Agni Purana — Chapter 342
AgP 342.1
:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे अलङ्कारे अभिनयादिनिरूपणं नामैकचत्वारिंशदधिकत्रिशततमो ऽध्यायः :प् २१७ छप्तेर् {३४२} :श् अथ द्विचत्वारिंशदधिकत्रिशततमो ऽध्यायः शब्दालङ्काराः अग्निरुचाच स्यादावृत्तिरनुप्रासो वर्णानां पदवाक्ययोः एकवर्णानेकवर्णावृत्तेर्वर्णगुणो द्विधा
:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe alaṅkāre abhinayādinirūpaṇaṃ nāmaikacatvāriṃśadadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ :p 217 chapter {342} :ś atha dvicatvāriṃśadadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ śabdālaṅkārāḥ agnirucāca syādāvṛttiranuprāso varṇānāṃ padavākyayoḥ ekavarṇānekavarṇāvṛttervarṇaguṇo dvidhā
Thus in the Agni Mahāpurāṇa, in (the section on) ornament, the three hundred forty-first chapter, called the exposition of acting and the rest. Now the three hundred forty-second chapter: the ornaments of sound. Agni said: anuprāsa is the repetition of letters within a word and within a sentence; as a quality of letters it is twofold, according to the repetition of a single letter or of several letters.
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AgP 342.2
एकवर्णगतावृत्तेर्जायन्ते पञ्च वृत्तयः मधुरा ललिता प्रौटा भद्रा परुषया सह
ekavarṇagatāvṛtterjāyante pañca vṛttayaḥ madhurā lalitā prauṭā bhadrā paruṣayā saha
From repetition involving a single letter five modes (vṛtti) arise: madhurā (sweet), lalitā (graceful), prauḍhā (bold), bhadrā (auspicious), together with paruṣā (harsh).
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AgP 342.3
मधुरायाश् च वर्गन्तादधो वर्ग्या रणौ स्वनौ(१) ह्रस्वस्वरेणान्तरितौ संयुक्तत्वं नकारयोः
madhurāyāś ca vargantādadho vargyā raṇau svanau(1) hrasvasvareṇāntaritau saṃyuktatvaṃ nakārayoḥ
And in the madhurā: below a class-final (nasal) the letters of that class; the sounds ra and ṇa separated by a short vowel; and the conjunction of two n's.
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AgP 342.4
न कार्या वर्ग्यवर्णानामावृत्तिः पञ्चमाधिका महाप्राणोष्मसंयोगप्रविमुक्तलघूत्तरौ(२)
na kāryā vargyavarṇānāmāvṛttiḥ pañcamādhikā mahāprāṇoṣmasaṃyogapravimuktalaghūttarau(2)
Repetition of class-letters exceeding five should not be made; (letters) free from conjunction with aspirates and sibilants and followed by a light (syllable).
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AgP 342.5
ललिता बलभूयिष्ठा(३) प्रौटा या पणवर्गजा ऊर्ध्वं रेफेण युज्यन्ते नटवर्गोनपञ्चमाः
lalitā balabhūyiṣṭhā(3) prauṭā yā paṇavargajā ūrdhvaṃ repheṇa yujyante naṭavargonapañcamāḥ
The lalitā abounds in la; the prauḍhā is that produced from the pa and ṇa classes; and above, the non-fifth letters of the ṭa and ta classes are joined with ra.
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AgP 342.6
भद्रायां परिशिष्टाः स्युः परुषा साभिधीयते भवन्ति यस्यामूष्माणः संयुक्तास्तत्तदक्षरैः
bhadrāyāṃ pariśiṣṭāḥ syuḥ paruṣā sābhidhīyate bhavanti yasyāmūṣmāṇaḥ saṃyuktāstattadakṣaraiḥ
In the bhadrā (style) the remaining (letters) occur; and she is called paruṣā (harsh) in whom the sibilants occur conjoined with the several (other) letters.
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AgP 342.7
अकारवर्जमावृत्तिः स्वराणामतिभूयसी अनुस्वारविसर्गौ च पारुष्याय निरन्तरौ
akāravarjamāvṛttiḥ svarāṇāmatibhūyasī anusvāravisargau ca pāruṣyāya nirantarau
A very frequent recurrence of vowels other than 'a', and anusvāra and visarga without interval — (these tend) toward harshness.
