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# Agnipurana 359.59

Agnipurāṇa 359.59

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [359.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.359.59)

ākhyāyikopalabdhārthā prabandhaḥ kalpanā kathā /  
samāhāraḥ saṃgrahastu pravahlikā prahelikā //

> An \*ākhyāyikā\* has a historical plot; a literary composition of pure invention is a \*kathā\*. / A summary is \*samāhāra\* and \*saṃgraha\*; an enigma is \*pravahlikā\* and \*prahelikā\*.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni~en-mt.359.59) — English, machine translation

## Other recensions (1)

- [Agnipurāṇa (Nag Publishers edition, Delhi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.359.59) — Sanskrit

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