Agnipurana 40
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The Blessed Lord said: / Formerly there was a great being that caused terror to all beings; / it was cast down onto the earth by the gods, and is remembered as the Vāstupuruṣa.
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On a grid of sixty-four squares, situated in half a square in the northeast, / one should satisfy Īśa with clarified butter and unbroken grains; then Parjanya situated in one square,
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with blue lotuses and the like; and Jayanta, occupying two squares, with a banner; / and Mahendra, situated in one square; [and] Ravi in a square with all red [offerings];
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Satya, occupying half a square, with a canopy; Bhṛśa in a square with clarified butter; / Vyoma, situated in half a corner-square, with bird meat;
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and Vahni in half a square with a ladle; Pūṣan in one square with parched grain; / Vitatha, occupying two squares, with gold; Gṛhākṣata with churned curd;
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Dharmeśa with boiled rice and meat, two situated in each single [square]; / Gandharva, occupying two squares, with perfumes; Bhṛśa with a bird's tongue;
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and Mṛga, situated in one square and occupying the upper position, with blue cloths; / the Pitṛs, situated in half a square, with kṛśara; [Dauvārika,] situated in a square, with tooth-sticks;
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[Footnote]
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[Footnote 1: "nṛhastaḥ" is the reading in the manuscript marked kha.]
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[Footnote 2: "vyoma śākulamāṃsena" is the reading in the manuscript marked kha.]
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Dauvārika, occupying two squares; and Sugrīva with barley-mash; / Puṣpadanta with bunches of kuśa grass; Varuṇa in one [square] with lotuses;
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Asura, occupying two squares, with liquor; Śeṣa in a square with water and clarified butter; / Pāpa, occupying half a square, with barley; and Roga in half a square with flat cakes;
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Nāga in a square with nāgapuṣpa flowers; Mukhya, occupying two squares, with edibles; / Bhallāṭa with boiled mung-bean and rice; likewise Soma in a square,
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with honey and milk-porridge, and the Ṛṣi in two squares with lotus root; / Diti in a square with sweet cakes; then another Diti in half a square,
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with deep-fried cakes; and then Āpa below Īśa, in a square with milk; / then Āpavatsa below that, situated in one square, with curd;
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and Marīci in the four eastern squares with sweetmeats; / red flowers to Savitṛ in the corner square below Brahmā;
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in the square below that, one should give kuśa-water to Sāvitrī; / in the four squares one should give red sandalwood to Vivasvat;
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in the corner square below the Southwest, cooked rice mixed with turmeric to Indra; / in the corner square below that, cooked rice with clarified butter to Indrajaya;
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milk-porridge with jaggery should be given to Indra in four squares; / and cooked meat to Rudra in the corner region below the Northwest;
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in the corner square below that, fresh fruit to the Yakṣa; / cooked rice with meat, and Māgha in the four squares, to Mahīdhara;
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in the four squares in the center, sesame seeds and rice grains should be deposited for Brahmā; / Carakī with black gram and clarified butter; Skanda with kṛśara and blood;
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and Vidārī with red lotuses; and Kandarpa with boiled rice mixed with meat; / Pūtanā with flesh and bile; and Jambhaka with meat and blood;
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[Footnote]
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[Footnote 1: "madhyacatuṣṭaye" is the reading in the manuscript marked kha.]
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Pāpā with bile, blood, and bones; Pilipiñja with a garland and blood; / one should worship Īśa and the rest with blood and meat, or with unbroken grains in the absence [thereof].
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And to the hosts of rākṣasas and mātṛs, and to the piśācas and others, / to the pitṛs, and to the guardians of the field (kṣetrapālas), one should lavishly give bali offerings.
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Without offering to these and propitiating them, one should not construct a temple or other buildings. / Afterwards, one should worship Hari, Lakṣmī, and the Gaṇa in the Brahmā-position.
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One should worship the lord of the earth who embodies the site, along with the water jar and the pitcher; / [and worship] Brahmā in the middle of the pitcher, and Brahmā and the others, the regents of the directions.
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Afterwards, one should offer the final oblation, have benedictions pronounced, bow down, / properly take up the spouted pitcher, and make a clockwise circumambulation of the maṇḍala.
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Following the line of the measuring cord, O Brahmin, one should pour a continuous stream of water. / Following that same path as before, one should sow seven kinds of seeds.
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Following that path, one should initiate the excavation. / Then one should dig a pit in the middle measuring precisely one cubit,
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and smeared four finger-breadths below. Then one should worship, / meditate on four-armed Viṣṇu, and offer the water offering from the pitcher.
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With the spouted pitcher one should fill the pit and deposit white flowers. / One should fill that auspicious dextrorotatory [pit] with seeds and earth.
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Having completed the water offering, one should give cows, clothing, and other gifts to the guru. / One should honor the astrologer, the architect, and the Vaiṣṇavas.
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Then one should have the excavation made with effort down to the water level. / An extraneous object situated below a man's height does not cause harm to a house.
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1 'pilipiccham' is the reading in the manuscript marked ṅa.
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2 'mahīdharaṃ vāstumayam' is the reading in the manuscripts marked kha and ṅa.
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3 'puruṣādhiṣṭhitaṃ śalyam' is the reading in the manuscript marked ga. / :p 118
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If a bone fragment is present, there will indeed be misery for the householder. / Whatever name or sound one hears, an extraneous object originating from that will be there.
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Thus ends the fortieth chapter, entitled 'The Description of the Offering of Arghya', in the venerable Agni Mahāpurāṇa.
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Now begins the forty-first chapter.
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The Procedure for the Laying of the Foundation Stone
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