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AgP 342.8
शषसा रेफसंयुक्ताश्चाकारश्चापि भूयसा :न् १ रशौ घनाविति ञ॥ २ महाप्राणोष्मसंयोगादवियुक्तलघूत्तराविति ट॥ ३ ललिता वनभूयिष्ठेति ख॥ । ललिता वत्सभूयिष्ठेति ट॥ :प् २१८ अन्तस्थाभिन्नमाभ्याञ्च हः पारुष्याय संयुतः
śaṣasā rephasaṃyuktāścākāraścāpi bhūyasā :n 1 raśau ghanāviti ña.. 2 mahāprāṇoṣmasaṃyogādaviyuktalaghūttarāviti ṭa.. 3 lalitā vanabhūyiṣṭheti kha.. / lalitā vatsabhūyiṣṭheti ṭa.. :p 218 antasthābhinnamābhyāñca haḥ pāruṣyāya saṃyutaḥ
(Likewise) ś, ṣ and s conjoined with r, and also 'a' in abundance; and h conjoined with a semivowel and with these two (tends) toward harshness.
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AgP 342.9
अन्यथापि गुरुर्वर्णः संयुक्तेपरिपन्थिनि पारुष्यायादिमांस्तत्र पूजिता न तु पञ्चमो
anyathāpi gururvarṇaḥ saṃyukteparipanthini pāruṣyāyādimāṃstatra pūjitā na tu pañcamo
Otherwise too a syllable is heavy when a conjunct stands in the way (i.e. follows); there the one having (such a conjunct) at the beginning is approved as making for harshness, but not the fifth (nasal).
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AgP 342.10
क्षेपे शब्दानुकारे च परुषापि प्रयुज्यते कर्णाटी कौन्तली कौन्ती कौङ्कणी वामनासिका(१)
kṣepe śabdānukāre ca paruṣāpi prayujyate karṇāṭī kauntalī kauntī kauṅkaṇī vāmanāsikā(1)
In reviling and in the imitation of sounds the harsh (diction) too is employed. Karṇāṭī, Kauntalī, Kauntī, Kauṅkaṇī, Vāmanāsikā,
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AgP 342.11
द्रावणी माधवी पञ्चवर्णान्तस्थोष्मभिः क्रमात् अनेकवर्णावृत्तिर्या भिन्नार्थप्रतिपादिका
drāvaṇī mādhavī pañcavarṇāntasthoṣmabhiḥ kramāt anekavarṇāvṛttiryā bhinnārthapratipādikā
Drāvaṇī, Mādhavī — (these are named) after the five classes of consonants, the semivowels and the sibilants respectively. That recurrence of several letters which conveys a different sense,
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AgP 342.12
यमकं साव्यपेतञ्च व्यपेतञ्चेति तद्द्विधा आनन्तर्यादव्यपेतं व्यपेतं व्यवधानतः
yamakaṃ sāvyapetañca vyapetañceti taddvidhā ānantaryādavyapetaṃ vyapetaṃ vyavadhānataḥ
(is) yamaka; and it is of two kinds, namely non-separated and separated: non-separated from (the letters') immediate succession, separated by reason of an intervening element.
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AgP 342.13
द्वैविध्येनानयोः स्थानपादभेदाच्चतुर्विधम् आदिपादादिमध्यान्तेष्वेकद्वित्रिनियोगतः
dvaividhyenānayoḥ sthānapādabhedāccaturvidham ādipādādimadhyānteṣvekadvitriniyogataḥ
By the twofoldness of these two, and by difference of position and of pāda, it is fourfold; by the employment of one, two or three (words) at the beginning of a pāda, at the beginning, middle and end,
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AgP 342.14
सप्तधा सप्तपूर्वेण(२) चेत् पादेनोत्तरोत्तरः एकद्वित्रिपदारम्भस्तुल्यः षोढा तदापरं
saptadhā saptapūrveṇa(2) cet pādenottarottaraḥ ekadvitripadārambhastulyaḥ ṣoḍhā tadāparaṃ
it is sevenfold; if each succeeding (pāda agrees) with the preceding pāda, and the opening of one, two or three words is alike, then the other (kind) is sixfold.
