Agnipurana 358
English (machine translation) 358
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- 358.8 — 3 parts
358.1
Kumāra said:
Primary suffixes (kṛt) are to be known in three meanings: action, object, and agent.
[The suffixes] ac, lyuṭ, ktin, and ghañ [occur] in the sense of action, as well as yuc and the suffix a.
358.2
With ac [are formed] vinaya (‘conduct’) of dharma, utkara (‘heap’), and prakara (‘multitude’),
deva (‘god’), bhadra (‘auspicious’), and śrīkara (‘bestowing prosperity’); but with lyuṭ the form is śobhana (‘beautiful’).
358.3
With ktin [are formed] vṛddhi (‘growth’) and stuti (‘praise’), having sense; with ghañ, bhāva (‘state’); and with yuc also,
kāraṇā, bhāvanā (‘contemplation’), and the like; and with [the suffix] a, [forms such as] cikitsā (‘medical treatment’).
358.4
Likewise, [the gerundives] tavya and anīya [yield] kartavya (‘to be done’) and karaṇīya;
deya (‘to be given’) and dhyeya (‘to be meditated on’) are formed with yat; kārya (‘to be done’) with ṇyat; [these are] the gerundives (kṛtya).
358.5
Suffixes such as kta are to be known in the sense of the agent, and sometimes in the sense of action or object:
‘he has gone to the village’ (gato grāmam), ‘the village is gone to’ (gato grāmaḥ), and ‘the guru has been embraced by you’ (āśliṣṭaś ca gurus tvayā).
358.6
[The present participles] śatṛ and śānac [produce] bhavan (‘being’) and edhamāna (‘thriving’), as well as bhavantī;
vuñ and tṛc from all roots [yield forms such as] bhāvaka (‘causing to be’) and bhavitṛ (‘one who will be’).
358.7
A word ending in kvip is svayambhū (‘self-existent’); in the past tense, kvasu and kānac replace liṭ:
babhūvivas, pecivas, pecāna, and śraddadhāna.
358.8
With the suffix aṇ there are words such as kumbhakāra (‘potter’); the uṇādi suffixes are also taught in the sense of the past:
vāyu (‘wind’), pāyu (‘anus’), and kāru (‘artisan’); [these] are stated abundantly in the Veda.
358.8.p1
Thus ends the three hundred fifty-eighth chapter, named “The Form of Derived Primary Nominal Bases (kṛt),” in the Grammar of the Great Agni Purāṇa.
358.8.p3
Now begins the three hundred fifty-ninth chapter.
358.8.p4
The groups of words for heaven, the netherworld, and other domains.
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