Agni Purana — Chapter 365
AgP 365.1
:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे ब्रह्मवर्गो नाम चतुःषष्ट्यधिकत्रिशततमो ऽध्यायः छप्तेर् {३६५} :श् अथ पञ्चषष्ट्यधिकत्रिशततमो ऽध्यायः क्षत्रविट्शूद्रवर्गाः अग्निर् उवाच मूर्धाभिशिक्तो राजन्यो बाहुजः क्षत्रियो विराट् राजा तु प्रणताशेषसामन्तः स्यादधीश्वरः
:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe brahmavargo nāma catuḥṣaṣṭyadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ chapter {365} :ś atha pañcaṣaṣṭyadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ kṣatraviṭśūdravargāḥ agnir uvāca mūrdhābhiśikto rājanyo bāhujaḥ kṣatriyo virāṭ rājā tu praṇatāśeṣasāmantaḥ syādadhīśvaraḥ
Thus in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa the chapter called "The Section on Brahmins," the three hundred sixty-fourth chapter. Chapter 365. Now the three hundred sixty-fifth chapter: the Sections on Kṣatriyas, Vaiśyas and Śūdras. Agni said: Mūrdhābhiṣikta, rājanya, bāhuja, kṣatriya, virāṭ and rājā (are names for a king); but he to whom all the neighbouring princes bow would be an adhīśvara.
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AgP 365.2
चक्रवर्ती सार्वभौमो नृपो ऽन्यो मण्डलेश्वरः मन्त्री धीसचिवो ऽमात्यो महामात्राः प्रधानकाः
cakravartī sārvabhaumo nṛpo 'nyo maṇḍaleśvaraḥ mantrī dhīsacivo 'mātyo mahāmātrāḥ pradhānakāḥ
A cakravartin is a ruler of the whole earth; another king is a maṇḍaleśvara. Mantrī, dhīsaciva and amātya (are names for a counsellor); the mahāmātras are the chief officers.
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AgP 365.3
:प् २९१ द्रष्टरि व्यवहाराणां प्राड्विवाकाक्षदर्शकौ भौरिकः कनकाध्यक्षो ऽथाध्यक्षाधिकृतौ समौ
:p 291 draṣṭari vyavahārāṇāṃ prāḍvivākākṣadarśakau bhaurikaḥ kanakādhyakṣo 'thādhyakṣādhikṛtau samau
For one who examines lawsuits (there are the terms) prāḍvivāka and akṣadarśaka; the bhaurika is the superintendent of gold; and adhyakṣa and adhikṛta are equivalent.
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AgP 365.4
अन्तःपुरे त्वधिकृतः स्यादन्तर्वंशिको जनः सौविदल्लाः कञ्चुकिनः स्थापत्याः सौविदाश् च ते
antaḥpure tvadhikṛtaḥ syādantarvaṃśiko janaḥ sauvidallāḥ kañcukinaḥ sthāpatyāḥ sauvidāś ca te
In the inner apartments (of the palace), the man put in charge would be the antarvaṃśika; and (the terms) sauvidalla, kañcukin, sthāpatya and sauvida are (his synonyms).
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AgP 365.5
षण्डो वर्षवरस्तुल्याः सेवकार्थ्यनुजीविनः विषयानन्तरो राजा शत्रुर्मित्रमतः परं
ṣaṇḍo varṣavarastulyāḥ sevakārthyanujīvinaḥ viṣayānantaro rājā śatrurmitramataḥ paraṃ
ṣaṇḍa and varṣavara (eunuch) are equivalent; sevaka, arthin, anujīvin (dependent). The king whose territory adjoins (one's own) is the enemy; the one beyond him is the friend.
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AgP 365.6
उदासीनः परतरः पार्ष्णिग्राहस्तु पृष्ठतः चरः स्पर्शः स्यात्प्रणिधिरुत्तरः काल आयतिः
udāsīnaḥ parataraḥ pārṣṇigrāhastu pṛṣṭhataḥ caraḥ sparśaḥ syātpraṇidhiruttaraḥ kāla āyatiḥ
Farther beyond is the neutral (udāsīna); but the pārṣṇigrāha (heel-catcher) is at the rear. cara, sparśa and praṇidhi (would be terms) for a spy; kāla (here) means the future (āyati).