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AgP 342.15
तृतीयं त्रिविधं पादस्यादिमध्यान्तगोचरम् पादान्तयमकञ्चैव काञ्चीयमकमेव च
tṛtīyaṃ trividhaṃ pādasyādimadhyāntagocaram pādāntayamakañcaiva kāñcīyamakameva ca
The third is of three kinds, having as its sphere the beginning, middle and end of the pāda; and (there is) the pāda-end yamaka, and the kāñcī yamaka,
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AgP 342.16
संसर्गयमकञ्चैव(३) विक्रान्तयमकन्तथा पादादियमकञ्चैव तथाम्रेडितमेव च
saṃsargayamakañcaiva(3) vikrāntayamakantathā pādādiyamakañcaiva tathāmreḍitameva ca
and the saṃsarga yamaka, and likewise the vikrānta yamaka, and the pāda-beginning yamaka, and likewise the āmreḍita (reiterated) one,
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AgP 342.17
चतुर्व्यवसितञ्चैव मालायमकमेव च दशधा यमकं श्रेष्ठं तद्भेदा बहवो ऽपरे
caturvyavasitañcaiva mālāyamakameva ca daśadhā yamakaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ tadbhedā bahavo 'pare
and the caturvyavasita, and the garland (mālā) yamaka: tenfold is the best yamaka; its further varieties are many.
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AgP 342.18
स्वतन्त्रस्यान्यतन्त्रस्य पदस्यावर्तना द्विधा :न् १ बालवासिकेति ख॥ , ट॥ च । वनवासिकेति ञ॥ २ पूर्वपूर्वेणेति ज॥ , ञ॥ , ट॥ च ३ सम्बन्धयमकश् चैवेति ख॥ :प् २१९ भिन्नप्रयोजनपदस्यावृत्तिं मनुजा विदुः
svatantrasyānyatantrasya padasyāvartanā dvidhā :n 1 bālavāsiketi kha.. , ṭa.. ca / vanavāsiketi ña.. 2 pūrvapūrveṇeti ja.. , ña.. , ṭa.. ca 3 sambandhayamakaś caiveti kha.. :p 219 bhinnaprayojanapadasyāvṛttiṃ manujā viduḥ
The repetition of a word that is independent or that depends on something else is of two kinds; men know (it as) the repetition of a word with a different function.
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AgP 342.19
द्वयोरावृत्तपदयोः समस्ता स्यात्समासतः असमासात्तयोर्व्यस्ता पादे त्वेकत्र विग्रहात्
dvayorāvṛttapadayoḥ samastā syātsamāsataḥ asamāsāttayorvyastā pāde tvekatra vigrahāt
Of the two repeated words it is 'compounded' when there is a compound; when there is no compound it is 'separated'; but in a single pāda (it is so) by analysis (of the compound).
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AgP 342.20
वाक्यस्यावृत्तिरप्येवं यथासम्भवमिष्यते अलङ्काराद्यनुप्रासो लघुमध्येवमर्हणात्(१) *
vākyasyāvṛttirapyevaṃ yathāsambhavamiṣyate alaṅkārādyanuprāso laghumadhyevamarhaṇāt(1) *
The repetition of a whole sentence too is thus admitted, as may be possible; alliteration (arises) from ornament and the rest ... light and middle ... on account of fitness.
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AgP 342.21
यया कयाचिद्वृत्या यत् समानमनुभूयते तद्रूपादिपदासत्तिः सानुप्रसा रसावहा
yayā kayācidvṛtyā yat samānamanubhūyate tadrūpādipadāsattiḥ sānuprasā rasāvahā
By whatever mode that which is similar is experienced, the placing near of words having that form and the like is alliteration, which brings rasa.
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AgP 342.22
गोष्ठ्यां कुतूहलाध्यायी वाग्बन्धश्चित्रमुच्यते प्रश्नः प्रहेलिका गुप्तं च्युतदत्ते तथोभयम्
goṣṭhyāṃ kutūhalādhyāyī vāgbandhaścitramucyate praśnaḥ prahelikā guptaṃ cyutadatte tathobhayam
A verbal composition that fosters curiosity in a gathering is called citra: question, riddle, the concealed, the (letter-)dropped and the (letter-)added, and likewise both together,
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AgP 342.23
समस्या सप्त तद्भेदा नानार्थस्यानुयोगतः यत्र प्रदीयते तुल्यवर्णविन्यासमुत्तरं
samasyā sapta tadbhedā nānārthasyānuyogataḥ yatra pradīyate tulyavarṇavinyāsamuttaraṃ
and samasyā: these are its seven varieties. Where, upon a query about various meanings, an answer is given with the same arrangement of letters,
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AgP 342.24
स प्रश्नः स्यादेकपृष्टद्विपृष्टोत्तरभेदतः द्विधैकपृष्टो द्विविधः समस्तो व्यस्त एव च
sa praśnaḥ syādekapṛṣṭadvipṛṣṭottarabhedataḥ dvidhaikapṛṣṭo dvividhaḥ samasto vyasta eva ca
that is the 'question' (praśna), with the division into answers to a single query and to a double query; the single-query kind is twofold, (namely) compounded and separated.
