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Agnipurana 129

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129.1

The Lord said: / I will declare the measure of prices. When a meteor falls, the earth shakes, / there is an atmospheric explosion, an eclipse, a halo, or a burning of the quarters,

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one should observe thus month by month: if these occur in Caitra, / having hoarded ornaments and the like, [their value will be] fourfold in six months.

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In Vaiśākha, every collection [gains] sixfold in the eighth month; / in the month of Jyaiṣṭha and in Āṣāḍha, with barley, wheat, and grains;

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in Śrāvaṇa, with ghee, oil, and the like; in Āśvina, with cloth and grain; / in Kārttika, with purchased grains, [there is profit] in the month of Mārgaśīrṣa;

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in Puṣya, with saffron, perfumes, and the like, and profit with grains in Māgha; / with perfumes and the like bought in Phālguna. The section on prices has thus been told.

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Thus ends the one hundred and twenty-ninth chapter, entitled “The Section on Prices”, in the great Agni Purāṇa.

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:p 63

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Now, the one hundred and thirtieth chapter:

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[The Slaughter Diagram]

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