[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) › 52.16 # Agnipurana 52.16 Agnipurāṇa 52.16 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [52.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.52.16) caṇḍikā saśahastā syāt khaḍgaśūlāriśaktidhṛk / dakṣe vāme nāgapāśaṃ carmāgkuśakuṭhārakaṃ / dhanuḥ siṃhe ca mahiṣaḥ śūlena prahatogrataḥ // > Caṇḍikā should have ten hands, bearing a sword, a trident, a discus, and a spear / in the right, and in the left a serpent-noose, a shield, a goad, an axe, / and a bow; and the buffalo \[demon\] is fiercely struck by the trident on the lion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [52.16.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.52.16.p1) :e ity ādimahāpurāṇe āgneye pratimālakṣaṇaṃ nāma dvipañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ || > Thus ends the fifty-second chapter, titled "Characteristics of Images", in the venerable Mahāpurāṇa composed by Agni. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [52.16.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.52.16.p2) :n 1 danturāsya iti kha, gha, cihnitapustakadvayapāṭhaḥ > 1 "danturāsya" is the reading of the two manuscripts marked kha and gha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [52.16.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.52.16.p3) 2 maṇḍalāgnidalārūḍhamiti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ > 2 "maṇḍalāgnidalārūḍham" is the reading of the manuscript marked ṅa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [52.16.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.52.16.p4) 3 śūlaṃ galantī kuṇḍī ceti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ > 3 "śūlaṃ galantī kuṇḍī ca" is the reading of the manuscript marked kha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [52.16.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.52.16.p5) 4 skandagaṇā daśa vināyakā iti kha, cihinitapustakapāṭhaḥ > 4 "skandagaṇā daśa vināyakāḥ" is the reading of the manuscript marked kha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [52.16.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.52.16.p6) 5 atra caṇḍikādaśahasteṣu khaḍgaśūlāriśaktidhṛgiti yuktaḥ pāṭhaḥ > 5 Here, the reading "khaḍgaśūlāriśaktidhṛk" in the ten hands of Caṇḍikā is suitable. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [52.16.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.52.16.p7) asmallabdhapustakapañcakeṣu nāyaṃ pāṭhaḥ :p 149 > This reading is not found in the five manuscripts obtained by us. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [52.16.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.52.16.p9) :ś atha tripañcāśattamodhyāyaḥ > Now the fifty-third chapter. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [52.16.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.52.16.p10) liṅgalakṣaṇaṃ > Characteristics of the Liṅga > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni~en-mt.52.16) — English, machine translation ## Other recensions (1) - [Agnipurāṇa (Nag Publishers edition, Delhi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.52.16) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.52.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.52.16) · Pramāṇa