Agni Purana — Chapter 360

AgP 360.1

:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे स्वर्गपातालादिवर्गा नामोनषष्ट्यधिकत्रिशततमो ऽध्यायः छप्तेर् {३६०} :श् अथ षष्ट्यधिकत्रिशततमो ऽध्यायः अव्ययवर्गाः अग्निर् उवाच आङीषदर्थे ऽभिव्याप्तौ सीमार्थे धातुयोगजे आ प्रगृह्यः स्मृतौ वाक्ये ऽप्यास्तु स्यात् कोपपीड्योः

:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe svargapātālādivargā nāmonaṣaṣṭyadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ chapter {360} :ś atha ṣaṣṭyadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ avyayavargāḥ agnir uvāca āṅīṣadarthe 'bhivyāptau sīmārthe dhātuyogaje ā pragṛhyaḥ smṛtau vākye 'pyāstu syāt kopapīḍyoḥ

Thus in the Agni Mahāpurāṇa the three-hundred-and-fifty-ninth chapter, the sections on heaven, the netherworld and the rest. Now the three-hundred-and-sixtieth chapter: the sections of indeclinables. Agni said: The particle ā (āṅ) is used in the sense of "slightly," of complete pervasion, of a limit, and as produced by connection with a verbal root; ā is pragṛhya (uncontracted) in recollection and in an address; and ā may also (be used) in anger and in pain.

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AgP 360.2

पापकुत्सेषदर्थे कु धिग्जुगुप्सननिन्दयोः चान्वाचयसमाहारेतरेतरसमुच्चये

pāpakutseṣadarthe ku dhigjugupsananindayoḥ cānvācayasamāhāretaretarasamuccaye

ku (is used) in the sense of evil, of contempt, and of "a little"; dhik in disgust and censure; ca in supplementary addition (anvācaya), in collective combination (samāhāra), and in reciprocal and simple conjunction.

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AgP 360.3

:प् २७२ स्वस्त्याशीः क्षेमपुण्यादौ प्रकर्षे लङ्घने ऽप्यति स्वित्प्रश्ने च वितर्के च तु स्याद्भेदे ऽवधारणे

:p 272 svastyāśīḥ kṣemapuṇyādau prakarṣe laṅghane 'pyati svitpraśne ca vitarke ca tu syādbhede 'vadhāraṇe

svasti (is used) for benediction, in the sense of welfare, merit, and the like; ati for excess and for overstepping; svit in questioning and in conjecture; tu may be used for distinction and for emphasis.

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AgP 360.4

सकृत्सहैकवारे स्यादाराद्दूरसमीपयोः प्रतीच्यां चरमे पश्चादुताप्यर्थविकल्पयोः

sakṛtsahaikavāre syādārāddūrasamīpayoḥ pratīcyāṃ carame paścādutāpyarthavikalpayoḥ

sakṛt may (be used) in the senses of "together" and "once"; ārāt in the senses of far and near; paścāt for the west and for the last (in order); and uta in the sense of "also" and of alternative.

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AgP 360.5

पुनःसदार्थयोः शश्वत् साक्षात् प्रत्यक्षतुल्ययोः खेदानुकम्पासन्तोषविस्मयामन्त्रणे वत

punaḥsadārthayoḥ śaśvat sākṣāt pratyakṣatulyayoḥ khedānukampāsantoṣavismayāmantraṇe vata

śaśvat (is used) in the senses of "again" and "always"; sākṣāt in the senses of "before the eyes" and "equal to"; vata in grief, compassion, satisfaction, astonishment, and address.

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AgP 360.6

हन्त हर्षे ऽनुकम्पायां वाक्यारम्भविषादयोः प्रति प्रतिनिधौ वीप्सालक्षणादौ प्रयोगतः

hanta harṣe 'nukampāyāṃ vākyārambhaviṣādayoḥ prati pratinidhau vīpsālakṣaṇādau prayogataḥ

hanta (is used) in joy, in compassion, at the beginning of a sentence, and in dejection; prati, according to usage, in the sense of a substitute, of distributive repetition, of a defining mark, and so on.

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AgP 360.7

इति हेतौ प्रकरणे प्रकाशादिसमाप्तिषु प्राच्यां पुरस्तात् प्रथमे पुरार्थे ऽग्रत इत्य् अपि

iti hetau prakaraṇe prakāśādisamāptiṣu prācyāṃ purastāt prathame purārthe 'grata ity api

iti (is used) for cause, for a topic, for manifestation and the like, and for conclusions; purastāt for the east, for what is first, in the sense of "before," and also for "in front."

