[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Agnipurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni) › 240.8 # Agnipurana 240.8 Agnipurāṇa 240.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [240.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.240.8) nisṛṣṭārtho mitārthaś ca tathā śāsanahārakaḥ(2) / sāmarthyāt pādato hīno dūtastu trividhaḥ smṛtaḥ // > With plenipotentiary power, with limited instructions, and a bearer of a decree— > an envoy is considered threefold, each inferior by a quarter in capacity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 240.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.240.7) - [Next: 240.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.240.9) - [Up: 240](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.240) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni~en-mt.240.8) — English, machine translation ## Other recensions (1) - [Agnipurāṇa (Nag Publishers edition, Delhi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.240.8) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Sāhityadarpaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.sahityadarpana.3.47) — Viśvanātha Kavirāja, Sanskrit - [Bhagavantabhāskara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.bhagavantabhaskara.49.p200) — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita 1625, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.240.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.240.8) · Pramāṇa