Agni Purana — Chapter 363
AgP 363.1
:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे भूमिवनौषध्यादिवर्गा नाम द्विषष्ट्यधिकत्रिशततमो ऽध्यायः छप्तेर् {३६३} :श् अथ त्रिषष्ट्यधिकत्रिशततमो ऽध्यायः नृब्रह्मक्षत्रविट्शूद्रवर्गाः अग्निर् उवाच नृब्रह्मक्षत्रविट्शूद्रवर्गान्वक्ष्ये ऽथ नामतः नरः पञ्चजना मर्त्य यद्योषावंला वधूः
:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe bhūmivanauṣadhyādivargā nāma dviṣaṣṭyadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ chapter {363} :ś atha triṣaṣṭyadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ nṛbrahmakṣatraviṭśūdravargāḥ agnir uvāca nṛbrahmakṣatraviṭśūdravargānvakṣye 'tha nāmataḥ naraḥ pañcajanā martya yadyoṣāvaṃlā vadhūḥ
Thus in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa the three hundred sixty-second chapter, named 'The Sections on Earth, Forest, Herbs, and the Rest.' — Now the three hundred sixty-third chapter: the sections on man, brahmin, kṣatriya, vaiśya, and śūdra. Agni said: Now I shall declare the sections on man, brahmin, kṣatriya, vaiśya and śūdra by their names. Nara, pañcajana, martya (are names for man); and for woman, yoṣā, abalā, vadhū.
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AgP 363.2
कान्तार्थिनी तु या याति सङ्केतं साभिसारिका कुलटा पुंश् चल्यसती नग्निका स्त्री च कोटवी
kāntārthinī tu yā yāti saṅketaṃ sābhisārikā kulaṭā puṃś calyasatī nagnikā strī ca koṭavī
But she who, desiring a lover, goes to a tryst — she is an abhisārikā; kulaṭā, puṃścalī, asatī, nagnikā, and koṭavī (are names for such a) woman.
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AgP 363.3
कात्यायन्यर्धवृद्धा या सैरिन्ध्री परवेश्मगा असिक्री स्यादवृद्धा या मलिनी तु रजस्वला
kātyāyanyardhavṛddhā yā sairindhrī paraveśmagā asikrī syādavṛddhā yā malinī tu rajasvalā
Kātyāyanī is a woman who is half-aged; sairindhrī, one who goes into another's house; asikrī(?) would be one who is not old; but malinī, a menstruating woman.
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AgP 363.4
वारस्त्री गणिका वेश्या भ्रातृजायास्तु यातरः ननान्दा तु स्वसा पत्युः सपिण्डास्तु सनाभयः
vārastrī gaṇikā veśyā bhrātṛjāyāstu yātaraḥ nanāndā tu svasā patyuḥ sapiṇḍāstu sanābhayaḥ
(A woman of the) courtesan class, a gaṇikā, a veśyā (are synonyms); but the wives of (one's) brothers are yātaraḥ; nanāndā, however, is the husband's sister; and sapiṇḍas (kinsmen sharing funeral offerings) are (called) sanābhayaḥ.
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AgP 363.5
:प् २८७ समानोदर्यसोदर्यसगर्भसहजास्समाः सगोत्रबान्धवज्ञातिबन्धुस्वस्वजनाः समाः
:p 287 samānodaryasodaryasagarbhasahajāssamāḥ sagotrabāndhavajñātibandhusvasvajanāḥ samāḥ
Samānodarya, sodarya, sagarbha, sahaja are equivalent (terms, for one born of the same womb); sagotra, bāndhava, jñāti, bandhu, sva, svajana are equivalent.
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AgP 363.6
दम्पती जम्पती भार्यापती जायापती च तौ गर्भाशयो जरायुः स्यादुल्वञ्च कललो ऽस्त्रियां
dampatī jampatī bhāryāpatī jāyāpatī ca tau garbhāśayo jarāyuḥ syādulvañca kalalo 'striyāṃ
Dampatī, jampatī, bhāryāpatī, jāyāpatī — those two (i.e. husband and wife); garbhāśaya (and) jarāyu (are the womb/afterbirth); and ulva and kalala are not feminine (in gender).