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AgP 342.25
द्वयोरप्यर्थयोर्गुह्यमानशब्दा प्रहेलिका सा द्विधार्थो च शाब्दी च तत्रार्थी चार्थबोधतः
dvayorapyarthayorguhyamānaśabdā prahelikā sā dvidhārtho ca śābdī ca tatrārthī cārthabodhataḥ
The riddle (prahelikā) has words that conceal both meanings; it is twofold, based on meaning and based on word — there the meaning-based one from the understanding of the sense,
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AgP 342.26
शब्दावबोधतः शाब्दी प्राहुः षोढा प्रहेलिकां यस्मिन् गुप्ते ऽपि वाक्याङ्गे भाव्यर्थो ऽपारमार्थिकः
śabdāvabodhataḥ śābdī prāhuḥ ṣoḍhā prahelikāṃ yasmin gupte 'pi vākyāṅge bhāvyartho 'pāramārthikaḥ
The verbal (riddle) they call (so) from the understanding of the word; they declare the riddle to be of six kinds. (That is one) in which, although a sentence-member is concealed, the sense to be arrived at is not the real one.
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AgP 342.27
तदङ्गविहिताकाङ्क्षस्तद्गुप्तं गूढमप्यदः यत्रार्थान्तरनिर्भासो वाक्याङ्गच्यवनादिभिः
tadaṅgavihitākāṅkṣastadguptaṃ gūḍhamapyadaḥ yatrārthāntaranirbhāso vākyāṅgacyavanādibhiḥ
(That kind) whose expectancy is produced by that member is (called) 'concealed' (gupta), and this same is (also called) 'hidden' (gūḍha). (That kind) in which a different sense appears through the dropping of a sentence-member and the like —
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AgP 342.28
तदङ्गविहिताकाङ्क्षस्तच्चुतं स्याच्चतुर्विधम् :न् १ लघुमप्येवमर्हणादिति ट॥ । लघुमध्येव वर्हणादिति ज॥ लघुमध्येवमर्हणात्, लघुमप्येवमर्हणात्, लघुमध्येव वर्हणात् एतत् पाठत्रयं न सम्यक् प्रतिभाति :प् २२० स्वरव्यञ्जनविन्दूनां विसर्गस्य च विच्युतेः
tadaṅgavihitākāṅkṣastaccutaṃ syāccaturvidham :n 1 laghumapyevamarhaṇāditi ṭa.. / laghumadhyeva varhaṇāditi ja.. laghumadhyevamarhaṇāt, laghumapyevamarhaṇāt, laghumadhyeva varhaṇāt etat pāṭhatrayaṃ na samyak pratibhāti :p 220 svaravyañjanavindūnāṃ visargasya ca vicyuteḥ
— (that too) having its expectancy produced by that member, is 'dropped' (cyuta), and it is of four kinds [editorial note on variant readings of the line 'laghumadhyevamarhaṇāt' etc. in mss. ṭa, ja; none of the three readings seems correct], namely from the dropping away of a vowel, a consonant, an anusvāra, or a visarga.
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AgP 342.29
दत्तेपि यत्र वाक्याङ्गे द्वितीयोर्थः प्रतीयते दत्तन्तदाहुस्तद्भेदाः स्वराद्यैः पूर्ववन्मताः
dattepi yatra vākyāṅge dvitīyorthaḥ pratīyate dattantadāhustadbhedāḥ svarādyaiḥ pūrvavanmatāḥ
Where, even when a sentence-member has been supplied, a second meaning is understood, that they call 'given' (datta); its subdivisions by vowel and the rest are held to be as before.
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AgP 342.30
अपनीताक्षरस्थाने न्यस्ते वर्णान्तरे ऽपि च भासते ऽर्थान्तरं यत्र च्युतदत्तं तदुच्यते
apanītākṣarasthāne nyaste varṇāntare 'pi ca bhāsate 'rthāntaraṃ yatra cyutadattaṃ taducyate
And where, when another letter is set in the place of the syllable removed, a different meaning shines forth — that is called 'dropped-and-given' (cyutadatta).
