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 241.1

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राम उवाच ।
प्रभावोत्साहशक्तिभ्यां मन्त्रशक्तिः प्रशस्यते ।
प्रभावोत्साहवान् काव्यो जितो देवपुरोधसा ॥ १ ॥

rāma uvāca |
prabhāvotsāhaśaktibhyāṃ mantraśaktiḥ praśasyate |
prabhāvotsāhavān kāvyo jito devapurodhasā || 1 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 241.1 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 (241.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Rama, Prabhava, Utsahashakti, Mantrashakti, Prashasyata, Utsahavat, Kavya, Kavi, Jit, Jita, Devapur, Devapura, Udhas,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 241.1). 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: “rāma uvāca ”
rāma* -
rāma (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√rā (verb class 2)

[present active first plural]
uvāca -
√vac (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√vac (verb class 3)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
Line 2: “prabhāvotsāhaśaktibhyāṃ mantraśaktiḥ praśasyate ”
prabhāvo -
prabhāva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
utsāhaśaktibhyām -
utsāhaśakti (noun, feminine)

[instrumental dual], [dative dual], [ablative dual]
mantraśaktiḥ -
mantraśakti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
praśasyate -
praśasyatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
Line 3: “prabhāvotsāhavān kāvyo jito devapurodhasā ”
prabhāvo -
prabhāva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
utsāhavān -
utsāhavat (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kāvyo* -
kāvya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√kav -> kāvya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √kav class 1 verb]

kāvī (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

kāvī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
jito* -
jit (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

jit (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

jita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√ji -> jita (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √ji class 1 verb], [nominative single from √ji class 9 verb]
devapuro -
devapura (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

devapur (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

devapurā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
udhasā -
udhas (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 241.1

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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