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AgP 365.7
तत्कालस्तु तदात्वं स्यादुदर्कः फलमुत्तरं अदृष्टं वह्नितोयादि दृष्टं स्वपरचक्रजम्
tatkālastu tadātvaṃ syādudarkaḥ phalamuttaraṃ adṛṣṭaṃ vahnitoyādi dṛṣṭaṃ svaparacakrajam
tatkāla, however, would be tadātva (the present); udarka is the fruit that comes later; adṛṣṭa (calamity) is fire, flood and the like, while dṛṣṭa arises from one's own or the enemy's forces.
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AgP 365.8
भद्रकुम्भः पूर्णकुम्भो भृङ्गारः कनकालुका प्रभिन्नो गर्जितो मातो वमथुः करशीकरः
bhadrakumbhaḥ pūrṇakumbho bhṛṅgāraḥ kanakālukā prabhinno garjito māto vamathuḥ karaśīkaraḥ
bhadrakumbha, pūrṇakumbha (full jar); bhṛṅgāra, kanakāluka (golden pitcher); prabhinna, garjita, māta (an elephant in rut); vamathu, karaśīkara (spray from the trunk).
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AgP 365.9
स्त्रियां शृणिस्त्वङ्कुशो ऽस्त्री परिस्तोमः कुथो द्वयोः कर्णीरथः प्रवहणं दोला प्रेङ्खादिका स्त्रियां
striyāṃ śṛṇistvaṅkuśo 'strī paristomaḥ kutho dvayoḥ karṇīrathaḥ pravahaṇaṃ dolā preṅkhādikā striyāṃ
śṛṇi is feminine, but aṅkuśa (goad) is not feminine; paristoma and kutha (elephant-cloth) are of both genders; karṇīratha, pravahaṇa (litter); dolā, preṅkhā and the like are feminine (swing).
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AgP 365.10
आधोरणा हस्तिपका हस्त्यारोहा निषादिनः भटा योधाश् च योद्धारः कञ्चुको वारणो ऽस्त्रियां
ādhoraṇā hastipakā hastyārohā niṣādinaḥ bhaṭā yodhāś ca yoddhāraḥ kañcuko vāraṇo 'striyāṃ
ādhoraṇa, hastipaka, hastyāroha, niṣādin (elephant-driver); bhaṭa, yodha and yoddhṛ (warrior); kañcuka and vāraṇa are not feminine (mail).
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AgP 365.11
शीर्षण्यञ्च शिरस्त्रे ऽथ तनुत्रं वर्म दंशनं आमुक्तः प्रतिमुक्तश् च पिनद्धश्चापिनद्धवत्
śīrṣaṇyañca śirastre 'tha tanutraṃ varma daṃśanaṃ āmuktaḥ pratimuktaś ca pinaddhaścāpinaddhavat
śīrṣaṇya and śirastra (helmet); then tanutra, varman, daṃśana (body-armour); āmukta and pratimukta, and pinaddha as also apinaddha (put on, armoured).
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AgP 365.12
व्यूहस्तु बलविन्यासश् चक्रञ्चानीकमस्त्रियां एकेभैकरथा त्र्यश्वाः पत्तिः पञ्चपदातिकाः
vyūhastu balavinyāsaś cakrañcānīkamastriyāṃ ekebhaikarathā tryaśvāḥ pattiḥ pañcapadātikāḥ
vyūha, however, is the disposition of forces; cakra and anīka are not feminine. One elephant, one chariot, three horses and five foot-soldiers make a patti.
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AgP 365.13
पत्त्यङ्गैस्त्रिगुणैः सर्वैः क्रमादाख्या यथोत्तरं सेनामुखं गुल्मगणौ वाहिनी पृतना चमूः
pattyaṅgaistriguṇaiḥ sarvaiḥ kramādākhyā yathottaraṃ senāmukhaṃ gulmagaṇau vāhinī pṛtanā camūḥ
With all the constituents of the patti tripled (at each stage), the names in order, each following the last, are: senāmukha, gulma, gaṇa, vāhinī, pṛtanā, camū.