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AgP 363.7
गर्भो भ्रुण इमौ तुल्यौ क्लीवं शण्डो नपुंसकम् स्यादुत्तानशया डिम्भा बालो माणवकः स्मृतः
garbho bhruṇa imau tulyau klīvaṃ śaṇḍo napuṃsakam syāduttānaśayā ḍimbhā bālo māṇavakaḥ smṛtaḥ
Garbha and bhrūṇa — these two are equivalent (embryo); klība, ṣaṇḍa, napuṃsaka (are for a eunuch); the one lying on its back (i.e. an infant) is ḍimbha; bāla (and) māṇavaka are recorded (for a boy).
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AgP 363.8
पिचिण्डिलो वृहत्कुक्षिरवभ्रटो नतनासिके विकलाङ्गस्तु पोगण्ड आरोग्यं स्यादनामयम्
piciṇḍilo vṛhatkukṣiravabhraṭo natanāsike vikalāṅgastu pogaṇḍa ārogyaṃ syādanāmayam
Piciṇḍila (is used) of one with a large belly, avabhraṭa of one with a flattened nose; pogaṇḍa, however, is one with a defective limb; ārogya (health) would be anāmaya.
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AgP 363.9
स्यादेडे वधिरः कुब्जे गडुलः कुकरे कुनिः क्षयः शोषश् च यक्ष्मा च प्रतिश्यायुस्तु पीनसः
syādeḍe vadhiraḥ kubje gaḍulaḥ kukare kuniḥ kṣayaḥ śoṣaś ca yakṣmā ca pratiśyāyustu pīnasaḥ
For a deaf man there is eḍa (and) vadhira; for a hunchback, kubja (and) gaḍula; for a crippled hand, kuni; kṣaya, śoṣa and yakṣman (are consumption); but catarrh is pratiśyāya (and) pīnasa.
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AgP 363.10
स्त्री क्षुत्क्षुतं क्षयं पुंसि कासस्तु क्षवथुः पुमान् शोथस्तु श्वयथुः शोफः पादस्फोटो विपादिका
strī kṣutkṣutaṃ kṣayaṃ puṃsi kāsastu kṣavathuḥ pumān śothastu śvayathuḥ śophaḥ pādasphoṭo vipādikā
Kṣut is feminine, kṣuta neuter, kṣava masculine; kāsa (cough) and kṣavathu (sneezing) are masculine; śotha, śvayathu, śopha (are swelling); pādasphoṭa (and) vipādikā (are cracks in the feet).
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AgP 363.11
किलासं सिध्नकच्छान्तु पाम पामा विचर्चिका कोठो मण्डलकं कुष्ठं श्वित्रे द्रुर् नामकार्शसी
kilāsaṃ sidhnakacchāntu pāma pāmā vicarcikā koṭho maṇḍalakaṃ kuṣṭhaṃ śvitre drur nāmakārśasī
Kilāsa, sidhna, kaccha (are forms of skin disease); pāma, pāmā, vicarcikā (scabies); koṭha, maṇḍalaka, kuṣṭha (leprous patches); for white leprosy (there is) śvitra; dru (and) nāmakārśasī (are further terms).
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AgP 363.12
अनाहस्तु विबन्धः स्याद्ग्रहणी रुक्प्रवाहिका वीजवीर्येन्द्रयं शुक्रं पललं क्रव्यमामिषं
anāhastu vibandhaḥ syādgrahaṇī rukpravāhikā vījavīryendrayaṃ śukraṃ palalaṃ kravyamāmiṣaṃ
Anāha is constipation (vibandha); grahaṇī, ruk, pravāhikā (are dysentery); bīja, vīrya, indriya, śukra (are semen); palala, kravya, āmiṣa (are flesh).
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AgP 363.13
वुक्काग्रमांसं हृदयं हन्मेदस्तु वपा वसा पश्चाद्ग्रीवा शिरा मन्या नाडी तु धमनिः शिरा
vukkāgramāṃsaṃ hṛdayaṃ hanmedastu vapā vasā paścādgrīvā śirā manyā nāḍī tu dhamaniḥ śirā
Vukkā, agramāṃsa, hṛdaya, hṛt (are the heart/kidney region); medas, vapā, vasā (are fat); behind the neck is the manyā tendon; nāḍī, dhamani, śirā (are vessels).
