Agni Purana [sanskrit]

97,288 words

This Sanskrit edition of the Agnipurana. It is one of the traditional eighteen Mahapuranas presented as an encyclopedia of ancient Indian history and knowledge. It contains either 382 or 383 chapters and over 10.000 verses (Sanskrit Shlokas).

Verse 235.8

तत्रस्थो ब्राह्मणान् पश्येदमात्यान्मन्त्रिणस्तथा ।
प्रकृतीश्च महाभाग प्रतीहारनिवेदिताः ॥ ८ ॥

tatrastho brāhmaṇān paśyedamātyānmantriṇastathā |
prakṛtīśca mahābhāga pratīhāraniveditāḥ || 8 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 235.8 is contained in the book The Agni Puranam (Anandashram Edition) by Shri Chimna Apate (श्री चिमणा आपटे). This book is available online or you could buy the latest edition:

Read online Buy now! The Sanskrit text by Shri Chimna Apate (श्री चिमणा आपटे) (1987)

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (235.8). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatrastha, Brahmana, Pashya, Dama, Yat, Yah, Mantrin, Mantri, Tatha, Prakriti, Mahabhaga, Pratihara, Nivedita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 235.8). If the system was successful in segmenting the sentence, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.

  • Line 1: “tatrastho brāhmaṇān paśyedamātyānmantriṇastathā
  • tatrastho* -
  • tatrastha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • brāhmaṇān -
  • brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • paśye -
  • paśya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    paśya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    paśyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    paś -> paśya (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √paś class 10 verb]
    paś -> paśya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √paś class 10 verb], [vocative dual from √paś class 10 verb], [accusative dual from √paś class 10 verb], [locative single from √paś class 10 verb]
    paś -> paśyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative dual from √paś class 10 verb], [vocative single from √paś class 10 verb], [vocative dual from √paś class 10 verb], [accusative dual from √paś class 10 verb]
    paś (verb class 10)
    [present passive first single]
  • damāt -
  • dama (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    dama (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • yān -
  • yāt (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    yat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yāt (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • mantriṇas -
  • mantrin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    mantrin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    mantrī (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • tathā -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “prakṛtīśca mahābhāga pratīhāraniveditāḥ
  • prakṛtīś -
  • prakṛti (noun, feminine)
    [accusative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • mahābhāga -
  • mahābhāga (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    mahābhāga (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pratīhāra -
  • pratīhāra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • niveditāḥ -
  • nivedita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    niveditā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 235.8

Cover of edition (2007)

Agni Purana with Hindi Translation
by Tarinish Jha and Dr. Ghanshayam Tripathi (तारिणीश् झा और डॉ. घनश्याम त्रिपाठी) (2007)

Publisher: Hindi Sahitya Sammelan, Allahabad; 1199 pages; Title: अग्निपुराणम् (संस्कृत एवं हिन्दी अनुवाद);

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Cover of edition (2023)

Agni Purana (Two Volumes)
by M. N. Dutt (2023)

Publisher: Parimal Publication Pvt. Ltd.; Editor: K. L. Joshi.; ISBN-10: 8171101690; ISBN-13: 9788171101696; 1070 pages.

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Cover of edition (2006)

Agni-Purana (Set of 4 Volumes)
by N. Gangadharan (2006)

Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd.; ISBN: Part I 8120803590 (9788120803596); Part II 8120803604 (‎9788120803602); Part III 8120801741 (9788120801745); Part IV 812080306X (9788120803060); 1271 pages.

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Cover of edition (2013)

The Agni Purana (Hindi)
by (2013)

Publisher: Gita Press, Gorakhpur; Title: अग्निपुराण (केवल हिन्दी अनुवाद); ISBN-10: 8129302934; ISBN-13: 9788129302939; 848 pages.

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Cover of edition (2013)

Agni Purana (Kannada)
by Sreedharananda (2013)

Publisher: Pooja Pusthaka Bhandara, Bangalore; Title: ಅಗ್ನಿ ಪುರಾಣ; 560 pages.

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Preview of verse 235.8 in Kannada sript:
ತತ್ರಸ್ಥೋ ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣಾನ್ ಪಶ್ಯೇದಮಾತ್ಯಾನ್ಮನ್ತ್ರಿಣಸ್ತಥಾ ।
ಪ್ರಕೃತೀಶ್ಚ ಮಹಾಭಾಗ ಪ್ರತೀಹಾರನಿವೇದಿತಾಃ ॥ ೮ ॥

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