Agni Purana — Chapter 42
AgP 42.1
:ए इत्य् आदिमहापुराणे आग्नेये पातालयोगकथनं नाम एकचत्वारिंशो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {४२} :श् अथ द्वाचत्वारिंशो ऽध्यायः प्रासादलक्षणकथनं हयग्रीव उवाच प्रासादं सम्प्रवक्ष्यामि सर्वसाधारणं शृणु चतुरस्रीकृतं क्षेत्रं भजेत् षोडशधा बुधः
:e ity ādimahāpurāṇe āgneye pātālayogakathanaṃ nāma ekacatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {42} :ś atha dvācatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ prāsādalakṣaṇakathanaṃ hayagrīva uvāca prāsādaṃ sampravakṣyāmi sarvasādhāraṇaṃ śṛṇu caturasrīkṛtaṃ kṣetraṃ bhajet ṣoḍaśadhā budhaḥ
Thus in the Āgneya, the first great Purāṇa, the forty-first chapter, called the Statement of the Joining of the Substructure. Chapter 42. Now the forty-second chapter, the Statement of the Characteristics of the Temple. Hayagrīva said: I shall declare the temple; hear that which is common to all. The wise man should divide the site, made four-sided, into sixteen parts.
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AgP 42.2
मध्ये तस्य चतुर्भिस्तु कुर्यादायसमन्वितं :न् १ समप्रासादमानत इति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् १२२ द्वदशैव तु भागानि भित्त्यर्थं परिकल्पयेत्
madhye tasya caturbhistu kuryādāyasamanvitaṃ :n 1 samaprāsādamānata iti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 122 dvadaśaiva tu bhāgāni bhittyarthaṃ parikalpayet
In the middle of it, with four (parts), he should make (the sanctum) provided with the proper āya (measure); and he should assign just twelve parts for the walls.
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AgP 42.3
जङ्घोच्छ्रायन्तु कर्तव्यं चतुर्भागेण चायतं(१) जङ्घायां द्विगुणोच्छ्रायं मञ्जर्याः कल्पयेद् बुधः
jaṅghocchrāyantu kartavyaṃ caturbhāgeṇa cāyataṃ(1) jaṅghāyāṃ dviguṇocchrāyaṃ mañjaryāḥ kalpayed budhaḥ
The height of the leg (wall-shaft) is to be made, extended by a fourth part; the wise man should plan the height of the spire-cluster (mañjarī) at twice the leg.
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AgP 42.4
तुर्यभागेन मञ्जर्याः कार्यः सम्यक् प्रदक्षिणः(२) तन्माननिर्गमं कार्यमुभयोः पार्श्वयोः समं
turyabhāgena mañjaryāḥ kāryaḥ samyak pradakṣiṇaḥ(2) tanmānanirgamaṃ kāryamubhayoḥ pārśvayoḥ samaṃ
With a fourth part of the mañjarī the circumambulatory should be properly made; by that measure the projection should be made equal on both sides.
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AgP 42.5
शिखरेण समं कार्यमग्रे जगति विस्तरं द्विगुणेनापि कर्तव्यं यथाशोभानुरूपतः
śikhareṇa samaṃ kāryamagre jagati vistaraṃ dviguṇenāpi kartavyaṃ yathāśobhānurūpataḥ
In front, on the plinth, the breadth should be made equal to the spire; or it may be made twice (as much), according to what suits the beauty (of the building).
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AgP 42.6
विस्तारान्मण्डपस्याग्रे गर्भसूत्रद्वयेन तु दैर्घ्यात्पादाधिकं कुर्यान्मध्यस्तम्भैर् विभूषितं
vistārānmaṇḍapasyāgre garbhasūtradvayena tu dairghyātpādādhikaṃ kuryānmadhyastambhair vibhūṣitaṃ
In front, from the breadth of the hall, by two garbha-cords, he should make (it) a quarter more in length, adorned with pillars in the middle.
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AgP 42.7
प्रासादगर्भमानं वा कुर्वीत मुखमण्डपं एकाशीतिपदैर् व्यास्तुं पश्चात् मण्डपमारभेत्
prāsādagarbhamānaṃ vā kurvīta mukhamaṇḍapaṃ ekāśītipadair vyāstuṃ paścāt maṇḍapamārabhet
Or he should make the front hall of the measure of the temple's sanctum; having laid out (the ground) in eighty-one squares, he should then begin the hall.
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AgP 42.8
शुकान् प्राग्द्वारविन्यासे पादान्तःस्थान् यजेत् सुरान् तथा प्राकारविन्यासे यजेद् द्वात्रिंशदन्तगान्(३)
śukān prāgdvāravinyāse pādāntaḥsthān yajet surān tathā prākāravinyāse yajed dvātriṃśadantagān(3)
In the laying out of the eastern doorway he should worship the Śukas, the gods standing within the (door-)posts; likewise in the laying out of the enclosure wall he should worship the thirty-two who occupy the ends.
