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 336.18

जिह्वामूले तु कुः प्रोक्तो दन्त्योष्ठो वः स्मृतो बुधैः ।
एदैतौ कण्ठतालव्यौ ओ औ कण्ठ्यौष्ठजौ स्मृतौ ॥ १८ ॥

jihvāmūle tu kuḥ prokto dantyoṣṭho vaḥ smṛto budhaiḥ |
edaitau kaṇṭhatālavyau o au kaṇṭhyauṣṭhajau smṛtau || 18 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 336.18 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 (336.18). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Jihvamula, Prokta, Danti, Tha, Yushmad, Smrita, Budha, Kanthatalavya, Kanthi, Kanthya, Oshthaja, Smriti,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 336.18). 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: “jihvāmūle tu kuḥ prokto dantyoṣṭho vaḥ smṛto budhaiḥ
  • jihvāmūle -
  • jihvāmūla (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • kuḥ -
  • ku (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • prokto* -
  • prokta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • dantyoṣ -
  • dantī (noun, feminine)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
  • ṭho* -
  • ṭha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • vaḥ -
  • va (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [accusative plural], [dative plural], [genitive plural]
  • smṛto* -
  • smṛta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    smṛ -> smṛta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]
  • budhaiḥ -
  • budha (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    budha (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • Line 2: “edaitau kaṇṭhatālavyau o au kaṇṭhyauṣṭhajau smṛtau
  • Cannot analyse edaitau*ka
  • kaṇṭhatālavyau -
  • kaṇṭhatālavya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • Cannot analyse o*au
  • Cannot analyse au*ka
  • kaṇṭhyau -
  • kaṇṭhya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    kaṇṭhya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kaṇṭh -> kaṇṭhya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kaṇṭh]
    kaṇṭh -> kaṇṭhya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kaṇṭh]
    kaṇṭhī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]
    kaṇṭhyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    kaṇṭh -> kaṇṭhya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative dual from √kaṇṭh class 1 verb], [vocative single from √kaṇṭh class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √kaṇṭh class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √kaṇṭh class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √kaṇṭh class 10 verb], [vocative single from √kaṇṭh class 10 verb], [vocative dual from √kaṇṭh class 10 verb], [accusative dual from √kaṇṭh class 10 verb]
    kaṇṭh -> kaṇṭhya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √kaṇṭh class 1 verb], [vocative single from √kaṇṭh class 10 verb]
    kaṇṭh -> kaṇṭhyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √kaṇṭh class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kaṇṭh class 10 verb]
  • oṣṭhajau -
  • oṣṭhaja (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • smṛtau -
  • smṛta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    smṛti (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    smṛ -> smṛta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative dual from √smṛ class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √smṛ class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √smṛ class 1 verb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 336.18

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 336.18 in Kannada sript:
ಜಿಹ್ವಾಮೂಲೇ ತು ಕುಃ ಪ್ರೋಕ್ತೋ ದನ್ತ್ಯೋಷ್ಠೋ ವಃ ಸ್ಮೃತೋ ಬುಧೈಃ ।
ಏದೈತೌ ಕಣ್ಠತಾಲವ್ಯೌ ಓ ಔ ಕಣ್ಠ್ಯೌಷ್ಠಜೌ ಸ್ಮೃತೌ ॥ ೧೮ ॥

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