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AgP 365.14
अनीकिनी दशानीकिन्यो ऽक्षोहिण्यो गजादिभिः :प् २९२ धनुः कोदण्ड+इष्वासौ कोटिरस्याटनी स्मृता
anīkinī daśānīkinyo 'kṣohiṇyo gajādibhiḥ :p 292 dhanuḥ kodaṇḍa+iṣvāsau koṭirasyāṭanī smṛtā
(then) anīkinī; ten anīkinīs are an akṣauhiṇī, (reckoned) by elephants and the rest. dhanus, kodaṇḍa, iṣvāsa (bow); its tip is known as koṭi or aṭanī.
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AgP 365.15
नस्तकस्तु धनुर्मध्यं मौर्वी ज्या शिञ्जिनी गुणः पृषत्कवाणविशिखा अजिह्मगखगाशुगाः
nastakastu dhanurmadhyaṃ maurvī jyā śiñjinī guṇaḥ pṛṣatkavāṇaviśikhā ajihmagakhagāśugāḥ
nastaka, however, is the middle of the bow; maurvī, jyā, śiñjinī, guṇa (bowstring); pṛṣatka, vāṇa, viśikha, ajihmaga, khaga, āśuga (arrow).
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AgP 365.16
तूणोपासङ्गतूणीरनिषङ्गा इषुधिर्द्वयोः असिरृष्टिश् च निस्त्रिंशः करवालः कृपालःकृपाणवत्
tūṇopāsaṅgatūṇīraniṣaṅgā iṣudhirdvayoḥ asirṛṣṭiś ca nistriṃśaḥ karavālaḥ kṛpālaḥkṛpāṇavat
tūṇa, upāsaṅga, tūṇīra, niṣaṅga, (and) iṣudhi — of both genders — (quiver); asi, ṛṣṭi, nistriṃśa, karavāla, kṛpāla, as also kṛpāṇa (sword).
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AgP 365.17
सरुः खड्गस्य सुष्टौ स्यादीली तु करपालिका द्वयोः कुठारः सुधितिः छुरिका चासिपुत्रिका
saruḥ khaḍgasya suṣṭau syādīlī tu karapālikā dvayoḥ kuṭhāraḥ sudhitiḥ churikā cāsiputrikā
saru would be (the name) for the hilt of a sword; but īlī and karapālikā are of both genders; kuṭhāra, sudhiti (axe); and churikā, asiputrikā (knife).
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AgP 365.18
प्रासस्तु कुन्तो विज्ञेयः सर्वला तोमरो ऽस्त्रियां वैतालिका बोधकरा मागधा वन्दिनस्तुतौ
prāsastu kunto vijñeyaḥ sarvalā tomaro 'striyāṃ vaitālikā bodhakarā māgadhā vandinastutau
prāsa is to be understood as kunta (lance); sarvalā, tomara, not feminine; vaitālika, bodhakara (those who wake the king), māgadha, vandin (in the sense of eulogists).
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AgP 365.19
संशप्तकास्तु समयात्सङ्ग्रामादनिवर्तिनः पताका वैजयन्ती स्यात्केतनं धजमिस्त्रियां
saṃśaptakāstu samayātsaṅgrāmādanivartinaḥ patākā vaijayantī syātketanaṃ dhajamistriyāṃ
saṃśaptakas, however, are those who by an oath do not turn back from battle; patākā, vaijayantī, ketana, dhvaja (banner) would be not feminine.
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AgP 365.20
अहं पूर्वमहं पूर्वमित्यहंपूर्विका स्त्रियां अहमहमिका सास्याद्यो ऽहङ्कारः परस्परम्
ahaṃ pūrvamahaṃ pūrvamityahaṃpūrvikā striyāṃ ahamahamikā sāsyādyo 'haṅkāraḥ parasparam
"I first, I first" — hence ahaṃpūrvikā, feminine; (also) ahamahamikā: that is the mutual assertion of "I" (egotism) which arises (among them).