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AgP 342.31
सुश्लिष्टपद्यमेकं यन्नानाश्लोकांशनिर्मितम् सा ममस्या परस्यात्मपरयोः कृतिसङ्करात्
suśliṣṭapadyamekaṃ yannānāślokāṃśanirmitam sā mamasyā parasyātmaparayoḥ kṛtisaṅkarāt
A single well-knit verse that is put together out of portions of various ślokas — that is the 'completion' (samasyā), of one's own and of another's, through the mixing of the compositions of oneself and another.
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AgP 342.32
दुःखेन कृतमत्यर्थं कविसामर्थ्यसूचकम् दुष्करं नीरसत्वेपि विदग्धानां महोत्सवः
duḥkhena kṛtamatyarthaṃ kavisāmarthyasūcakam duṣkaraṃ nīrasatvepi vidagdhānāṃ mahotsavaḥ
What is made with great labour, indicating the poet's power, is the 'difficult' (duṣkara); even though it lacks flavour, it is a great festival for the sophisticated.
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AgP 342.33
नियमाच्च विदर्भाच बन्धाच्च भवति त्रिधा कवेः प्रतिज्ञा निर्माणरम्यस्य नियमः स्मृतः
niyamācca vidarbhāca bandhācca bhavati tridhā kaveḥ pratijñā nirmāṇaramyasya niyamaḥ smṛtaḥ
And it is of three kinds: by restriction (niyama), by 'vidarbha', and by figure-binding (bandha). The poet's undertaking to make (a verse) delightful in its construction is called 'restriction'.
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AgP 342.34
स्थानेनापि स्वरेणापि व्यञ्जनेनापि स त्रिधा विकल्पः प्रातिलोम्यानुलोम्यादेवाभिधीयते
sthānenāpi svareṇāpi vyañjanenāpi sa tridhā vikalpaḥ prātilomyānulomyādevābhidhīyate
That is of three kinds: by place (of articulation), by vowel, and by consonant. The variation is spoken of precisely as arising from reverse and forward order.
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AgP 342.35
प्रतिलोम्यानुलोम्यञ्च शब्देनार्थेन जायते अनेकधावृत्तवर्णविन्यासैः शिल्पकल्पना
pratilomyānulomyañca śabdenārthena jāyate anekadhāvṛttavarṇavinyāsaiḥ śilpakalpanā
Reverse and forward reading arises through the word and through the sense; through arrangements of letters turned about in many ways there is the fashioning of designs.
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AgP 342.36
तत्तत्प्रसिद्धवस्तूनां बन्ध इत्य् अभिधीयते गोमूत्रिकार्धभ्रमणे सर्वतोभद्रमम्बुजम्
tattatprasiddhavastūnāṃ bandha ity abhidhīyate gomūtrikārdhabhramaṇe sarvatobhadramambujam
(The arrangement) in the shape of these various well-known objects is called 'binding' (bandha): the cow's-urine (zigzag), the half-turn, the all-round-auspicious, the lotus,
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AgP 342.37
चक्रञ्चक्राब्जकं दण्डो मुरजाश्चेति चाष्टधा प्रत्यर्धं प्रतिपादं स्यादेकान्तरसमाक्षरा
cakrañcakrābjakaṃ daṇḍo murajāśceti cāṣṭadhā pratyardhaṃ pratipādaṃ syādekāntarasamākṣarā
the wheel, the wheel-lotus, the staff, and the drums — thus eightfold. Per half-verse or per quarter-verse there should be identical syllables at every other place.
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AgP 342.38
द्विधा गोमूत्रिकां पूर्वामाहुरश्वपदां परे अन्त्याङ्गोमूत्रिकां धेनुं जालबन्धं(१) वदन्ति हि
dvidhā gomūtrikāṃ pūrvāmāhuraśvapadāṃ pare antyāṅgomūtrikāṃ dhenuṃ jālabandhaṃ(1) vadanti hi
The cow's-urine (figure) is twofold; the first of them some call the horse-step; the last cow's-urine (figure) they call the cow, (or) the net-binding.
