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Agni Purana — Ayurveda, Shloka 17

Mantra-paribhāṣā (मन्त्रपरिभाषा) — Colophon/Closure

Devanagari script

हस्ता मन्दकुजौ वारौ पञ्चमी चाष्टमी तिथिः नाडिकामात्रसन्त्रकमिति ञ विनिर्दिशेदिति क , ख , ज , ट च षष्ठी रैक्ता शिवा निन्द्या पञ्चमी च चतुर्दशी

Transliteration

hastā mandakujau vārau pañcamī cāṣṭamī tithiḥ nāḍikāmātrasantrakamiti ña vinirdiśediti ka , kha , ja , ṭa ca ṣaṣṭhī raiktā śivā nindyā pañcamī ca caturdaśī

Translation

إذا وقع النكشترة «هَسْتا» (Hastā) في يوم زُحَل (السبت) ويوم المِرّيخ (الثلاثاء)، عُدَّت التيثي الخامسة والثامنة مُحدِثتَين لعائق لا يدوم إلا «ناديكا» (nāḍikā) واحدة، وهذا يُذكر بوصفه فئة «ña». وكذلك في فئات ka وkha وja وṭa: تكون التيثي السادسة «فارغة» (غير مُؤثِّرة)، وما يُسمّى śivā مُستنكر، كما ينبغي اجتناب التيثي الخامسة والرابعة عشرة أيضًا.

Word by Word
हस्ताःhands
हस्ताः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootहस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन; Nominative plural masculine
मन्दकुजौ(the two) Manda and Kuja (planets)
मन्दकुजौ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमन्द + कुज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; Nominative dual masculine (copulative)
वारौ(two) weekdays/days
वारौ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootवार (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; Nominative dual masculine
पञ्चमीthe fifth (tithi)
पञ्चमी:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपञ्चमी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Nominative singular feminine (tithi-name)
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय; conjunction ‘and’
अष्टमीthe eighth (tithi)
अष्टमी:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअष्टमी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Nominative singular feminine (tithi-name)
तिथिःlunar day (tithi)
तिथिः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतिथि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Nominative singular feminine
नाडिका-मात्र-सन्त्रकम्(something) of only a nāḍikā’s duration
नाडिका-मात्र-सन्त्रकम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootनाडिका + मात्रा + सन्त्रक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; Nom./Acc. singular neuter (tatpuruṣa: ‘only a nāḍikā in measure’)
इतिthus
इति:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formउद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थक-अव्यय; quotative ‘thus’
ञ(the letter) ña
ञ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootञ (अव्यय/वर्ण)
Formवर्ण-निर्देशः (अक्षर-नाम); letter-name marker
विनिर्दिशेत्should specify/declare
विनिर्दिशेत्:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootनि + दिश् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; 3rd person singular optative, parasmaipada
इतिthus
इति:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formउद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थक-अव्यय; quotative ‘thus’
क(the letter) ka
क:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootक (अव्यय/वर्ण)
Formवर्ण-निर्देशः (अक्षर-नाम); letter-name
ख(the letter) kha
ख:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootख (अव्यय/वर्ण)
Formवर्ण-निर्देशः (अक्षर-नाम); letter-name
ज(the letter) ja
ज:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootज (अव्यय/वर्ण)
Formवर्ण-निर्देशः (अक्षर-नाम); letter-name
ट(the letter) ṭa
ट:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootट (अव्यय/वर्ण)
Formवर्ण-निर्देशः (अक्षर-नाम); letter-name
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय; conjunction ‘and’
षष्ठीthe sixth (tithi)
षष्ठी:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootषष्ठी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Nominative singular feminine (tithi-name)
रैक्ताpale/whitish (raikta)
रैक्ता:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootरैक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Nominative singular feminine (qualifier)
शिवाauspicious
शिवा:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootशिव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Nominative singular feminine
निन्द्याblameworthy
निन्द्या:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootनिन्द्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Nominative singular feminine
पञ्चमीthe fifth (tithi)
पञ्चमी:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपञ्चमी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Nominative singular feminine (tithi-name)
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय; conjunction ‘and’
चतुर्दशीthe fourteenth (tithi)
चतुर्दशी:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootचतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Nominative singular feminine (tithi-name)
Speaker

Lord Agni (teaching the sage Vasiṣṭha in the Agni Purāṇa’s encyclopedic instruction style)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: Sandhi/segmentation applied: cāṣṭamī → ca + aṣṭamī; nāḍikāmātrasantrakamiti → nāḍikā-mātra-sन्त्रकम् + iti; vinirdiśediti → vinirdiśet + iti. Letter-names (ka, kha, ja, ṭa, ña) treated as avyaya-like वर्ण-निर्देश.

Characters & Entities
H
Hastā (nakṣatra)
S
Saturn (Śani/Manda)
M
Mars (Maṅgala/Kuja)
T
Tithi (lunar day)
N
Nāḍikā (time measure)

FAQs

It gives muhurta-style rules: specific combinations of Hastā nakṣatra with Tuesday/Saturday and certain tithis create short-lived or condemnable timing defects (doṣas), guiding when to avoid or cautiously time rites.

Beyond mythology, it preserves applied calendrical science—mapping weekdays, nakṣatras, and tithis into practical decision rules for ritual scheduling—showing the Purana’s coverage of Jyotiṣa and muhurta traditions.

Choosing (or avoiding) defective times is presented as protecting rites from obstruction and ensuring their intended merit (puṇya) is not diminished by inauspicious calendrical conditions.

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