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AgP 360.8

यावत्तावच्च साकल्ये ऽवधौ माने ऽवधारणे मङ्गलानन्तरारम्भप्रश्नकार्त्स्नेष्व् अथोथ च

yāvattāvacca sākalye 'vadhau māne 'vadhāraṇe maṅgalānantarārambhapraśnakārtsneṣv athotha ca

yāvat and tāvat (are used) for entirety, for a limit, for measure, and for restriction; and atha and atho for auspiciousness, immediate succession, beginning, question, and completeness.

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AgP 360.9

वृथा निरर्थकाविध्योर्नानानेकोभयार्थयोः नु पृच्छायां विकल्पे च पश्चात्सादृश्ययोरनु

vṛthā nirarthakāvidhyornānānekobhayārthayoḥ nu pṛcchāyāṃ vikalpe ca paścātsādṛśyayoranu

vṛthā (is used) in the senses of "purposeless" and "contrary to rule"; nānā in the senses of "various/many" and "both"; nu in questioning and in alternative; anu in the senses of "after" and "resembling."

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AgP 360.10

प्रश्नावधारणानुज्ञानुनयामन्त्रणे ननु गर्हासमुच्चयप्रश्नशङ्कासम्भावनास्व् अपि

praśnāvadhāraṇānujñānunayāmantraṇe nanu garhāsamuccayapraśnaśaṅkāsambhāvanāsv api

nanu (is used) in question, in emphasis, in assent, in conciliation, and in address; also in reproach, in conjunction, in question, in doubt, and in supposition.

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AgP 360.11

उपमायां विकल्पे वा सामित्वर्धे जुगुप्सिते अमा सह समीपे च कं वारिणि च मूर्धनि

upamāyāṃ vikalpe vā sāmitvardhe jugupsite amā saha samīpe ca kaṃ vāriṇi ca mūrdhani

vā (is used) in comparison and in alternative; sāmi in the sense of "half" and of what is contemptible; amā in the senses of "together with" and "near"; kam for water and for the head.

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AgP 360.12

इवेत्थमर्थयोरेवं नूनं तर्के ऽर्थनिश् चये तूष्णीमर्थे सुखे जोषं किम्पृच्छायां जुगुप्सने

ivetthamarthayorevaṃ nūnaṃ tarke 'rthaniś caye tūṣṇīmarthe sukhe joṣaṃ kimpṛcchāyāṃ jugupsane

evam (is used) in the senses of "like" and "thus"; nūnam in conjecture and in the ascertainment of a matter; joṣam in the sense of "silently" and of ease; kim in questioning and in contempt.

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AgP 360.13

नाम प्राकाश्यसम्भाव्यक्रोधोपगमकुत्सने अलं भूषणपर्याप्तिशक्तिवारणवाचकम्

nāma prākāśyasambhāvyakrodhopagamakutsane alaṃ bhūṣaṇaparyāptiśaktivāraṇavācakam

nāma (is used) in the sense of openness, of what is probable, of anger, of concession, and of contempt; alam denotes ornament, sufficiency, capacity, and prohibition.

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AgP 360.14

:प् २७३ हूं वितर्के परिप्रश्ने समयान्तिकमध्ययोः पुनरप्रथमे भेदे निर्निश् चयनिषेधयोः

:p 273 hūṃ vitarke paripraśne samayāntikamadhyayoḥ punaraprathame bhede nirniś cayaniṣedhayoḥ

hūm (is used) in conjecture and in questioning; samayā in the senses of "near" and "in the middle"; punar for what is not first and for difference; nir in the senses of ascertainment and negation.

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AgP 360.15

स्यात्प्रबन्धे चिरातीते निकटागामिके पुरा उरर्युरी चोररी च विस्तारे ऽङ्गीकृते त्रयम्

syātprabandhe cirātīte nikaṭāgāmike purā uraryurī corarī ca vistāre 'ṅgīkṛte trayam

purā may be used for continuity, for the long past, and for the near future; urarī, urī, and urarī — these three in the sense of expansion and of assent.