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AgP 365.21
शक्तिः पराक्रमः प्राणः शौर्यं स्थानसहोबलं मूर्छा तु कश्मलं मोहो ऽप्यवर्मद्दस्तु पीडनं
śaktiḥ parākramaḥ prāṇaḥ śauryaṃ sthānasahobalaṃ mūrchā tu kaśmalaṃ moho 'pyavarmaddastu pīḍanaṃ
śakti, parākrama, prāṇa, śaurya, sthāna, sahas, bala (power); mūrchā, kaśmala and also moha (fainting); avamarda is pīḍana (crushing).
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AgP 365.22
अभ्यवस्कन्दनन्त्वभ्यासादनं विजयो जयः निर्वासनं संज्ञपनं सारणं प्रतिघातनं
abhyavaskandanantvabhyāsādanaṃ vijayo jayaḥ nirvāsanaṃ saṃjñapanaṃ sāraṇaṃ pratighātanaṃ
abhyavaskandana, however, is abhyāsādana (assault); vijaya, jaya (victory); nirvāsana, saṃjñapana, sāraṇa, pratighātana.
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AgP 365.23
स्यात्पञ्चता कालधर्मो दिष्टान्तः प्रलयो ऽत्ययः विशो भूमिस्पृषो वैश्या वृत्तिर्वर्तनजीवने
syātpañcatā kāladharmo diṣṭāntaḥ pralayo 'tyayaḥ viśo bhūmispṛṣo vaiśyā vṛttirvartanajīvane
pañcatā, kāladharma, diṣṭānta, pralaya, atyaya would be (terms for death); viś, bhūmispṛś, vaiśya; vṛtti, vartana, jīvana (livelihood).
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AgP 365.24
कृष्यादिवृत्तयो ज्ञेयाः कुसीदं वृद्धिजीविका उद्धरो ऽर्थप्रयोगः स्यात्कणिशं सस्यमञ्जरी
kṛṣyādivṛttayo jñeyāḥ kusīdaṃ vṛddhijīvikā uddharo 'rthaprayogaḥ syātkaṇiśaṃ sasyamañjarī
Livelihoods such as agriculture and the rest are to be understood (as the vaiśya's); kusīda is living by interest; uddhara is the lending out of money; kaṇiśa is an ear of grain (sasya-mañjarī).
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AgP 365.25
किंशारुः सस्यशूकं स्यात् स्तम्बो गुत्सस्तृणादिनः धाम्यं व्रीहिः स्तम्बकरिः कडङ्गरो वुपं स्मृतं
kiṃśāruḥ sasyaśūkaṃ syāt stambo gutsastṛṇādinaḥ dhāmyaṃ vrīhiḥ stambakariḥ kaḍaṅgaro vupaṃ smṛtaṃ
kiṃśāru is the awn of grain; stamba and gutsa (denote) a tuft of grass and the like; dhāmya and stambakari (are names of) rice; kaḍaṅgara is said to be vupa (straw/chaff).
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AgP 365.26
:प् २९३ माषादयः शमीधान्ये शुकधान्ये यवादयः तृणधान्यानि नीवाराः शूर्पं प्रस्फोटनं स्मृतं
:p 293 māṣādayaḥ śamīdhānye śukadhānye yavādayaḥ tṛṇadhānyāni nīvārāḥ śūrpaṃ prasphoṭanaṃ smṛtaṃ
māṣa and the rest are pod-grains (śamīdhānya); barley and the rest are awned grains (śūkadhānya); nīvāras are the grass-grains; the winnowing-fan (śūrpa) is called prasphoṭana.
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AgP 365.27
स्यूतप्रसेवौ कण्डोलपिटौ कटकिनिञ्जकौ समानौ रसवत्यान्तु पाकस्थानमहानसे
syūtaprasevau kaṇḍolapiṭau kaṭakiniñjakau samānau rasavatyāntu pākasthānamahānase
syūta and praseva (are equivalent, as bags); kaṇḍola and piṭa (as baskets); kaṭaka and iniñjaka are equivalent; and rasavatī, pākasthāna and mahānasa (mean kitchen).
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AgP 365.28
पौरोगवस्तदध्यक्षः सूपकारास्तु वल्लवाः आरालिका आन्धसिकाः सूदा औदनिका गुणाः
paurogavastadadhyakṣaḥ sūpakārāstu vallavāḥ ārālikā āndhasikāḥ sūdā audanikā guṇāḥ
paurogava is the overseer of it (the kitchen); but the cooks are (called) vallava, ārālika, āndhasika, sūda, audanika and guṇa.
