Agni Purana — Kosha, Shloka 72
Bhūmi–Vana–Auṣadhi–Ādi Vargāḥ (भूमिवनौषध्यादिवर्गाः) — Lexical Groups on Earth, Settlements, Architecture, Forests, Materia Medica, and Fauna
कोलः पौत्री वराहः स्यात् कोक ईहामृगो वृकः लूतोर्णनाभौ तु समौ तन्तुवायश् च मर्कटे
kolaḥ pautrī varāhaḥ syāt koka īhāmṛgo vṛkaḥ lūtorṇanābhau tu samau tantuvāyaś ca markaṭe
‘Kola’ နှင့် ‘Pautrī’ သည် ဝက်တောအတွက် အမည်များဖြစ်သည်။ ‘Koka’ နှင့် ‘Īhāmṛga’ သည် ဝံပုလွေကို ရည်ညွှန်းသည်။ ‘Lūta’ နှင့် ‘Ūrṇanābha’ သည် အဓိပ္ပါယ်တူ (နှစ်ခုလုံး «ပင့်ကူ») ဖြစ်ပြီး ‘Tantuvāya’ သည် မျောက်အတွက် အမည်တစ်ခုဖြစ်သည်။
Lord Agni (traditional Agni Purana narrator)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: bibhatsa
Sandhi Resolution Notes: lūtorṇanābhau = लूतः + ऊर्णनाभौ (vowel sandhi). tantuvāyaś ca = तन्तुवायः + च (visarga sandhi to ś before c).
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