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 214.4

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गान्धारी हस्तिजिह्वा च पृथा चैव यथा तथा ।
अलम्बुषा हुहुश्चैव शङ्खिनी दशमी स्मृता ॥ ४ ॥

gāndhārī hastijihvā ca pṛthā caiva yathā tathā |
alambuṣā huhuścaiva śaṅkhinī daśamī smṛtā || 4 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 214.4 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 (214.4). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Gandhari, Hastijihva, Prith, Pritha, Yatha, Tatha, Alambusha, Huhu, Shankhin, Shankhini, Shankhi, Dashami, Dashamin, Smrita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 214.4). 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: “gāndhārī hastijihvā ca pṛthā caiva yathā tathā ”
gāndhārī -
gāndhārī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

gāndhāri (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
hastijihvā -
hastijihvā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
pṛthā -
pṛth (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

pṛthā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
cai -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
tathā -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “alambuṣā huhuścaiva śaṅkhinī daśamī smṛtā ”
alambuṣā* -
alambuṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

alambuṣā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
huhuś -
huhu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
cai -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
śaṅkhinī -
śaṅkhinī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

śaṅkhinī (noun, masculine)

[compound]

śaṅkhin (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

śaṅkhī (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
daśamī -
daśamī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

daśamin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
smṛtā -
smṛtā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√smṛ -> smṛtā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 214.4

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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