Shiva Purana [sanskrit]

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The Shiva-purana verse 2.3.40.14 (Sanskrit text), including grammatical analysis, glossary and relevant print editions. The Shivapurana is a one of the eighteen Major Puranas detailing religious worship of Shiva, also known as Shaivism. The book contains 24,000 verses although it is said to be an abridged form and originally consisted of 100,000 verses. This is verse 14 contained in chapter 40 of book 2.3 (रुद्रसंहिता (३): पार्वतीखण्ड, rudrasaṃhitā (3): pārvatīkhaṇḍa).

Verse 2.3.40.14

कोट्यग्निमुख एवागाद् गणानां गणनायकः ।
आदित्यमूर्द्धा कोट्या च तथा चैव घनावहः ॥ १४ ॥

koṭyagnimukha evāgād gaṇānāṃ gaṇanāyakaḥ |
ādityamūrddhā koṭyā ca tathā caiva ghanāvahaḥ || 14 ||

The English translation of Shiva Purana Verse 2.3.40.14 is contained in the book Shri Shiva Maha Purana - Moolmatram by Gita Press, Gorakhpur. This book is available online or you could buy the latest edition:

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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (2.3.40.14). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Koti, Kotya, Agnimukha, Eva, Aga, Gana, Gananayaka, Aditya, Murddha, Murddhan, Tatha, Ghanavaha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Shiva Purana Verse 2.3.40.14). 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: “koṭyagnimukha evāgād gaṇānāṃ gaṇanāyakaḥ
  • koṭya -
  • koṭi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    koṭī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    koṭya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kuṭ -> koṭya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √kuṭ class 4 verb], [vocative single from √kuṭ class 6 verb]
    kuṭ -> koṭya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √kuṭ class 4 verb], [vocative single from √kuṭ class 6 verb]
  • agnimukha* -
  • agnimukha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • evā -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    evā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • agād -
  • aga (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    aga (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active third single], [aorist active third single]
    (verb class 3)
    [aorist active third single]
    (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active third single]
  • gaṇānām -
  • gaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    gaṇā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • gaṇanāyakaḥ -
  • gaṇanāyaka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “ādityamūrddhā koṭyā ca tathā caiva ghanāvahaḥ
  • āditya -
  • āditya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    āditya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • mūrddhā -
  • mūrddhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    mūrddhan (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • koṭyā -
  • koṭi (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    koṭī (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    kuṭ -> koṭyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √kuṭ class 4 verb], [nominative single from √kuṭ class 6 verb]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tathā -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • cai -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • ghanāvahaḥ -
  • ghanāvaha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Shiva Purana Verse 2.3.40.14

Cover of edition (2019)

The Siva Purana (Three Volumes)
by Shanti Lal Nagar (2019)

An Exhaustive Introduction, Sanskrit Text, English Translation with Photographs of Archaeological Evidence

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Cover of edition (2019)

Shri Shiva Purana (Set of 2 Volumes)
by Gita Press, Gorakhpur (2019)

Sanskrit Text with Hindi Translation

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Cover of Gujarati edition

Shiva Purana (Gujarati)
by Hanuman Prasad Poddar (2013)

[સંક્ષિપ્ત શિવપુરાણ] — Published by Gita Press, Gorakhpur (9788129301840)

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Preview of verse 2.3.40.14 in Gujarati sript:
કોટ્યગ્નિમુખ એવાગાદ્ ગણાનાં ગણનાયકઃ ।
આદિત્યમૂર્દ્ધા કોટ્યા ચ તથા ચૈવ ઘનાવહઃ ॥ ૧૪ ॥

Cover of edition (0)

Shiva Purana in Kannada
by Vandana Book House, Bangalore (0)

[ಶಿವಪುರಾಣ] Set of 9 Volumes

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Preview of verse 2.3.40.14 in Kannada sript:
ಕೋಟ್ಯಗ್ನಿಮುಖ ಏವಾಗಾದ್ ಗಣಾನಾಂ ಗಣನಾಯಕಃ ।
ಆದಿತ್ಯಮೂರ್ದ್ಧಾ ಕೋಟ್ಯಾ ಚ ತಥಾ ಚೈವ ಘನಾವಹಃ ॥ ೧೪ ॥

Cover of edition (2004)

Shiva Purana (Malayalam)
by Swami Advaitanandapuri (2004)

[ശിവ പുരണ] published by Aarshasri Publications & Co.

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Preview of verse 2.3.40.14 in Malayalam sript:
കോട്യഗ്നിമുഖ ഏവാഗാദ് ഗണാനാം ഗണനായകഃ ।
ആദിത്യമൂര്ദ്ധാ കോട്യാ ച തഥാ ചൈവ ഘനാവഹഃ ॥ ൧൪ ॥

Cover of edition (2019)

Shiva Purana (Telugu)
by Hanuman Prasad Poddar (2019)

[శ్రీ శివమఃపురాణము] or [శ్రీ శివ మహా పురాణం]; Published by Gita Press, Gorakhpur.

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Preview of verse 2.3.40.14 in Telugu sript:
కోట్యగ్నిముఖ ఏవాగాద్ గణానాం గణనాయకః ।
ఆదిత్యమూర్ద్ధా కోట్యా చ తథా చైవ ఘనావహః ॥ ౧౪ ॥

Cover of Bengali edition

Shiva Purana (Bengali)
by Navabharat Publishers, Kolkata (0)

[শিব পুরান]

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Preview of verse 2.3.40.14 in Bengali sript:
কোট্যগ্নিমুখ এবাগাদ্ গণানাং গণনাযকঃ ।
আদিত্যমূর্দ্ধা কোট্যা চ তথা চৈব ঘনাবহঃ ॥ ১৪ ॥

Cover of edition (2016)

Shiva Purana (Tamil)
by Gita Press, Gorakhpur (2016)

[ஸ்ரீசிவ மகாபுராணம்]

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