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AgP 42.9
सर्वसाधारणं चैतत् प्रासादस्य च लक्षणं मानेन प्रतिमाया वा प्रासादमपरं शृणु
sarvasādhāraṇaṃ caitat prāsādasya ca lakṣaṇaṃ mānena pratimāyā vā prāsādamaparaṃ śṛṇu
And this is the characteristic of a temple that is common to all; now hear about another temple, (measured) by the measure of the image.
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AgP 42.10
प्रतिमायाः प्रमाणन कर्तव्या पिण्डिका शुभा गर्भस्तु पिण्डिकार्धेन गर्भमानास्तु भित्तयः
pratimāyāḥ pramāṇana kartavyā piṇḍikā śubhā garbhastu piṇḍikārdhena garbhamānāstu bhittayaḥ
The auspicious pedestal is to be made by the measure of the image; the sanctum is half again of the pedestal; and the walls are of the measure of the sanctum.
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AgP 42.11
भित्तेरायाममानेन उत्सेधन्तु प्रकल्पयेत् भित्त्युच्छ्रायात्तु द्विगुणं शिखरं कल्पयेद् बुधः
bhitterāyāmamānena utsedhantu prakalpayet bhittyucchrāyāttu dviguṇaṃ śikharaṃ kalpayed budhaḥ
He should assign the elevation by the measure of the wall's length; and the wise man should plan the spire at twice the height of the wall.
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AgP 42.12
शिखरस्य तु तुर्येण भ्रमणं परिकल्पयेत् शिखरस्य चतुर्थेन व्यग्रतो मुखमण्डपं
śikharasya tu turyeṇa bhramaṇaṃ parikalpayet śikharasya caturthena vyagrato mukhamaṇḍapaṃ
He should plan the circumambulatory at a fourth of the spire; and in front, the front hall at a fourth of the spire.
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AgP 42.13
:न् १ चत्युर्भागेण वा युतमिति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः । चतुर्भागेण संयुतमिति ग, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ सम्यक् कुर्यात् प्रदक्षिणमिति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ३ द्वात्रिंशदन्तरे इति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् १२३ अष्टमांसेन गर्भस्य रथकानान्तु निर्गमः परिधेर्गुणभागेन रथकांस्तत्र कल्पयेत्
:n 1 catyurbhāgeṇa vā yutamiti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ / caturbhāgeṇa saṃyutamiti ga, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 samyak kuryāt pradakṣiṇamiti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 3 dvātriṃśadantare iti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 123 aṣṭamāṃsena garbhasya rathakānāntu nirgamaḥ paridherguṇabhāgena rathakāṃstatra kalpayet
The projection of the rathakas (offset facets) is by an eighth part of the sanctum; he should plan the rathakas there by a third part of the circumference.
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AgP 42.14
तत्तृतीयेण(४) वा कुर्याद्रथकानान्तु निर्गमं वामत्रयं स्थापनीयं रथकत्रितये सदा
tattṛtīyeṇa(4) vā kuryādrathakānāntu nirgamaṃ vāmatrayaṃ sthāpanīyaṃ rathakatritaye sadā
Or he should make the projection of the rathakas by a third of that; three vāmas are always to be set up in the triad of rathakas.
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AgP 42.15
शिखरार्थं हि सूत्राणि चत्वारि विनिपातयेत् शुकनाशोर्ध्वतः सूत्रं तिर्यग्भूतं निपातयेत्
śikharārthaṃ hi sūtrāṇi catvāri vinipātayet śukanāśordhvataḥ sūtraṃ tiryagbhūtaṃ nipātayet
For the spire he should let fall four cords; above the śukanāsā he should let fall a cord running crosswise.
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AgP 42.16
शिखरस्यार्धभागस्थं सिंहं तत्र तु कारयेत् शुकनासां स्थिरीकृत्य मध्यसन्धौ निधापयेत्
śikharasyārdhabhāgasthaṃ siṃhaṃ tatra tu kārayet śukanāsāṃ sthirīkṛtya madhyasandhau nidhāpayet
There he should have a lion made, placed at the half-part of the spire; having made the śukanāsā firm, he should set it at the middle joint.
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AgP 42.17
अपरे च तथा पार्श्वं तद्वत् सूत्रं निधापयेत् तदूर्ध्वन्तु भवेद्वेदी सकण्टा मनसारकं
apare ca tathā pārśvaṃ tadvat sūtraṃ nidhāpayet tadūrdhvantu bhavedvedī sakaṇṭā manasārakaṃ
And on the other side likewise he should lay the cord in the same way; above that there should be an altar with a rim, (and) the manasāraka.