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AgP 360.16

स्वर्गे परे च लोके स्वर्वार्तासम्भावयोः किल निषेधवाक्यालङ्कारे जिज्ञासावसरे(१) खलु

svarge pare ca loke svarvārtāsambhāvayoḥ kila niṣedhavākyālaṅkāre jijñāsāvasare(1) khalu

svar (is used) for heaven and for the other world; kila in the senses of report and of probability; khalu as an ornament of a negative sentence and on an occasion of inquiry.

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AgP 360.17

समीपोभयतःशीघ्रसाकल्याभिमुखे ऽभितः नामप्रकाशयोः प्रादुर्मिथो ऽन्योन्यं रहस्यपि

samīpobhayataḥśīghrasākalyābhimukhe 'bhitaḥ nāmaprakāśayoḥ prādurmitho 'nyonyaṃ rahasyapi

abhitaḥ (is used) in the senses of near, on both sides, quickly, entirely, and facing; prādur in the senses of "by name" and of manifestation; mithaḥ in the sense of "mutually" and also "secretly."

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AgP 360.18

तिरो ऽन्तर्धौ तिर्यगर्थे हा विषादशुगर्तिषु अहहेत्यद्भुते खेदे हि हेताववधारणे

tiro 'ntardhau tiryagarthe hā viṣādaśugartiṣu ahahetyadbhute khede hi hetāvavadhāraṇe

tiraḥ (is used) for concealment and in the sense of "across"; hā in dejection, sorrow, and pain; ahaha in astonishment and in grief; hi for cause and for emphasis.

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AgP 360.19

चिराय चिररात्राय चिरस्याद्याश्चिरार्थकाः मुहुः पुनः पुनः शश्वदभीक्ष्णमसकृत् समाः

cirāya cirarātrāya cirasyādyāścirārthakāḥ muhuḥ punaḥ punaḥ śaśvadabhīkṣṇamasakṛt samāḥ

cirāya, cirarātrāya, cirasya and the rest have the sense of "long (time)"; muhuḥ, punaḥ punaḥ, śaśvat, abhīkṣṇam, and asakṛt are equivalent.

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AgP 360.20

स्राग्झटित्यञ्चसाह्नाय सपदि द्राङ्मङ्खु च द्रुते बलवत् सुष्ठु किमुत विकल्पे किं किमूत च

srāgjhaṭityañcasāhnāya sapadi drāṅmaṅkhu ca drute balavat suṣṭhu kimuta vikalpe kiṃ kimūta ca

srāk, jhaṭiti, añcasā, ahnāya, sapadi, drāk, maṅkhu — and (they mean) "quickly"; balavat, suṣṭhu (mean "very much"); kimuta, kim, kimūta (are used) in (expressing) alternative/doubt.

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AgP 360.21

तु हि च स्म ह वै पादपूरणे पूजनेप्यति दिवाह्नीत्यथ दोषा च नक्तञ्च रजनाविति

tu hi ca sma ha vai pādapūraṇe pūjanepyati divāhnītyatha doṣā ca naktañca rajanāviti

tu, hi, ca, sma, ha, vai (serve) to fill out a verse-line; api (is used) in honouring; divā, ahnī and so on (mean "by day"); doṣā, naktam and rajanau (mean "by night").

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AgP 360.22

तिर्यगर्थे साचि तिरो ऽप्यथ सम्बोधनार्थकाः स्युः प्याट्पाड्ङ्ग हे है भोः समया निकषा हिरुक्

tiryagarthe sāci tiro 'pyatha sambodhanārthakāḥ syuḥ pyāṭpāḍṅga he hai bhoḥ samayā nikaṣā hiruk

In the sense of "across, aslant": sāci, tiraḥ; further, in the sense of address (vocative particles) there are: pyāṭ, pāṭ, aṅga, he, hai, bhoḥ; samayā, nikaṣā, hiruk (denote nearness/apartness).

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AgP 360.23

अतर्किते तु सहसा स्यात् पुरः पुरतो ऽग्रतः स्वाहा देवहविर्दाने श्रौषट् वौषट् वषट् स्वधा

atarkite tu sahasā syāt puraḥ purato 'grataḥ svāhā devahavirdāne śrauṣaṭ vauṣaṭ vaṣaṭ svadhā

But in (what is) unexpected, "sahasā" applies; puraḥ, purataḥ, agrataḥ (mean "in front"); svāhā (is used) in offering oblation to the gods, (as are) śrauṣaṭ, vauṣaṭ, vaṣaṭ, svadhā.

