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# Agnipurana 161.31

Agnipurāṇa 161.31

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [161.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.161.31)

tato jrajet navamyādau hy ṛtusandhiṣu vāpayet /  
prāyaścittaṃ yatīnāñca dhyānaṃ vāyuyamas tathā //

> Then he should wander; on the ninth \[day\] and so forth, at the junctions of the seasons, he should have his hair shaved; / and for ascetics, expiation is meditation as well as control of the breath.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [161.31.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.161.31.p1)

:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe yatirdharmā  
nāmaikaṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ ||

> Thus in the great Agni Purāṇa, the one hundred and sixty-first chapter, entitled "The Duties of an Ascetic."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [161.31.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.161.31.p2)

:n

> \[Footnotes\]  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [161.31.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.161.31.p3)

1 āgratsvapnasusuptyāntamuktamiti ṅa.. , cha.. , ña.. ca

> 1 "jāgratsvapnasusuptyāntamuktam" in ṅa, cha, and ña.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [161.31.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.161.31.p4)

2 ity āgneye aśaucanirṇaya ity ādiḥ, satyamānandamadvayamityantaḥ  
pāṭho ga.. pustake nāsti  
:p 147

> 2 The passage beginning "ity āgneye aśaucanirṇaya" and ending "satyamānandamadvayam" is missing in manuscript ga. / \[page 147\]  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [161.31.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.161.31.p6)

:ś atha dviṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

> Now the one hundred and sixty-second chapter.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [161.31.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.161.31.p7)

dharmaśāstrakathanaṃ

> The Exposition of the Dharmaśāstras.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni~en-mt.161.31) — English, machine translation

## Other recensions (1)

- [Agnipurāṇa (Nag Publishers edition, Delhi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.161.31) — Sanskrit

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