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AgP 342.39
अर्धाभ्यामर्धपादैश् च कुर्याद्विन्यासमेतयोः :न् १ जानुबन्धमिति क॥ , ख॥ च :प् २२१ न्यस्तानामिह वर्णानामधोधः क्रमभागिनां
ardhābhyāmardhapādaiś ca kuryādvinyāsametayoḥ :n 1 jānubandhamiti ka.. , kha.. ca :p 221 nyastānāmiha varṇānāmadhodhaḥ kramabhāgināṃ
One should make the arrangement of these two by half-verses and by half-quarters. [note: mss. ka and kha read jānubandha] Of the letters here placed one below another, sharing the sequence,
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AgP 342.40
अधोधःस्थितवर्णानां यावत्तूर्यपदन्नयेत् तुर्यपादान्नयेदूर्ध पादार्धं प्रातिलोम्यतः
adhodhaḥsthitavarṇānāṃ yāvattūryapadannayet turyapādānnayedūrdha pādārdhaṃ prātilomyataḥ
— of the letters standing one below another — one should carry (them) as far as the fourth quarter; from the fourth quarter one should carry half a quarter upward, in reverse order.
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AgP 342.41
तदेव सर्वतोभद्रं त्रिविधं सरसीरुहं चतुष्पत्रं ततो विघ्नं चतुष्पत्रे उभे अपि
tadeva sarvatobhadraṃ trividhaṃ sarasīruhaṃ catuṣpatraṃ tato vighnaṃ catuṣpatre ubhe api
That very (figure) is the all-round-auspicious. The lotus is of three kinds: four-petalled, then ... , both being four-petalled.
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AgP 342.42
अथ प्रथमपादस्य मूर्धन्यस्त्रिपदाक्षरं सर्वेषामेव पादानामन्ते तदुपजायते
atha prathamapādasya mūrdhanyastripadākṣaraṃ sarveṣāmeva pādānāmante tadupajāyate
Now the syllable of three quarters (placed) at the head of the first quarter comes to be at the end of all the quarters.
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AgP 342.43
प्राक्पदस्यान्तिमं प्रत्यक् पादादौ प्रातिलोम्यतः अन्त्यपादान्तिमञ्चाद्यपादादावक्षरद्वयं
prākpadasyāntimaṃ pratyak pādādau prātilomyataḥ antyapādāntimañcādyapādādāvakṣaradvayaṃ
The last (syllable) of the preceding quarter (comes) at the beginning of the following quarter in reverse order; and the last (syllable) of the final quarter, and two syllables at the beginning of the first quarter,
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AgP 342.44
चतुश्छदे भवेदष्टच्छदे वर्णत्रयं पुनः स्यात् षोडशच्छदे त्वेकान्तरञ्चेदेकमक्षरं
catuśchade bhavedaṣṭacchade varṇatrayaṃ punaḥ syāt ṣoḍaśacchade tvekāntarañcedekamakṣaraṃ
— (so) it should be in the four-petalled; but in the eight-petalled, three letters; and in the sixteen-petalled, if alternating, one syllable.
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AgP 342.45
कर्णिकां तोलयेदूर्ध्वं पत्राकाराक्षरावलिं प्रवेशयेत् कर्णिकायाञ्चतुष्पत्रसरोरुहे
karṇikāṃ tolayedūrdhvaṃ patrākārākṣarāvaliṃ praveśayet karṇikāyāñcatuṣpatrasaroruhe
One should raise the pericarp upward and insert the row of syllables in the shape of petals into the pericarp, in the four-petalled lotus.
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AgP 342.46
कर्णिकायां लिखेदेकं द्वे द्वे दिक्षु विदिक्षु च प्रवेशनिर्गमौ दिक्षु कुर्यादष्टच्छदे ऽम्बुजे
karṇikāyāṃ likhedekaṃ dve dve dikṣu vidikṣu ca praveśanirgamau dikṣu kuryādaṣṭacchade 'mbuje
In the pericarp one should write one (syllable), and two each in the (cardinal) directions and in the intermediate directions; in an eight-petalled lotus one should make the entry and exit in the (cardinal) directions.
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AgP 342.47
विश्वग्विषमवर्णानां तावत् पत्राबलीजुषां मध्ये समाक्षरन्यासःसरोजे षोडशच्छदे
viśvagviṣamavarṇānāṃ tāvat patrābalījuṣāṃ madhye samākṣaranyāsaḥsaroje ṣoḍaśacchade
Of the syllables that are uneven throughout, so many as attach to the row of petals — the placing of the like syllables is in the middle, in a sixteen-petalled lotus.
