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Agninya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryAgninya (अग्निन्य).—distorted Sanskritization of Pali aggañña, primeval (derived from Sanskrit agra, perhaps with -jña?), see Critical Pali Dictionary and Senart Mahāvastu i note 617: Mahāvastu i.340.17 (tam eva) paurāṇam akṣaram °nyaṃ upanipate, arthaṃ cāsya na vibhāvayetsuḥ; similarly 341.10; 342.6, 16; iii.206.13; always epithet of akṣara, and in all but the last associated with paurāṇa; Pali also combines porāṇa and aggañña as epithet of akkhara, ancient primeval formula, in similar [Page004-b+ 71] phrase; in [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit] always subject of upanipate, came in, occurred, was mentioned (in Pali the phrase is object of anupatanti or anupadanti, they repeat; Critical Pali Dictionary s.v. akkhara 2).
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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