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AgP 360.24

किञ्चिदीषन्मनागल्पे प्रेत्यामुत्र भवान्तरे :न् १ जिज्ञासानुनय इति ञ॥ :प् २७४ यथा तथा चैव साम्ये अहो हो इति विस्मये

kiñcidīṣanmanāgalpe pretyāmutra bhavāntare :n 1 jijñāsānunaya iti ña.. :p 274 yathā tathā caiva sāmye aho ho iti vismaye

kiñcit, īṣat, manāk (are used) of a small amount; pretya, amutra (mean) "in another existence"; [text note] ... yathā, tathā and eva (are used) of likeness; aho, ho (express) astonishment.

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AgP 360.25

मौने तु तूष्णीं तूष्णीकं सद्यः सपदि तत्क्षणे दिष्ट्या शमुपयोषञ्चेत्यानन्दे ऽथान्तरे ऽन्तरा

maune tu tūṣṇīṃ tūṣṇīkaṃ sadyaḥ sapadi tatkṣaṇe diṣṭyā śamupayoṣañcetyānande 'thāntare 'ntarā

But in (the sense of) silence: tūṣṇīm, tūṣṇīkam; sadyaḥ, sapadi (mean) "at that moment"; diṣṭyā, śam, upa, yoṣam and iti (express) delight; and then antare, antarā —

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AgP 360.26

अन्तरेण च मध्ये स्युः प्रसह्य तु हटार्थकम् युक्ते द्वे साम्प्रतं स्थाने ऽभीक्ष्णं शस्वदनारते

antareṇa ca madhye syuḥ prasahya tu haṭārthakam yukte dve sāmprataṃ sthāne 'bhīkṣṇaṃ śasvadanārate

— antareṇa and (these) mean "in the middle"; but prasahya has the sense of force; two words are (used) in the sense of "fitting/timely": sāmpratam (and yuktam?) in place of it; abhīkṣṇam, śaśvat (are used) of the uninterrupted.

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AgP 360.27

अभावे नह्यनो नापि मास्म मालञ्च वारणे पक्षान्तरे चेद्यदि च तत्त्वे त्व् अद्धाञ्जसा द्वयम्

abhāve nahyano nāpi māsma mālañca vāraṇe pakṣāntare cedyadi ca tattve tv addhāñjasā dvayam

In (the sense of) non-existence: nahi, na, no, nāpi; mā, sma, mā sma and alam (are used) in prohibition; ced and yadi (are used) of an alternative; but in (the sense of) truth, the pair addhā and añjasā.

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AgP 360.28

प्राकाश्ये प्रादुराविः स्यादोमेवं परमं मते समन्ततस्तु परितः सर्वतो विश्वगित्यपि

prākāśye prādurāviḥ syādomevaṃ paramaṃ mate samantatastu paritaḥ sarvato viśvagityapi

In (the sense of) manifestness there are prāduḥ and āviḥ; om is held to be supreme (assent) thus; but samantataḥ, paritaḥ, sarvataḥ, and also viśvak (mean "on all sides").

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AgP 360.29

अकामानुमतौ काममसूयोपगमे ऽस्तु च ननु च स्याद्विरोधोक्तौ कच्चित् कामप्रवेदने

akāmānumatau kāmamasūyopagame 'stu ca nanu ca syādvirodhoktau kaccit kāmapravedane

In reluctant assent, "kāmam"; and "astu" in acquiescing with displeasure; "nanu" applies in the utterance of contradiction; "kaccit" in making a wish known.

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AgP 360.30

निःषमं दुःषमं गर्ह्ये यथास्वन्तु यथायथं मृषा मिथ्या च वितथे यथार्थन्तु यथातथं

niḥṣamaṃ duḥṣamaṃ garhye yathāsvantu yathāyathaṃ mṛṣā mithyā ca vitathe yathārthantu yathātathaṃ

niḥṣamam, duḥṣamam (are used) of what is blameworthy; but yathāsvam, yathāyatham (mean "each in its own way"); mṛṣā and mithyā (are used) of what is false; but yathārtham and yathātatham (of what accords with fact).

