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# Agnipurana 380.38

Agnipurāṇa 380.38

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [380.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.380.38)

ūrdhvamūlamadhaḥśākhamaśvatthaṃ prāhuravyayaṃ /  
chandāṃsi yasya parṇāni yastaṃ veda sa vedavit //

> They speak of the imperishable Aśvattha tree with its roots above and branches below, / whose leaves are the Vedic hymns; he who knows it is a knower of the Veda.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni~en-mt.380.38) — English, machine translation

## Other recensions (1)

- [Agnipurāṇa (Nag Publishers edition, Delhi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.380.38) — Sanskrit

## Linked texts (2)

- [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.6.39.1) — Sanskrit
- [Aparājitapṛcchā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.silpa.marugurjara.aparajitaprccha.16.19) — Bhuvanadeva, Sanskrit

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