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AgP 42.18
स्कन्धभग्नं न कर्तव्यं विकरालं तथैव च ऊर्ध्वं च वेदिकामानात् कलशं परिकल्पयेत्
skandhabhagnaṃ na kartavyaṃ vikarālaṃ tathaiva ca ūrdhvaṃ ca vedikāmānāt kalaśaṃ parikalpayet
It should not be made broken at the shoulder, nor likewise gaping wide; and above, by the measure of the altar, he should plan the finial-pot.
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AgP 42.19
विस्ताराद्द्विगुणं द्वारं कर्तव्यं तु सुशोभनं उदुम्बरौ तदूर्ध्वञ्च न्यसेच्छाखां सुमङ्गलैः
vistārāddviguṇaṃ dvāraṃ kartavyaṃ tu suśobhanaṃ udumbarau tadūrdhvañca nyasecchākhāṃ sumaṅgalaiḥ
The door should be made twice the width, and very handsome; and above it (one should set) the two thresholds, and set the jamb with auspicious (marks).
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AgP 42.20
द्वारस्य तु चतुर्थांशे कार्यौ चण्डप्रचण्दकौ विश्वक्सेनवत्सदण्डौ शिखोर्ध्वोडुम्बरे श्रियं
dvārasya tu caturthāṃśe kāryau caṇḍapracaṇdakau viśvaksenavatsadaṇḍau śikhordhvoḍumbare śriyaṃ
In the fourth part of the door Caṇḍa and Pracaṇḍa should be made, (and) Viśvaksena and Vatsadaṇḍa; on the threshold above the crest, Śrī —
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AgP 42.21
दिग्गजैः स्नाप्यमानान्तां घटेः साब्जां सुरूपिकां प्रासादस्य चतुर्थांशैः प्राकारस्योच्छ्रयो भवेत्
diggajaiḥ snāpyamānāntāṃ ghaṭeḥ sābjāṃ surūpikāṃ prāsādasya caturthāṃśaiḥ prākārasyocchrayo bhavet
— (Śrī) being bathed at her sides by the elephants of the quarters with pots, holding a lotus, of lovely form. The height of the enclosure wall should be a fourth part of the temple.
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AgP 42.22
प्रासादात् पादहीनस्तु गोपुरस्योच्छ्रयो भवेत् पञ्चहस्तस्य देवस्य एकहस्ता तु पीठिका
prāsādāt pādahīnastu gopurasyocchrayo bhavet pañcahastasya devasya ekahastā tu pīṭhikā
The height of the gateway should be less by a quarter than (that of) the temple. For a deity of five cubits the pedestal is one cubit.
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AgP 42.23
गारुडं मण्डपञ्चाग्रे एकं भौमादिधाम च कुर्याद्धि प्रतिमायान्तु दिक्षु चाष्टमासु चोपरि
gāruḍaṃ maṇḍapañcāgre ekaṃ bhaumādidhāma ca kuryāddhi pratimāyāntu dikṣu cāṣṭamāsu copari
And in front (one should make) a Garuḍa pavilion and a single shrine (rising) from the ground upward; and one should make images in the (eight) directions and in the eight (subsidiary shrines) and above.
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AgP 42.24
पूर्वे वराहं दक्षे च नृसिंहं श्रीधरं जले उत्तरे तु हयग्रीवनाग्नेय्यां जामदग्न्यकं
pūrve varāhaṃ dakṣe ca nṛsiṃhaṃ śrīdharaṃ jale uttare tu hayagrīvanāgneyyāṃ jāmadagnyakaṃ
In the east Varāha, in the south Nṛsiṃha, in the water (i.e. the west) Śrīdhara, and in the north Hayagrīva, in the southeast the son of Jamadagni;
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AgP 42.25
:न् १ तत्तुरीयेणेति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् १२४ नैरृत्यां रामकं वायौ वामनं वासुदेवकं ईशे प्रासादरचना देया वस्वर्ककादिभिः द्वारस्य चाष्टमाद्यंशं त्यत्का बेधो न दोषभाक्
:n 1 tatturīyeṇeti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 124 nairṛtyāṃ rāmakaṃ vāyau vāmanaṃ vāsudevakaṃ īśe prāsādaracanā deyā vasvarkakādibhiḥ dvārasya cāṣṭamādyaṃśaṃ tyatkā bedho na doṣabhāk
in the southwest Rāma, in the northwest Vāmana, in the northeast Vāsudeva. The temple's plan is to be laid out with eight, twelve, and so on. And leaving aside the eighth part of the door, a piercing (of it) incurs no fault.
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