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 319.10

शाङ्करी मतिर्धुतिश्च पूर्व्वाद्या ह्रीँ स्ववीजकाः ।
ध्येया सरस्वतीवच्च कपिलाज्येन होमकः ।
संस्कृतप्राकृतकविः काव्यशास्त्रादिविद्भवेत् ॥ १० ॥

śāṅkarī matirdhutiśca pūrvvādyā hrīṃ svavījakāḥ |
dhyeyā sarasvatīvacca kapilājyena homakaḥ |
saṃskṛtaprākṛtakaviḥ kāvyaśāstrādividbhavet || 10 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 319.10 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 (319.10). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shankari, Hrim, Sva, Svan, Vija, Dhyeya, Sarasvativat, Kapila, Ajya, Homaka, Samskrita, Prakrita, Kavi, Kavyashastra, Vid, Vidh,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 319.10). 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: “śāṅkarī matirdhutiśca pūrvvādyā hrīṃ svavījakāḥ
  • śāṅkarī -
  • śāṅkarī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    śāṅkarī (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    śāṅkari (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    śāṅkari (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • Cannot analyse matirdhutiśca*pū
  • Cannot analyse pūrvvādyā*hr
  • hrīm -
  • hrīm (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • sva -
  • sva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    svan (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    svan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sva (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • vīja -
  • vīja (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vīja (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vīj (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • kāḥ -
  • kās (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “dhyeyā sarasvatīvacca kapilājyena homakaḥ
  • dhyeyā -
  • dhyeyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • sarasvatīvac -
  • sarasvatīvat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    sarasvatīvat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kapilā -
  • kapila (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kapila (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kapilā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ājyena -
  • ājya (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    ājya (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • homakaḥ -
  • homaka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 3: “saṃskṛtaprākṛtakaviḥ kāvyaśāstrādividbhavet
  • saṃskṛta -
  • saṃskṛta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    saṃskṛta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • prākṛta -
  • prākṛta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prākṛta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kaviḥ -
  • kavi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    kavi (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • kāvyaśāstrā -
  • kāvyaśāstra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • adi -
  • ad (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ad (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • vid -
  • vid (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    vid (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    vidh (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    vidh (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • bhavet -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 319.10

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 319.10 in Kannada sript:
ಶಾಙ್ಕರೀ ಮತಿರ್ಧುತಿಶ್ಚ ಪೂರ್ವ್ವಾದ್ಯಾ ಹ್ರೀಂ ಸ್ವವೀಜಕಾಃ ।
ಧ್ಯೇಯಾ ಸರಸ್ವತೀವಚ್ಚ ಕಪಿಲಾಜ್ಯೇನ ಹೋಮಕಃ ।
ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಪ್ರಾಕೃತಕವಿಃ ಕಾವ್ಯಶಾಸ್ತ್ರಾದಿವಿದ್ಭವೇತ್ ॥ ೧೦ ॥

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