Agnipurana 65
English (machine translation) 65
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65.1
The Holy One said:
I shall describe the site of an assembly hall and the like, and likewise their construction;
and when the ground is examined, he should perform the rite of site architecture.
65.2
Having built an assembly hall according to his wish, he should install the gods according to his wish.
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1. "In this manner he should release the water" is the reading in the manuscript marked kha.
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2. "He should make the twice-born drink the herd of cows" is the reading in the manuscript marked ṅa.
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He should construct the assembly hall at a crossroads, in a village or the like, but not in a desolate place.
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The builder, purified and delivering his family, rejoices in heaven;
by this rule he should make a seven-storied house for Hari.
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As for kings, so for others, the flag and other [characteristics] are in the east and the other directions;
avoiding corner limbs, he should lay out a four-winged building,
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or a three-winged, or a two-winged, or even a single-winged [building];
he should not make the expenditure greater [than the income], for that causes the defect of loss.
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If income is excessive, there will be affliction; therefore he should make the two equal;
the guru should multiply the entire sum of cubits by eight.
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When divided by seven, one learned in the science of Garga [calculates]:
when that is divided eightfold, whatever is the remainder, that constitutes the expenditure.
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Or the wise man should multiply the sum of cubits by seven;
when that part is divided by eight, he should determine the earth and other elements,
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the flag, smoke, lion, dog, bull, donkey, elephant,
and crow—these arise in the east and other [directions], and he should calculate them.
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A group of three wings is praiseworthy when devoid of the north and east wings;
a two-winged [house] containing houses in the south and west is always recommended.
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A single-winged [house] with a wing in the south, or with a wing in the west—
these two single-winged types are commendable, while the others are dangerous.
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A four-winged [house] is always commendable, free from all defects;
he should build a residence from one story up to seven stories,
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free from door-altars and the like, and free from fill-in material;
a house of God should always [be made] for the deity by the rule of consecration.
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1. "In the east, at a crossroads, in a village or the like" is the reading in the manuscript marked kha.
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2. "The flag and others" is the reading in the manuscript marked kha.
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Having installed it by the rite prescribed for the collective of human beings,
having taken a bath with all herbs in the morning, pure and untiring,
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having fed the twice-born with sweet things, [the house] adorned with full jars and the like,
endowed with an archway, having caused the twice-born to recite auspicious blessings, holding [cow dung from] the cow-pen in his hand,
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the householder should enter the house; having first worshipped the astrologers, he should enter;
and he should recite this prosperity-bestowing mantra in the house with a concentrated mind:
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"Om, O Nandā, cause rejoicing, O daughter of Vasiṣṭha, along with the Vasus and with progeny!
O Jayā, O inheritor of Bhṛgu, bringer of victory to offspring!
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O Pūrṇā, inheritor of Aṅgiras, make my desires fulfilled!
O Bhadrā, inheritor of Kaśyapa, make my mind auspicious!
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Endowed with all seeds and herbs, surrounded by all gems and herbs,
charming, delightful, O Nandā, daughter of Vasiṣṭha, take delight here!
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O daughter of Prajāpati, O goddess, four-cornered, most exalted,
fortunate, observing good vows, O goddess, daughter of Kaśyapa, take delight in this house!
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Worshipped by supreme teachers, adorned with perfumes and garlands,
causing worldly prosperity, O goddess, daughter of Bhṛgu, take delight in this house!"
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O unmanifest one, manifest one, full one, daughter of the sage Aṅgiras!
O brick, grant what is desired; I perform the consecration.
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In the possession of the ruler of the country, the ruler of the city, and the master of the house,
bring about the increase of men, wealth, elephants, horses, and cattle!
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Thus ends the sixty-fifth chapter, entitled 'The Consecration of an Assembly Hall', in the ancient Mahāpurāṇa composed by Agni.
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1. 'gopucchahastakaḥ' is the variant reading in the manuscript marked gha.
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2. 'devājñāṃ prāpya' is the variant reading in the manuscript marked ga. / [Page 193]
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Now the sixty-sixth chapter.
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Rules for general consecration.
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- Agnipurāṇa (Nag Publishers edition, Delhi) — Sanskrit
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- Agnipurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit