Agni Purana — Kosha, Shloka 6
Chapter 363: नृब्रह्मक्षत्रविट्शूद्रवर्गाः
Groups of terms for Men, Brahmins, Kṣatriyas, Vaiśyas, and Śūdras
दम्पती जम्पती भार्यापती जायापती च तौ गर्भाशयो जरायुः स्यादुल्वञ्च कललो ऽस्त्रियां
dampatī jampatī bhāryāpatī jāyāpatī ca tau garbhāśayo jarāyuḥ syādulvañca kalalo 'striyāṃ
လင်မယားနှစ်ဦးကို dampatī, jampatī, bhāryāpatī နှင့် jāyāpatī ဟု ခေါ်ကြသည်။ သားအိမ်ကို garbhāśaya ဟု ခေါ်၍၊ သန္ဓေသားအမြှေး/မွေးပြီးနောက်အမြှေးကို jarāyu ဟု ခေါ်သည်။ ulva (သန္ဓေသားဖုံးအုပ်အမြှေး) နှင့် kalala (အစောပိုင်းသန္ဓေသားအစု) သည် မိန်းမနှင့် ဆက်စပ်သုံးသော အမည်များ ဖြစ်သည်။
Lord Agni (narrating to Sage Vasiṣṭha, in the Agni Purāṇa’s instructional discourse)
Vidya Category: {"primary_vidya":"Vyakarana","secondary_vidya":"Ayurveda","practical_application":"Lexicographic clarity for kinship/obstetric terms used in ritual, law, and medical discourse; aids precise reading of śāstra passages on marriage and pregnancy.","sutra_style":true}
Encyclopedic Reference: {"reference_type":"List","entry_title":"Synonyms: Dampatī (couple) and Garbhāśaya–Jarāyu–Ulva–Kalala (womb/embryology terms)","lookup_keywords":["dampatī","garbhāśaya","jarāyu","ulva","kalala"],"quick_summary":"Defines common synonym-sets for husband–wife as a pair and for key intrauterine/embryological structures, supporting accurate technical usage across śāstras."}
Concept: Śabda-niyama (terminological precision) as a tool for correct cognition and application in śāstra.
Application: Use standardized terms to avoid ambiguity in medical, legal, and ritual contexts (e.g., pregnancy, lineage, marital status).
Khanda Section: Vyakarana / Shabda-jnana (Lexicography & Synonyms)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A didactic scene of a teacher explaining a lexicon: a couple labeled with synonym-terms, and a schematic womb showing jarāyu/ulva/kalala as annotated layers.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala temple mural style, warm earthy palette, a seated guru with palm-leaf manuscript teaching students; beside him a symbolic couple and a stylized womb diagram with Sanskrit labels garbhāśaya, jarāyu, ulva, kalala; flat decorative forms, bold outlines.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting, gold-leaf accents on manuscript and ornaments; central guru figure with halo, students in reverence; side panels showing dampatī couple and a lotus-like womb cross-section with labeled membranes; rich reds and greens.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore painting style, delicate lines and soft shading; instructional tableau with clear callouts in Devanagari for garbhāśaya/jarāyu/ulva/kalala; calm classroom setting with palm-leaf kosha.","mughal_miniature_prompt":"Mughal miniature, fine detailing of a scholarly court scene; a munshi reading a lexicon; marginalia-style anatomical sketch of womb layers with Persianate precision but Sanskrit labels; muted pastels and intricate borders."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"didactic","suggested_raga":"Shankarabharanam","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"instructional"}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: उल्वञ्च = उल्वम् + च; कललो ऽस्त्रियां = कललः + अस्त्रियाम् (अः + अ → ऽ); स्यादुल्वञ्च = स्यात् + उल्वम् + च (त् + उ → दु (phonetic coalescence in recitation))
Related Themes: Agni Purana 363 (Kosha/Vyakarana section on synonyms and technical vocabulary)
FAQs
It imparts technical vocabulary (nighaṇṭu-style synonyms) for marital terms and anatomical/embryological terms such as garbhāśaya (womb), jarāyu (placenta/afterbirth), ulva (embryonic covering), and kalala (early embryo).
By cataloging precise synonyms and specialist terms—spanning social relations (couple) and biological/medical language (embryology)—it shows the Agni Purāṇa functioning as a compact encyclopedia of Sanskrit technical knowledge, not only ritual narrative.
Its primary aim is not a direct ritual injunction but correct knowledge of terms; in the Purāṇic framework, accurate śāstric understanding supports right teaching, recitation, and comprehension, which are treated as meritorious and purifying when aligned with dharma.