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AgP 363.14
तिलकं क्तोम मस्तिष्कं द्रूषिका नेत्रयोर्मलम् अन्त्रं पुरी तद्गुल्मस्तु प्लीहा पुंस्य् अथ वस्नसा
tilakaṃ ktoma mastiṣkaṃ drūṣikā netrayormalam antraṃ purī tadgulmastu plīhā puṃsy atha vasnasā
Tilaka, kloma, mastiṣka (are inner organs); dūṣikā is the discharge of the two eyes; antra (and) purītat (are the intestines); but gulma (and) plīhan (spleen) are masculine; then vasnasā —
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AgP 363.15
स्नायुः स्त्रियां कालखण्डयकृती तु समे इमे स्यात् कर्पूरः कपालो ऽस्त्री कीकसङ्कुल्यमस्थि च
snāyuḥ striyāṃ kālakhaṇḍayakṛtī tu same ime syāt karpūraḥ kapālo 'strī kīkasaṅkulyamasthi ca
— snāyu (tendon) is feminine; kālakhaṇḍa and yakṛt (liver) are these two equivalents; karpūra and kapāla (skull) are not feminine; and kīkasa, kulya, asthi (are bone).
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AgP 363.16
स्याच्छरीरास्थ्नि कङ्कालः पृष्ठास्थ्नि तु कशेरुका :प् २८८ शिरो ऽस्थनि करोटिः स्त्री पार्श्वास्थनि तु पर्शुका
syāccharīrāsthni kaṅkālaḥ pṛṣṭhāsthni tu kaśerukā :p 288 śiro 'sthani karoṭiḥ strī pārśvāsthani tu parśukā
For the bones of the body there is kaṅkāla; for the bone of the back, kaśerukā; for the bone of the head, karoṭi, which is feminine; and for the bone of the side, parśukā (rib).
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AgP 363.17
अङ्गं प्रतीको ऽवयवः शरीरं वर्ष्म विग्रहः कटो ना श्रोणिफलकं कटिः श्रोणिः ककुद्मती
aṅgaṃ pratīko 'vayavaḥ śarīraṃ varṣma vigrahaḥ kaṭo nā śroṇiphalakaṃ kaṭiḥ śroṇiḥ kakudmatī
Aṅga, pratīka, avayava (are limb); śarīra, varṣman, vigraha (are body); kaṭa is masculine (and means) the hip-bone plate; kaṭi, śroṇi, kakudmatī (are the waist/hips).
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AgP 363.18
पश्चान्नितम्बः स्त्रीकट्याः क्लीवे तु जघनं पुरः कूपकौ तु नितम्बस्थौ द्वयहीने ककुन्दरे
paścānnitambaḥ strīkaṭyāḥ klīve tu jaghanaṃ puraḥ kūpakau tu nitambasthau dvayahīne kakundare
The back part of a woman's hips is nitamba; in the neuter, jaghana is the front part; the two hollows situated on the buttocks are kakundare, (a word) lacking (forms other than) the dual.
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AgP 363.19
स्त्रियां स्फिचौ कटिप्रोथावुपस्थो वक्ष्यमाणयोः भगं योनिर्द्वयोः शिश्नो मेढ्रो मेहनशेफसी
striyāṃ sphicau kaṭiprothāvupastho vakṣyamāṇayoḥ bhagaṃ yonirdvayoḥ śiśno meḍhro mehanaśephasī
Sphicau (buttocks) are feminine, (also called) kaṭiprotha; upastha (is the term) for the two about to be mentioned; bhaga (and) yoni (are used) of both (genders); śiśna, meḍhra, mehana, śephas (are the penis).
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AgP 363.20
पिचिण्डकुक्षी जठरोदरं तुन्दं कुचौ स्तनौ चूचुकन्तु कुचाग्रं स्यान्न ना क्रोडं भुजान्तरम्
piciṇḍakukṣī jaṭharodaraṃ tundaṃ kucau stanau cūcukantu kucāgraṃ syānna nā kroḍaṃ bhujāntaram
Piciṇḍa, kukṣi, jaṭhara, udara, tunda (are belly); kucau, stanau (are breasts); cūcuka is the tip of the breast, and it is not masculine; kroḍa is the space between the arms (chest).
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AgP 363.21
स्कन्धो भुजशिरो ऽंशो ऽस्त्री सन्धी तस्यैव जत्रुणी पुनर्भवः कररुहो नखो ऽस्त्री नखरो ऽस्त्रियां
skandho bhujaśiro 'ṃśo 'strī sandhī tasyaiva jatruṇī punarbhavaḥ kararuho nakho 'strī nakharo 'striyāṃ
Skandha, bhujaśiras, aṃśa — (aṃśa is) not feminine; the two joints of that very (shoulder) are the jatruṇī; punarbhava, kararuha, nakha (not feminine), nakhara (not feminine) (are nail).
