Agni Purana — Chapter 330
AgP 330.1
:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे छन्दःसारो नामोनत्रिंशदधिकत्रिशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {३३०} :श् अथ त्रिंशदधिकत्रिशततमो ऽध्यायः छन्दोजातिनिरूपणम् अग्निर् उवाच चतुःशतमुत्कृतिः स्यादुकृतेश् चतुरस्त्यजेत् अभिसंव्या प्रत्यकृतिस्तानि छन्दांशि वै पृथक्
:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe chandaḥsāro nāmonatriṃśadadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {330} :ś atha triṃśadadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ chandojātinirūpaṇam agnir uvāca catuḥśatamutkṛtiḥ syādukṛteś caturastyajet abhisaṃvyā pratyakṛtistāni chandāṃśi vai pṛthak
[colophon: thus in the Agni Mahāpurāṇa the three hundred twenty-ninth chapter, called 'The Essence of Metre'] [chapter 330] [heading: now the three hundred thirtieth chapter: the determination of the classes of metres] Agni said: Utkṛti would be of four hundred (syllables); from utkṛti one should drop four; abhisaṃvyā (and) pratyakṛti — these are metres, each separately.
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AgP 330.2
कृतिश्चातिघृतिवृत्तो(१) अत्यष्टिश्चाष्टिरित्यतः अतिशर्करी शक्करीति अतिजगती जगत्यपि
kṛtiścātighṛtivṛtto(1) atyaṣṭiścāṣṭirityataḥ atiśarkarī śakkarīti atijagatī jagatyapi
And kṛti, and the atidhṛti metre; then atyaṣṭi and aṣṭi; atiśarkarī and śarkarī; atijagatī and also jagatī.
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AgP 330.3
छन्दो ऽत्र लौकिकं स्याच्च आर्षमात्रैष्टुभात् स्मृतम् त्रिषुप्पङ्क्तिवृहती अनुष्टुवुष्णिगीरितम्
chando 'tra laukikaṃ syācca ārṣamātraiṣṭubhāt smṛtam triṣuppaṅktivṛhatī anuṣṭuvuṣṇigīritam
Here the metre would be the worldly (i.e. classical) kind; from the ārṣa (Vedic) it is remembered as beginning with triṣṭubh: triṣṭubh, paṅkti, bṛhatī, anuṣṭubh, uṣṇih are declared.
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AgP 330.4
गायत्री स्यात् सुप्रतिष्टा प्रतिष्ठा मध्यया सह अत्युक्तात्युक्त आदिश् च एकैकाक्षरवर्जितम्
gāyatrī syāt supratiṣṭā pratiṣṭhā madhyayā saha atyuktātyukta ādiś ca ekaikākṣaravarjitam
Then gāyatrī, supratiṣṭhā, pratiṣṭhā together with madhyā, and atyukta and ukta as the first — each lacking one syllable (from the next).
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AgP 330.5
चतुर्भागो भवेत् पादो गणच्छन्दः प्रदर्श्यते तावन्तः समुद्रा गणा ह्य् आदिमध्यान्तसर्वगाः
caturbhāgo bhavet pādo gaṇacchandaḥ pradarśyate tāvantaḥ samudrā gaṇā hy ādimadhyāntasarvagāḥ
A quarter part would be a foot; the gaṇa-metre is now set forth: the gaṇas are as many as the oceans (i.e. four), going at the beginning, middle, end, and everywhere.
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AgP 330.6
:न् १ कृतिश्चानिघृतिर्वृत्तीति ञ॥ , ट॥ च :प् १८८ चतुर्णः पञ्च च गणा आर्यालक्षनमुच्यते स्वरार्धञ्चार्यार्धं स्यादार्यायां विषमेन जः
:n 1 kṛtiścānighṛtirvṛttīti ña.. , ṭa.. ca :p 188 caturṇaḥ pañca ca gaṇā āryālakṣanamucyate svarārdhañcāryārdhaṃ syādāryāyāṃ viṣamena jaḥ
[note 1: 'kṛtiścānighṛtirvṛttīti' in mss. ña and ṭa] [page 188] Four (gaṇas) and five gaṇas — the definition of the āryā is stated: half a syllable (?) would be half of the āryā; in the āryā, in an odd (gaṇa) there is a ja-gaṇa.
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AgP 330.7
षष्ठो जो नलपूर्वा स्याद्द्वितीयादिपदं नले सप्तमे ऽन्ते प्रथमा च द्वितीये पञ्चमे नले
ṣaṣṭho jo nalapūrvā syāddvitīyādipadaṃ nale saptame 'nte prathamā ca dvitīye pañcame nale
The sixth is ja; it would be preceded by na or la; the word beginning with the second in the case of na or la; in the seventh, at the end, the first; and in the second and fifth when na or la.
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AgP 330.8
आर्धे पदं प्रथमादि षष्ठ एको लघुर्भवेत् त्रिषु गणेषु पादः स्यादार्या पञ्चार्धके स्मृता
ārdhe padaṃ prathamādi ṣaṣṭha eko laghurbhavet triṣu gaṇeṣu pādaḥ syādāryā pañcārdhake smṛtā
In the half, the word beginning with the first; the sixth would be a single light syllable; the foot would be in three gaṇas; the āryā is remembered as having five in the half.
