्रः साधरणा व्यूहे अथासाधरणा इमाः कनिष्ठादिविमोकेन अष्टो मुद्रा यथाक्रमं

tisraḥ sādharaṇā vyūhe athāsādharaṇā imāḥ kaniṣṭhādivimokena aṣṭo mudrā yathākramaṃ

Three are common to the vyūha; now these are the uncommon ones: by releasing the little finger and the rest, there are eight mudrās in due order.

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AgP 26.4

अष्टानां पूर्ववीजानां क्रमशस्त्ववधारयेत् अङ्गुष्ठेन कनिष्टान्तं नमयित्वाङ्गुलित्रयं

aṣṭānāṃ pūrvavījānāṃ kramaśastvavadhārayet aṅguṣṭhena kaniṣṭāntaṃ namayitvāṅgulitrayaṃ

Of the eight preceding seed-syllables one should determine (the mudrās) in due order: with the thumb having bent down the three fingers as far as the little finger,

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AgP 26.5

ऊर्ध्वं कृत्वा सम्मुखञ्च वीजाय नवमाय वै वामहस्तमथोत्तानं कृत्वार्धं नामयेच्छनैः

ūrdhvaṃ kṛtvā sammukhañca vījāya navamāya vai vāmahastamathottānaṃ kṛtvārdhaṃ nāmayecchanaiḥ

and having made (them) upright and facing forward. For the ninth seed-syllable, turning the left hand palm-upward, one should slowly bend it halfway.

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AgP 26.6

:न् १ सर्वसिद्ध्यै इति ख, ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकद्वयपाठः २ वैराजं नागसंयुतमिति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाट्ःअः । यौ वीजं चाङ्गसंयुतमिति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ३ यः सव्येर्धे प्रकीर्तित इति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् ७० वराहस्य स्मृता मुद्रा अङ्गनाञ्च क्रमादिमाः एकैकां मोचयेद्बद्ध्वा वाममुष्टो तथागुलीं

:n 1 sarvasiddhyai iti kha, ṅa, cihnitapustakadvayapāṭhaḥ 2 vairājaṃ nāgasaṃyutamiti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭḥaḥ / yau vījaṃ cāṅgasaṃyutamiti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 3 yaḥ savyerdhe prakīrtita iti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 70 varāhasya smṛtā mudrā aṅganāñca kramādimāḥ ekaikāṃ mocayedbaddhvā vāmamuṣṭo tathāgulīṃ

[Apparatus: 1. Two manuscripts marked kha and ṅa read 'sarvasiddhyai'. 2. The manuscript marked kha reads 'vairājaṃ nāgasaṃyutam'; the manuscript marked ṅa reads 'yau vījaṃ cāṅgasaṃyutam'. 3. The manuscript marked kha reads 'yaḥ savyerdhe prakīrtitaḥ'. Page 70.] These are recorded as the mudrā of Varāha and, in order, those of the goddesses: having clenched the left fist, one should likewise release the fingers one by one.

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AgP 26.7

आकुञ्चयेत् पूर्वमुद्रां दक्षिणेप्येवमेव च ऊर्ध्वाङ्गुष्ठो वाममुष्ठिर्मुद्रासिद्धिस्ततो भवेत्

ākuñcayet pūrvamudrāṃ dakṣiṇepyevameva ca ūrdhvāṅguṣṭho vāmamuṣṭhirmudrāsiddhistato bhavet

One should contract the previous mudrā, and just so on the right side as well; the left fist with the thumb upright — from that the accomplishment of the mudrā comes about.

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