The Agni Purana
by N. Gangadharan | 1954 | 360,691 words | ISBN-10: 8120803590 | ISBN-13: 9788120803596
This page describes Guidelines for storing and selling grains (argha-kanda) which is chapter 129 of the English translation of the Agni Purana, one of the eighteen major puranas dealing with all topics concerning ancient Indian culture, tradition and sciences. Containing roughly 15,000 Sanskrit metrical verses, subjects contained in the Agni-Purana include cosmology, philosophy, architecture, iconography, economics, diplomacy, pilgrimage guides, ancient geography, gemology, ayurveda, etc.
Chapter 129 - Guidelines for storing and selling grains (argha-kāṇḍa)
[Sanskrit text for this chapter is available]
The Lord said:
1-2. I shall describe the quantity of food-grains to be gathered when there may be fall of meteors, earthquake, hurricane, eclipse, entry of foreign matter and conflagration in different directions in different months (of the year). If these occur in the (month of) Caitra (April-May), the ornaments etc. gathered (would become) four-fold (worth) in (the course of) six months.
3. All things collected in the (month of) Vaiśākha (May-June) would become six-fold (worth) in eight months. In the same way, the grains such as barley and wheat (stocked) in the (months of) Jyeṣṭha (June-July) and Āṣāḍha (July-August) (would fetch more).
4. (Similarly) one would get (increased returns) in the month of Mārgaśīrṣa (December-January) from ghee, oil etc. purchased in (the month of) Śrāvaṇa (August-September), apparels and grains in Āśvina (October-November) and grains (purchased) in Kārttika (November-December).
5. (One would get) profit by the purchase of saffron and perfumes in Puṣya (January-February), food grains in Māgha (February-March) and perfumes in Phālguna (March-April). Thus the arghakāṇḍa (section on storing and selling of grains and goods) has been described.