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 211.57

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शिवालये विष्णुगृहे सूर्यस्य भवने तथा ।
सर्वदानप्रदः स स्यात्पुस्तकं वाचयेत्तु यः ॥ ५७ ॥

śivālaye viṣṇugṛhe sūryasya bhavane tathā |
sarvadānapradaḥ sa syātpustakaṃ vācayettu yaḥ || 57 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 211.57 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 (211.57). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shivalaya, Vishnugriha, Surya, Bhavana, Tatha, Sarvadana, Prada, Syat, Sya, Pustaka, Yah,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 211.57). 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: “śivālaye viṣṇugṛhe sūryasya bhavane tathā ”
śivālaye -
śivālaya (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
viṣṇugṛhe -
viṣṇugṛha (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
sūryasya -
sūrya (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

sūrya (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

√sūr -> sūrya (participle, masculine)

[genitive single from √sūr class 4 verb], [genitive single from √sūr class 10 verb]

√sūr -> sūrya (participle, neuter)

[genitive single from √sūr class 4 verb], [genitive single from √sūr class 10 verb]
bhavane -
bhavana (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

bhavana (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
tathā -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “sarvadānapradaḥ sa syātpustakaṃ vācayettu yaḥ ”
sarvadāna -
sarvadāna (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
pradaḥ -
prada (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
syāt -
syāt (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

syāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[optative active third single]
pustakam -
pustaka (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

pustaka (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
vācayet -
√vac (verb class 0)

[optative active third single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
yaḥ -
yaḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 211.57

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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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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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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