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AgP 365.29
क्लीवे ऽम्बरीषं भ्राष्टो ना कर्कर्यालुर्गलन्तिका आलिञ्जरः स्यान्मणिकं सुषवी कृषजीरके
klīve 'mbarīṣaṃ bhrāṣṭo nā karkaryālurgalantikā āliñjaraḥ syānmaṇikaṃ suṣavī kṛṣajīrake
ambarīṣa is neuter; bhrāṣṭra (frying-pan) is masculine; karkarī, ālu and galantikā (are water-vessels); āliñjara is also maṇika; suṣavī and kṛṣṇajīraka (denote black cumin).
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AgP 365.30
आरनालस्तु कुल्माषं वाह्लीकं हिङ्गु रामठं निशा हरिद्रा पीता स्त्री खण्डे मत्स्यण्डिफाणिते
āranālastu kulmāṣaṃ vāhlīkaṃ hiṅgu rāmaṭhaṃ niśā haridrā pītā strī khaṇḍe matsyaṇḍiphāṇite
āranāla is (the same as) kulmāṣa; vāhlīka, hiṅgu and rāmaṭha (denote asafoetida); niśā, haridrā and pītā, feminine, (denote turmeric); khaṇḍa, matsyaṇḍī and phāṇita (are kinds of sugar).
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AgP 365.31
कूर्चिका क्षिरविकृतिः स्निग्धं मसृणचिक्कणं पृथुकः स्याच्चिपिटको धाना भ्रष्टयवास्त्रियः
kūrcikā kṣiravikṛtiḥ snigdhaṃ masṛṇacikkaṇaṃ pṛthukaḥ syāccipiṭako dhānā bhraṣṭayavāstriyaḥ
kūrcikā is a preparation of milk; snigdha, masṛṇa and cikkaṇa (mean smooth/oily); pṛthuka is also cipiṭaka (flattened grain); dhānā, feminine, is parched barley.
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AgP 365.32
जेमनं लेप आहारो माहेयी सौरभी च गौः युगादीनाञ्च बोढारो युग्यप्रसाङ्ग्यशाटकाः
jemanaṃ lepa āhāro māheyī saurabhī ca gauḥ yugādīnāñca boḍhāro yugyaprasāṅgyaśāṭakāḥ
jemana, lepa, āhāra (mean eating/food); māheyī, saurabhī and go (denote the cow); and the bearers of yokes and the like are yugya, prasāṅgya and śāṭaka.
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AgP 365.33
चिरसूता वष्कयणी धेनुः स्यान्नवसूतिका सन्धिनी वृषभाक्रान्ता वेहद्गर्भोपघातिनी
cirasūtā vaṣkayaṇī dhenuḥ syānnavasūtikā sandhinī vṛṣabhākrāntā vehadgarbhopaghātinī
one that calved long ago is vaṣkayaṇī; dhenu would be one newly calved; sandhinī is one covered by the bull; vehat is one whose embryo has been destroyed.
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AgP 365.34
पण्याजीवो ह्य् आपणिको न्यासश्चोपनिधिः पुमान् विपणो विक्रयः सङ्ख्या सङ्ख्येये ह्य् आदश त्रिषु
paṇyājīvo hy āpaṇiko nyāsaścopanidhiḥ pumān vipaṇo vikrayaḥ saṅkhyā saṅkhyeye hy ādaśa triṣu
one who lives by trade is indeed āpaṇika; nyāsa and upanidhi (deposit) are masculine; vipaṇa is sale; saṅkhyā (number) is used of the thing numbered, and (the numerals) up to ten are in the three genders.
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AgP 365.35
विंशत्याद्याः सदैकत्वे सर्वाः संख्येयसंख्ययोः संख्यार्थे द्विबहुत्वे स्तस्तासु चानवतेः स्त्रियः
viṃśatyādyāḥ sadaikatve sarvāḥ saṃkhyeyasaṃkhyayoḥ saṃkhyārthe dvibahutve stastāsu cānavateḥ striyaḥ
Twenty and the following are always in the singular; all are used both of the thing numbered and of the number; in the sense of number they occur in the dual and plural; and among them, up to ninety-nine, they are feminine.
