Agni Purana — Chapter 348

AgP 348.1

:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे एकाक्षराभिधानं नाम सप्तचत्वारिंशदधिकत्रिशततमो ऽध्यायः :न् समे देशे ऽथेति ज॥ २ द्वे द्वे रेखाथ दक्षिणा इति ज॥ द्विरेफद्विर्मूखाक्षिण इत्य् अयं पाथ आदर्शदोषेण समीचीनो भवितुं नार्हति :प् २३८ छप्तेर् {३४८} :श् अथाष्टचत्वारिंशदधिकत्रिशततमो ऽध्यायः व्याकरणं स्कन्द+उवाच वक्ष्ये व्याकरणं सारं सिद्धशब्दस्वरूपकम् कात्यायनविबोधाय बालानां बोधनाय च

:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe ekākṣarābhidhānaṃ nāma saptacatvāriṃśadadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ :n same deśe 'theti ja.. 2 dve dve rekhātha dakṣiṇā iti ja.. dvirephadvirmūkhākṣiṇa ity ayaṃ pātha ādarśadoṣeṇa samīcīno bhavituṃ nārhati :p 238 chapter {348} :ś athāṣṭacatvāriṃśadadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ vyākaraṇaṃ skanda+uvāca vakṣye vyākaraṇaṃ sāraṃ siddhaśabdasvarūpakam kātyāyanavibodhāya bālānāṃ bodhanāya ca

[Colophon: Thus, in the great Āgneya Purāṇa, the three hundred and forty-seventh chapter, called 'The Naming of the Single Syllables'. Notes: 'same deśe 'tha' in ms. ja; 2 'dve dve rekhātha dakṣiṇā' in ms. ja; the reading 'dvirephadvirmūkhākṣiṇa' cannot be correct, owing to a fault in the exemplar. Page 238. Chapter 348. Heading: Now the three hundred and forty-eighth chapter: Grammar.] Skanda said: I shall declare the essence of grammar, which is the true form of correct words, for the understanding of Kātyāyana('s work) and for the instruction of the young.

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AgP 348.2

प्रत्याहारादिकाः संज्ञाः शास्त्रसंव्यवहारगाः अ इ उ ण ऋ ऌ क ए ङ ऐ औ च ह य व र ट ण न ञ म ङ ण नम झ भ ञ घ ध ष ज व ग ड द श ख फ छ ठ थ च ट त क प य श ष स र ह ल इति प्रत्याहारः उपदेश इद्धलन्तं भवेदजनुनासिकः

pratyāhārādikāḥ saṃjñāḥ śāstrasaṃvyavahāragāḥ a i u ṇa ṛ ḷ ka e ṅa ai au ca ha ya va ra ṭa ṇa na ña ma ṅa ṇa nama jha bha ña gha dha ṣa ja va ga ḍa da śa kha pha cha ṭha tha ca ṭa ta ka pa ya śa ṣa sa ra ha la iti pratyāhāraḥ upadeśa iddhalantaṃ bhavedajanunāsikaḥ

The technical terms such as pratyāhāra (abbreviatory designations) belong to the working usage of the treatise: a i u ṇ / ṛ ḷ k / e ṅ / ai au c / ha ya va ra ṭ / ṇ na ma ṅa ṇa nama / jha bha ñ / gha dha ṣa / ja ba ga ḍa da ś / kha pha cha ṭha tha ca ṭa ta v / ka pa y / śa ṣa sa r / ha l — such is the pratyāhāra (series). In the original enunciation, a nasalized vowel (in a form) ending in a consonant is to be an it (indicatory element).

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AgP 348.3

आदिवर्णो गृह्यमाणो ऽप्यन्त्येनेता सहैव तु तयोर्मध्यगतानां स्याद्ग्राहकः स्वस्य तद्यथा

ādivarṇo gṛhyamāṇo 'pyantyenetā sahaiva tu tayormadhyagatānāṃ syādgrāhakaḥ svasya tadyathā

The initial letter, though (itself) taken, together with the final marker letter, becomes the includer of those (letters) that lie between the two, and of itself. For example:

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