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# Agnipurana 63.17

Agnipurāṇa 63.17

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [63.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.63.17)

gṛhe devālayādau tu pustakaṃ sthāpya pūjayet /  
vastrādiveṣṭitaṃ pāṭhādādāvante samarcayet(7) //

> Having installed the book in a house, temple, or the like, he should worship it;  
> wrapped in cloth and other materials, he should worship it at the beginning and the end of the recitation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [63.17.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.63.17.p1)

:n

> \[...\]  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [63.17.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.63.17.p2)

1 indrādikāṃ japyamiti ga, gha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ

> 1 "indrādikāṃ japyam" is the reading in the manuscripts marked ga and gha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [63.17.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.63.17.p3)

2 śarayantrāsane sthitamiti kha, gha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ

> 2 "śarayantrāsane sthitam" is the reading in the manuscripts marked kha and gha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [63.17.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.63.17.p4)

3 raupyamayyātha haimyā vā lekhanyatha varākṣaramiti ṅa,  
cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ

> 3 "raupyamayyātha haimyā vā lekhanyatha varākṣaram" is the reading in the manuscript marked ṅa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [63.17.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.63.17.p5)

4 prāṅmukhaḥ padminīṃ dhyāyet likhitvā ca pradāpayet /

> 4 "prāṅmukhaḥ padminīṃ dhyāyet likhitvā ca pradāpayet  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [63.17.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.63.17.p6)

brāhmaṇān bhojayecchaktyā śaktyādadyācca dakṣiṇāmiti ga,  
cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ

> brāhmaṇān bhojayecchaktyā śaktyādadyācca dakṣiṇām" is the reading in the manuscript marked ga.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [63.17.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.63.17.p7)

5 pūrvamaṇḍapapārśve iti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ

> 5 "pūrvamaṇḍapapārśve" is the reading in the manuscript marked ṅa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [63.17.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.63.17.p8)

6 pustakaṃ nara iti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ

> 6 "pustakaṃ nara" is the reading in the manuscript marked kha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [63.17.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.63.17.p9)

7 ante sadārcayediti kha, ga, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ  
:p 186

> 7 "ante sadārcayet" is the reading in the manuscripts marked kha and ga.  
> \[Page 186\]  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni~en-mt.63.17) — English, machine translation

## Other recensions (1)

- [Agnipurāṇa (Nag Publishers edition, Delhi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.63.17) — Sanskrit

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