Agnipurana 338.54
Agnipurāṇa 338.54
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338.54
upadeśaś ca śikṣāvāk vyājoktirvyapadeśakaḥ /
bodhāya eṣa vyāpāraḥsubuddhyārambha iṣyate /
tasya bhedāstrayaste ca rītivṛttipravṛttayaḥ //
and advice is didactic speech; prevarication is an insinuation. / This activity intended for understanding is considered the intellectual commencement; / its subdivisions are three, and they are styles of diction, dramatic styles, and regional trends.
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:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe alaṅkāre śṛṅgārādirasanirūpaṇaṃ
nāmāṣṭatriṃśadadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ ||
Thus ends the three hundred and thirty-eighth chapter, named "Examination of the Erotic and Other Aesthetic Sentiments" under Poetics, in the great Agni Purāṇa.
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:n
[Footnote]
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1 muhuriti kha..
:p 210
[Variant reading for 'muhur' in manuscript kha]
[Page 210]
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:ś athonacatvāriṃśadadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Now, the three hundred thirty-ninth chapter.
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rītinirūpaṇaṃ
Exposition of poetic styles.
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agnirucāca
Agni said:
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- Agnipurāṇa (Nag Publishers edition, Delhi) — Sanskrit