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AgP 360.31

स्युरेवन्तु पुनर्वैवेत्यवधारणवाचकाः प्रागतीतार्थकं नूनमवश्यं निश् चये द्वयं

syurevantu punarvaivetyavadhāraṇavācakāḥ prāgatītārthakaṃ nūnamavaśyaṃ niś caye dvayaṃ

But evam, punar, vai, iti are expressive of emphasis/limitation; prāk has the sense of the past; nūnam and avaśyam are the two (words) for certainty.

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AgP 360.32

संवद्वर्षे ऽवरे त्वर्वागामेवं स्वयमात्मना अल्पे नीचैर् महत्युच्चैः प्रायोभूम्न्य् अद्रुते शनैः

saṃvadvarṣe 'vare tvarvāgāmevaṃ svayamātmanā alpe nīcair mahatyuccaiḥ prāyobhūmny adrute śanaiḥ

saṃvat (is used) of a year; but arvāk of what is lower/nearer; āmā, evam (express assent); svayam, ātmanā (mean "oneself"); nīcaiḥ of what is little/low, uccaiḥ of what is great; prāyaḥ in (the sense of) abundance; śanaiḥ of what is not swift.

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AgP 360.33

सना नित्ये वहिर्वाह्ये स्मातीते ऽस्तमदर्शने अस्ति सत्त्वे रुषोक्तावूमुं प्रश्ने ऽनुनये त्वयि

sanā nitye vahirvāhye smātīte 'stamadarśane asti sattve ruṣoktāvūmuṃ praśne 'nunaye tvayi

sanā (is used) of the perpetual; bahiḥ of what is outside; sma of the past; asta of disappearance; asti of existence; ū in an utterance of anger; ūm in a question; but ayi in conciliation.

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AgP 360.34

हूं तर्के स्यादुषा रात्रेरवसाने नमो नतौ पुनरर्थे ऽङ्गनिन्दायां दुष्ठु सुष्ठु प्रशंसने

hūṃ tarke syāduṣā rātreravasāne namo natau punararthe 'ṅganindāyāṃ duṣṭhu suṣṭhu praśaṃsane

hūṃ applies in deliberation; uṣā at the end of night; namaḥ in bowing; aṅga in the sense of repetition; duṣṭhu in censure, suṣṭhu in praise.

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AgP 360.35

सायं साये प्रगे प्रातः प्रभाते निकषान्तिके परुत्परार्यैसमो ऽब्दे पूर्वे पूर्वतरे यति

sāyaṃ sāye prage prātaḥ prabhāte nikaṣāntike parutparāryaisamo 'bde pūrve pūrvatare yati

sāyam (is used) of evening; prage, prātaḥ of daybreak; nikaṣā of nearness; parut, parāri, aiṣamaḥ (are used) of the year — of the previous one, the one before that, (and this one).

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AgP 360.36

:प् २७५ अद्यात्राह्न्य् अथ पूर्वेह्नीत्यादौ पूर्वोत्तरा परात् तथाधरान्यान्यतरेतरात्पूर्वेद्युरादयः

:p 275 adyātrāhny atha pūrvehnītyādau pūrvottarā parāt tathādharānyānyataretarātpūrvedyurādayaḥ

[p. 275] adya, atra-ahni, and then pūrvedyuḥ and so on: from pūrva, uttara, para, and likewise from adhara, anya, anyatara, itara, come pūrvedyuḥ and the rest.

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AgP 360.37

उभयद्युश्चोभयेद्युः परे त्वह्नि परेद्यपि ह्यो गते ऽनागते ऽह्नि श्वः परश्वः श्वःपरे ऽहनि

ubhayadyuścobhayedyuḥ pare tvahni paredyapi hyo gate 'nāgate 'hni śvaḥ paraśvaḥ śvaḥpare 'hani

ubhayadyuḥ and ubhayedyuḥ; but for the next day, paredyavi too; hyaḥ for the day gone by, śvaḥ for the day to come, paraśvaḥ for the day after tomorrow.

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AgP 360.38

तदा तदानीं युगपदेकदा सर्वदा सदा एतर्हि सम्प्रतीदानीमधुना साम्प्रतन्तथा

tadā tadānīṃ yugapadekadā sarvadā sadā etarhi sampratīdānīmadhunā sāmpratantathā

tadā, tadānīm; yugapat, ekadā; sarvadā, sadā; etarhi, samprati, idānīm, adhunā, and likewise sāmpratam.

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