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# Agnipurana 26.7

Agnipurāṇa 26.7

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [26.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.26.7)

ākuñcayet pūrvamudrāṃ dakṣiṇepyevameva ca /  
ūrdhvāṅguṣṭho vāmamuṣṭhirmudrāsiddhistato bhavet //

> One should contract the previous gesture, and similarly with the right \[hand\] as well: / the left fist with the thumb upright—thence comes success with the ritual gestures.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [26.7.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.26.7.p1)

:e ity ādimahāpurāṇe āgneye mudrāpradarśanaṃ nāma  
ṣaḍviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

> Thus in the glorious Agni Mahāpurāṇa, the twenty-sixth chapter, entitled 'Explanation of Ritual Gestures'.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [26.7.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.26.7.p3)

:ś atha saptaviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

> Now, the twenty-seventh chapter.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [26.7.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.26.7.p4)

dīkṣāvidhikathanaṃ

> Explanation of the Rules of Initiation  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni~en-mt.26.7) — English, machine translation

## Other recensions (1)

- [Agnipurāṇa (Nag Publishers edition, Delhi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.26.7) — Sanskrit

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