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AgP 342.48
द्विधा चक्रं चतुररं षडरन्तत्र चादिमं पूर्वार्धे सदृशा वर्णाः पादप्रथमपञ्चमाः
dvidhā cakraṃ caturaraṃ ṣaḍarantatra cādimaṃ pūrvārdhe sadṛśā varṇāḥ pādaprathamapañcamāḥ
The wheel is twofold, four-spoked and six-spoked; there the first (is placed). In the first half the syllables are alike: the first and fifth of the (metrical) quarters.
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AgP 342.49
अयुजो ऽश्वयुजश् चैव तुर्यावप्यष्टमावपि तस्योपपादप्राक्प्रत्यगरेषु च यथाक्रमं
ayujo 'śvayujaś caiva turyāvapyaṣṭamāvapi tasyopapādaprākpratyagareṣu ca yathākramaṃ
The odd ones and those joined to the odd, and also the fourth ones and the eighth ones — (these go) on its lower quarter and on the eastern and western spokes, in due order.
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AgP 342.50
स्यात्पादार्धचतुष्कन्तु नाभौ तस्याद्यमक्षरं पश्चिमारावधि नयेन्नेमौ शेषे पदद्वयी
syātpādārdhacatuṣkantu nābhau tasyādyamakṣaraṃ paścimārāvadhi nayennemau śeṣe padadvayī
There would be a set of four half-quarters; its first syllable is at the hub; one should carry (it) as far as the western spoke; on the rim (of the wheel) the remaining two quarters (are placed).
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AgP 342.51
:प् २२२ तृतीयं तुर्यपादान्ते प्रथमौ सदृशावुभौ वर्णौ पादत्रयस्यापि दशमः सदृशो यदि
:p 222 tṛtīyaṃ turyapādānte prathamau sadṛśāvubhau varṇau pādatrayasyāpi daśamaḥ sadṛśo yadi
The third at the end of the fourth quarter — both first syllables are alike; and if the tenth of the three quarters is likewise alike,
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AgP 342.52
प्रथमे चरमे तस्य षड्तर्णाः पथिमे यदि भवन्ति द्व्यन्तरं तर्हि वृहच्च क्रमुदाहृतं
prathame carame tasya ṣaḍtarṇāḥ pathime yadi bhavanti dvyantaraṃ tarhi vṛhacca kramudāhṛtaṃ
if in the first and in the last its six syllables occur in the last (position) with an interval of two, then it is called the 'great' arrangement.
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AgP 342.53
सम्मुखारद्वये पादमेकैकं क्रमशो लिखेत् नाभौ तु वर्णं दशमं नेमौ तूर्यपदन्नयेत्
sammukhāradvaye pādamekaikaṃ kramaśo likhet nābhau tu varṇaṃ daśamaṃ nemau tūryapadannayet
On the pair of facing spokes one should write one quarter each in order; at the hub, however, (one should write) the tenth syllable, and on the rim one should carry the fourth quarter.
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AgP 342.54
श्लोकस्याद्यन्तदशमाः समा आद्यन्तिमौ युजोः आदौ वर्णः समौ तुर्यपञ्चमावाद्यतर्ययोः
ślokasyādyantadaśamāḥ samā ādyantimau yujoḥ ādau varṇaḥ samau turyapañcamāvādyataryayoḥ
The first, last and tenth (syllables) of the verse are the same; the first and last of the even (quarters) are the same at the beginning; the fourth and fifth of the first and third (quarters) are the same.
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AgP 342.55
द्वितीयप्रातिलोम्येन तृतीयं जायते यदि पदं विदध्यात् पत्रस्य दण्डश् चक्राब्जकं कृतेः
dvitīyaprātilomyena tṛtīyaṃ jāyate yadi padaṃ vidadhyāt patrasya daṇḍaś cakrābjakaṃ kṛteḥ
If the third quarter arises by reversing the second, one should make the stalk of the petal — the wheel-lotus figure of the composition.
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AgP 342.56
द्वितीयौ प्राग्दले तुल्यौ सप्तमौ च तथापरौ सदृशावुत्तरदलौ द्वितीयाभ्यामथार्धयोः
dvitīyau prāgdale tulyau saptamau ca tathāparau sadṛśāvuttaradalau dvitīyābhyāmathārdhayoḥ
The two second (syllables) are equal in the eastern petal, and so too the two seventh ones; the two in the northern petal are alike with the two second ones of the two halves.
