Agnipurana 356

English (machine translation) 356

Language: English

356.2 — 4 parts
356.11 — 5 parts

356.1

Kumāra said: / The suffixes called uṇādi and so forth, added after a verbal root, will now be explained. / With [the suffix] uṇ, kāru means an artisan; jāyu and māyu mean bile.

356.2

Gomāyu [means a jackal]; vāyu [means wind]. In the Vedas, the uṇādi suffixes are [employed] diversely.

356.2.p2

[Footnote:] 1. This reading is faulty through the fault of tautology.

356.2.p3

[Footnote:] 2. "khayaṃ suṣṭhutarā yathā" thus in manuscript ja; "amumuttarā yathā" thus in manuscript ṭa.

356.2.p4

[Footnote:] This reading, and another variant substituted in place of this reading, does not appear correct. / [Page 258]

356.2_2

Āyus [means life], and svādu [means sweet], hetu [means cause], and so forth; kiṃśāru means the beard of grain.

356.3

Kṛkavāku means a rooster; guru [means] a teacher or husband; maru likewise [means a desert]. / Śayu is to be known as a python; that is spoken of as a weapon of Hara [Śiva].

Svaru [means sacrificial post]; vaṃjña […]; trapu [means] lead with [the suffix] usi; phalgu is declared to mean weak substance. / Gṛdhna [greedy] is formed with kran; with kirac [come] mandira [abode] and timira [darkness] meaning tamas.

356.5

With ilac [comes] salila [meaning] water; bhaṇḍila is traditionally regarded as auspicious. / Budha means wise; with kvasu [are formed participles]; and śivira means a secret camp.

356.6

Otu means a cat; with tun [the suffixes] ug and so forth are derived by naming: / karṇa [ear], kāmī [desirous], and land for a house is vāstu; jaivātṛka [long-lived] is traditionally remembered.

356.7

Anaḍvān [ox] is from [the root] vah with [the suffix] vin; in the class of natural kinds [are formed] jīva, arṇava, [and] auṣadha; / nau [boat]; with inan [comes] vahni [fire]; hariṇa is a deer; kāmī [lustful] and bhājana [receptacle].

356.8

Kamboja is a vessel, a pot; and saraṇḍa is a quadruped [lizard]; / the tree eraṇḍa [castor-oil plant]; varūḍa is a multitude; sāma is intense.

356.9

Sphāra means abundant; with a suffix ending in n [comes] cīra, [meaning] bark garment; / kātara means timid, fearful; ugra means fierce; javasa means grass.

356.10

Jagat means the earth, the world; kṛśānu means fire or the sun; / varvara means crooked, a rogue; and catvara means a crossroad.

356.11

Cīvara means a mendicant's garment; the sun is called mitra; / putra and sūnu mean a son; pitā and tāta mean a father; pṛdāku refers to a tiger and a scorpion; / garta means a pit; bharata means an actor; and there are other uṇādi formations as well.

356.11.p1

Thus in the great Purāṇa of Agni, in [the section on] grammar, the three hundred and fifty-sixth chapter, named 'The forms accomplished by the uṇādi [suffixes]'.

356.11.p2

[Footnote]

356.11.p3

[Footnote:] 1. This reading does not fit well. / [Page 259]

356.11.p5

Now, the three hundred and fifty-seventh chapter.

356.11.p6

The forms accomplished by the verbal endings (tiṅ).

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