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AgP 365.36
पङ्क्तेः शतसहस्रादि क्रमाद्दशगुणोत्तरं मानन्तु लाङ्गुलिप्रस्थैर् गुञ्जाः पञ्चाद्यमाषकः
paṅkteḥ śatasahasrādi kramāddaśaguṇottaraṃ mānantu lāṅguliprasthair guñjāḥ pañcādyamāṣakaḥ
From paṅkti (ten), hundred, thousand and so on increase in order tenfold; measure is by the lāṅgulī and the prastha; five guñjās make the first (unit), the māṣaka.
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AgP 365.37
ते षोडशाक्षः कर्षो ऽस्त्री पलं कर्षचतुष्टयम् :प् २९४ सुवर्णविस्तौ हेम्नो ऽक्षे कुरुविस्तस्तु तत्पले
te ṣoḍaśākṣaḥ karṣo 'strī palaṃ karṣacatuṣṭayam :p 294 suvarṇavistau hemno 'kṣe kuruvistastu tatpale
Sixteen of those are an akṣa, (also called) karṣa, which is masculine or neuter; a pala is four karṣas; suvarṇa and vista (are names) for an akṣa of gold, and kuruvista for a pala of it.
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AgP 365.38
तुला स्त्रियां पलशतं भारः स्याद्विंशतिस्तुलाः कार्षापणः कार्षिकः स्यात् कार्षिके ताम्रिके पणः
tulā striyāṃ palaśataṃ bhāraḥ syādviṃśatistulāḥ kārṣāpaṇaḥ kārṣikaḥ syāt kārṣike tāmrike paṇaḥ
tulā, feminine, is a hundred palas; a bhāra would be twenty tulās; kārṣāpaṇa is kārṣika; for a copper kārṣika (the word is) paṇa.
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AgP 365.39
द्रव्यं वित्तं स्वापतेयं रिक्थमृथक्थं धनं वसु रीतिः स्त्रियामारकूटो न स्त्रियामथ ताम्रकम्
dravyaṃ vittaṃ svāpateyaṃ rikthamṛthakthaṃ dhanaṃ vasu rītiḥ striyāmārakūṭo na striyāmatha tāmrakam
dravya, vitta, svāpateya, riktha, ṛktha, dhana, vasu (mean wealth); rīti, feminine, and ārakūṭa, not feminine, (mean brass); then tāmraka (copper).
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AgP 365.40
शुल्वमौदुम्बरं लौहे तीक्ष्णं कालांयसायसी क्षारः काचो ऽथ चपलो रसः सूतश् च पारदे
śulvamaudumbaraṃ lauhe tīkṣṇaṃ kālāṃyasāyasī kṣāraḥ kāco 'tha capalo rasaḥ sūtaś ca pārade
śulva and audumbara (denote copper); tīkṣṇa, kālāyasa and ayasī (denote) iron; kṣāra, kāca, then capala, rasa and sūta for mercury.
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AgP 365.41
गरलं माहिषं शृङ्गं त्रपुसीसकपिच्चटं हिण्डीरो ऽब्धिकफः फेणो मधूच्छिष्टन्तु सिक्थकम्
garalaṃ māhiṣaṃ śṛṅgaṃ trapusīsakapiccaṭaṃ hiṇḍīro 'bdhikaphaḥ pheṇo madhūcchiṣṭantu sikthakam
garala is buffalo horn(?); trapu, sīsaka and piccaṭa (denote tin/lead); hiṇḍīra, abdhikapha and pheṇa (sea-foam); and beeswax (madhūcchiṣṭa) is sikthaka.
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AgP 365.42
रङ्गवङ्गे पिचुस्थूलो कूलटी तु मनःशिला यवक्षारश् च पाक्यः स्यात् त्वक्क्षीरा वंशलोचनाः
raṅgavaṅge picusthūlo kūlaṭī tu manaḥśilā yavakṣāraś ca pākyaḥ syāt tvakkṣīrā vaṃśalocanāḥ
raṅga and vaṅga (denote tin); picu and sthūla (are equivalent); kūlaṭī is realgar (manaḥśilā); yavakṣāra is also pākya; tvakkṣīrā and vaṃśalocanā (denote bamboo-manna).