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AgP 342.57
द्वितीयषष्ठाः सदृशाश् चतुर्थपञ्चमावपि आद्यन्तपादयोस्तुल्यौ परार्धसप्तमावपि
dvitīyaṣaṣṭhāḥ sadṛśāś caturthapañcamāvapi ādyantapādayostulyau parārdhasaptamāvapi
The second and sixth are alike, and so also the fourth and fifth; in the first and last quarters the seventh ones of the latter half are also equal.
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AgP 342.58
समौ तुर्यं पञ्चमन्तु क्रमेण विनियोजयेत् तुर्यौ योज्यौ तु तद्वच्च दलान्ताः क्रमपादयोः
samau turyaṃ pañcamantu krameṇa viniyojayet turyau yojyau tu tadvacca dalāntāḥ kramapādayoḥ
One should apply the fourth and the fifth as equal, in order; and the fourth ones are to be joined likewise, and the petal-ends (belong) to the quarters in sequence.
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AgP 342.59
अर्धयोरन्तिमाद्यौ तु मुरजे सदृशावभौ पादार्धपतितो वर्णः प्रातिलोम्यानुलोमतः
ardhayorantimādyau tu muraje sadṛśāvabhau pādārdhapatito varṇaḥ prātilomyānulomataḥ
But in the drum (figure) the last and the first of the two halves are both alike; the syllable falling in a half-quarter (is read) backwards and forwards.
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AgP 342.60
अन्तिमं परिबध्नीयाद्यावत्तुर्यमिहादिमत् पादात्तुर्याद्यदेवाद्यं नवमात् षोडशादपि
antimaṃ paribadhnīyādyāvatturyamihādimat pādātturyādyadevādyaṃ navamāt ṣoḍaśādapi
One should bind the last (syllable) up to the fourth here, beginning from the beginning; from the quarter, from the fourth, whichever is first, and from the ninth and from the sixteenth
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AgP 342.61
अक्षरात् पुटके मध्ये मध्ये ऽक्षरचतुष्टयम् कृत्वा कुर्याद्यथैतस्य मुरजाकारता भवेत्
akṣarāt puṭake madhye madhye 'kṣaracatuṣṭayam kṛtvā kuryādyathaitasya murajākāratā bhavet
syllable — having made a set of four syllables in the middle, in the middle of the cavity, one should so arrange it that its drum shape comes about.
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AgP 342.62
द्वितीयं चक्रशार्दूलविक्रीडितकसम्पदम् :प् २२३ गोमूत्रिका सर्ववृत्तैर् अन्ये बन्धास्त्वनुष्टुभा
dvitīyaṃ cakraśārdūlavikrīḍitakasampadam :p 223 gomūtrikā sarvavṛttair anye bandhāstvanuṣṭubhā
The second (figure) has the wealth of the wheel and of the śārdūlavikrīḍita metre; the gomūtrikā is (made) with all metres, but the other bindings are in anuṣṭubh.
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AgP 342.63
नामधेयं यदि न चेदमीषु कविकाव्ययोः मित्रधेयाभितुष्यन्ति नामित्रः खिद्यते तथा
nāmadheyaṃ yadi na cedamīṣu kavikāvyayoḥ mitradheyābhituṣyanti nāmitraḥ khidyate tathā
If there is no name in these (figures), then, as regards the poet and the poem: those bearing a friend's name are pleased, and thus no enemy is vexed.
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AgP 342.64
वाणवाणासनव्योमखड्गमुद्गरशक्तयः द्विचतुर्थत्रिशृङ्गाटा दम्भोलिमुषलाङ्कुशाः
vāṇavāṇāsanavyomakhaḍgamudgaraśaktayaḥ dvicaturthatriśṛṅgāṭā dambholimuṣalāṅkuśāḥ
The arrow, the bow, the sky, the sword, the mallet, the spear, the two-, four- and three-pointed caltrops, the thunderbolt, the pestle, the goad,
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AgP 342.65
पदं रथस्य नागस्य पुष्करिण्यसिपुत्रिका एते बन्धास् तथा चान्ये एवं ज्ञेयाः स्वयं बुधैः
padaṃ rathasya nāgasya puṣkariṇyasiputrikā ete bandhās tathā cānye evaṃ jñeyāḥ svayaṃ budhaiḥ
the footprint of a chariot, of an elephant, the lotus-pond, the sword-blade — these are the bindings, and others too are thus to be known by the wise for themselves.
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