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AgP 363.22
प्रदेशतालगोकर्णास्तर्जन्यादियुते तते अङ्गुष्ठे सकनिष्ठे स्याद्वितस्तिर्द्वादशाङ्गुलः
pradeśatālagokarṇāstarjanyādiyute tate aṅguṣṭhe sakaniṣṭhe syādvitastirdvādaśāṅgulaḥ
Pradeśa, tāla, gokarṇa (are spans) when the thumb is joined and extended with the index finger and (the middle finger) and with the little finger (respectively); a vitasti would be twelve fingerbreadths.
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AgP 363.23
पाणौ च पेटप्रतलप्रहस्ता विस्तृताङ्गुलौ बद्धमुष्टिकरो रत्निररत्निः स कनिष्ठवान्
pāṇau ca peṭapratalaprahastā vistṛtāṅgulau baddhamuṣṭikaro ratniraratniḥ sa kaniṣṭhavān
And of the hand, peṭa, pratala, prahasta (denote it) with the fingers spread out; the hand with the fist closed is ratni; aratni is that (measure taken) together with the little finger.
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AgP 363.24
कम्बुग्रीवा त्रिरेखा सावटुर्घाटा कृकाटिका अधः स्याच्चिवुकञ्चौष्ठादथ गण्डौ गलो हनुः
kambugrīvā trirekhā sāvaṭurghāṭā kṛkāṭikā adhaḥ syāccivukañcauṣṭhādatha gaṇḍau galo hanuḥ
A "conch-neck" is one marked with three lines; sāvaṭu, ghāṭā and kṛkāṭikā (are names for the nape). Below the lip would be the chin (civuka); then (there are) the two cheeks, the throat and the jaw.
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AgP 363.25
अपाङ्गौ नेत्रयोरन्तौ कटाक्षो ऽपाङ्गदर्शने चिकुरः कुन्तलो बालः प्रतिकर्म प्रसाधनम्
apāṅgau netrayorantau kaṭākṣo 'pāṅgadarśane cikuraḥ kuntalo bālaḥ pratikarma prasādhanam
The apāṅgas are the two outer corners of the eyes; a sidelong glance (kaṭākṣa) is a looking from the eye-corner. Cikura, kuntala and bāla (are names for hair); pratikarma and prasādhana (mean) adornment.
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AgP 363.26
आकाल्पवेशौ नेपथ्यं प्रत्यक्षं खेलयोगजम् चूडामणिः शिरोरत्नं तरलो हारमध्यगः
ākālpaveśau nepathyaṃ pratyakṣaṃ khelayogajam cūḍāmaṇiḥ śiroratnaṃ taralo hāramadhyagaḥ
Ākālpa, veśa and nepathya (are names for attire); pratyakṣa is what arises from the practice of play. The cūḍāmaṇi is the head-jewel; the tarala is (the gem) set in the middle of a necklace.
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AgP 363.27
कर्णिका तालपत्रं स्याल्लम्बनं स्याल्ललन्तिका मञ्जीरो नूपुरं पादे किङ्किणी क्षुद्रघण्टिका
karṇikā tālapatraṃ syāllambanaṃ syāllalantikā mañjīro nūpuraṃ pāde kiṅkiṇī kṣudraghaṇṭikā
Karṇikā and tālapatra (are ear-ornaments); lambana and lalantikā would be (pendant ornaments); mañjīra and nūpura (are worn) on the foot; the kiṅkiṇī is a little bell.
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AgP 363.28
:प् २८९ दैर्घ्यमायाम आरोहः परिणाहो विशालता पटच्चरं जीर्णवस्त्रं संव्यानञ्चोत्तरीयकम्
:p 289 dairghyamāyāma ārohaḥ pariṇāho viśālatā paṭaccaraṃ jīrṇavastraṃ saṃvyānañcottarīyakam
Dairghya and āyāma (mean) length; āroha and pariṇāha (mean) breadth, wideness. Paṭaccara is a worn-out garment; saṃvyāna and uttarīyaka (are the upper garment).
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AgP 363.29
रचना स्यात् परिस्पन्द आभोगः परिपूर्णता समुद्गकः सम्पुटकः प्रतिग्राहः पतद्ग्रहः
racanā syāt parispanda ābhogaḥ paripūrṇatā samudgakaḥ sampuṭakaḥ pratigrāhaḥ patadgrahaḥ
Racanā would be parispanda (arrangement, activity); ābhoga is fullness; samudgaka and sampuṭaka (are a casket); pratigrāha and patadgraha (are a receptacle).
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