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AgP 365.43
वृषला जधन्यजाः शूद्राश्चाण्डालान्त्याश् चशङ्कराः कारुः शिल्पी संहतैस्तैर् द्वयोः श्रेणिः सजातिभिः
vṛṣalā jadhanyajāḥ śūdrāścāṇḍālāntyāś caśaṅkarāḥ kāruḥ śilpī saṃhataistair dvayoḥ śreṇiḥ sajātibhiḥ
vṛṣalas are those born of the lowest (class), the śūdras; caṇḍālas, antyas and saṅkaras (are the mixed classes); kāru is a craftsman; with these united, when they are of the same caste, (the word is) śreṇi, used in two genders.
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AgP 365.44
रङ्गाजीवश्चित्रकरस्त्वष्टा तक्षा च वर्धकिः नाडिन्धमः स्वर्णकारो नापितान्तावसायिनः
raṅgājīvaścitrakarastvaṣṭā takṣā ca vardhakiḥ nāḍindhamaḥ svarṇakāro nāpitāntāvasāyinaḥ
One who lives by dyeing, a painter, tvaṣṭā (an artisan), takṣā and vardhaki (a carpenter), nāḍindhama (a smith who blows the pipe), a goldsmith, a barber, and antāvasāyin (one living at the edge, an outcaste).
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AgP 365.45
जावालः स्यादजाजीवो देवाजीवस्तु देवलः जायाजीवस्तु शैलूषा भृतको भृतिभुक्तथा
jāvālaḥ syādajājīvo devājīvastu devalaḥ jāyājīvastu śailūṣā bhṛtako bhṛtibhuktathā
jāvāla would be ajājīva (one who lives by goats); but devājīva (one who lives by a deity) is devala; jāyājīva (one who lives by his wife), however, is śailūṣa (an actor); and bhṛtaka (a hireling) is bhṛtibhuj (one who eats wages).
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AgP 365.46
विवर्णः पामरो नीचः प्राकृतश् च पृथग्जनः विहीनोपसदो जाल्मो भृत्ये दासेरचेटकाः
vivarṇaḥ pāmaro nīcaḥ prākṛtaś ca pṛthagjanaḥ vihīnopasado jālmo bhṛtye dāseraceṭakāḥ
vivarṇa (colourless), pāmara, nīca, prākṛta, and pṛthagjana (a common man); vihīna, upasada, jālma; for a servant: dāsera and ceṭaka.
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AgP 365.47
पटुस्तु पेशलो दक्षो मृगयुर्लुब्धकः स्मृतः चाण्डालस्तु दिवाकीर्तिः पुस्तं लेप्यादिकर्मणि
paṭustu peśalo dakṣo mṛgayurlubdhakaḥ smṛtaḥ cāṇḍālastu divākīrtiḥ pustaṃ lepyādikarmaṇi
But paṭu, peśala, dakṣa (are terms for the skilful); mṛgayu is taught (as a name) for lubdhaka (a hunter); cāṇḍāla, however, is divākīrti; pusta (is the word) for work in plastering and the like (modelling).
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AgP 365.48
पञ्चालिका पुत्रिका स्याद्वर्करस्तरुणः पशुः मञ्जूषा पेटकः पेडा तुल्यसाधारणौ समौ :प् २९५ प्रतिमा स्यात् प्रतिकृतिर्वर्गा ब्रह्मादयः स्मृताः
pañcālikā putrikā syādvarkarastaruṇaḥ paśuḥ mañjūṣā peṭakaḥ peḍā tulyasādhāraṇau samau :p 295 pratimā syāt pratikṛtirvargā brahmādayaḥ smṛtāḥ
pañcālikā would be putrikā (a doll); varkara is a young animal; mañjūṣā, peṭaka, peḍā (a basket-box); tulya, sādhāraṇa, sama (are terms for 'equal'); pratimā would be pratikṛti (an image). The classes beginning with Brahmā have (thus) been declared.
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