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AgP 330.9
विपुलान्याथ चपला गुरुमध्यगतौ च जौ द्वितीयचतुर्थौ पूर्वे च चपला मुखपूर्विका
vipulānyātha capalā gurumadhyagatau ca jau dvitīyacaturthau pūrve ca capalā mukhapūrvikā
Others are vipulā; then the capalā: and the two ja-gaṇas placed with a heavy syllable in the middle, the second and fourth, and in the earlier (half) — the capalā is 'mukha-'-first (i.e. mukhacapalā).
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AgP 330.10
द्वितीये जघनपूर्वा चपलार्या प्रकीर्तिता उभयोर्महाचपला गीतवाद्यार्धतुल्यका
dvitīye jaghanapūrvā capalāryā prakīrtitā ubhayormahācapalā gītavādyārdhatulyakā
In the second (half) it is called the jaghana-first capalā āryā; when in both, the mahācapalā; it is equal to half of song and instrumental music.
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AgP 330.11
अन्त्येनार्धेनोपगीतिरुद्गीतिश्चोत्क्रमात् स्मृता अर्धे रक्षगणा आर्या गीटच्छन्दो ऽथ मात्रया
antyenārdhenopagītirudgītiścotkramāt smṛtā ardhe rakṣagaṇā āryā gīṭacchando 'tha mātrayā
With the last half it is upagīti, and udgīti is remembered in reverse order; when the gaṇas are guarded (rakṣa-) in the half it is āryā; then the gīti metre by syllabic measure.
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AgP 330.12
वैतालीयं द्विस्वरा स्यादयुष्पादे समे नलः वसवो ऽन्ते वनगाश् च गोपुच्छन्दशकं भवेत्
vaitālīyaṃ dvisvarā syādayuṣpāde same nalaḥ vasavo 'nte vanagāś ca gopucchandaśakaṃ bhavet
Vaitālīya would have two syllables (?); in the odd foot; in the even, na or la; eight at the end, and going to the forest (?) — it becomes the gopucchanda measure.
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AgP 330.13
भगणान्ता पाटलिका शेषे परे च पूर्ववत्(१) साकं षड्वा मिश्रायुक् प्राच्यवृत्तिः प्रदर्श्यते
bhagaṇāntā pāṭalikā śeṣe pare ca pūrvavat(1) sākaṃ ṣaḍvā miśrāyuk prācyavṛttiḥ pradarśyate
Pāṭalikā ends in a bha-gaṇa; in the remainder and in the following, as before; together, or six, joined with the mixed — the eastern usage is set forth.
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AgP 330.14
पञ्चमेन पूर्वसाकं तृतीयेन सहस्रयुक् उदीच्यवृत्तिर्वाच्यां स्याद् युगपच्च प्रवर्तकं
pañcamena pūrvasākaṃ tṛtīyena sahasrayuk udīcyavṛttirvācyāṃ syād yugapacca pravartakaṃ
With the fifth together with the preceding, with the third joined with a thousand (?) — it would be called the northern usage; and when simultaneous, the pravartaka.
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AgP 330.15
अयुक्चारुहासिनी स्याद्युगपच्चान्तिका भवेत् ॥१५
ayukcāruhāsinī syādyugapaccāntikā bhavet //15
When odd it would be cāruhāsinī; when simultaneous it becomes āntikā. (15)
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AgP 330.16
सप्तार्चिर्वसवश् चैव मात्रासमकमीरितम् भवेन्नलवमौ लश् च द्वादशो वा नवासिका
saptārcirvasavaś caiva mātrāsamakamīritam bhavennalavamau laś ca dvādaśo vā navāsikā
Seven flames (?) and eight — the mātrāsamaka is declared; there would be na, la, va, ma, and la, or a twelfth — the navāsikā.
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AgP 330.17
विश्वोकः पञ्चमाष्टौ मो चित्रा लवमकश् चलः :न् १ पुच्छलमिति ख॥ :प् १८९ परयुक्तेनोपचित्रा पादाकुलकमित्यतः
viśvokaḥ pañcamāṣṭau mo citrā lavamakaś calaḥ :n 1 pucchalamiti kha.. :p 189 parayuktenopacitrā pādākulakamityataḥ
Viśvoka: the fifth and the eight (?) are ma; citrā has la, va, ma, ka, and a moving (light) syllable; [note 1: 'pucchalam' in ms. kha] [page 189] joined with the following it is upacitrā; hence the pādākulaka.
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AgP 330.18
गीतार्या लोपश्चेत् सौम्या लः पूर्वः(१) ज्योतिरीरिता स्याच्छिखा विपर्यास्तार्धा तूलिका समुदाहृता
gītāryā lopaścet saumyā laḥ pūrvaḥ(1) jyotirīritā syācchikhā viparyāstārdhā tūlikā samudāhṛtā
In the gītī-āryā, if there is elision, (the metre is) saumyā; when la comes first, it is called jyotis; the śikhā is (that) whose halves are reversed — (such) is declared to be the tūlikā.
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AgP 330.19
एकोनत्रिंशदन्ते गः स्याज्ज्ञेजनसमावला गु इत्य् एकगुरुं(२) संख्यावर्णाद्दशविपर्ययात्
ekonatriṃśadante gaḥ syājjñejanasamāvalā gu ity ekaguruṃ(2) saṃkhyāvarṇāddaśaviparyayāt
At the end of the twenty-ninth (syllable) there should be a guru; (the names) jñeja, jana, samā, valā (are given); 'gu' means a single guru, from the numeral-letter by reversal of the ten.
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