Agni Purana — Kosha, Shloka 4
Adhyāya 361 — अव्ययवर्गः
Avyaya-vargaḥ) — The Section on Indeclinables (Colophon/Closure
शालावृकौ कपिश्वानौ मानं स्यान्मितिसाधनं सर्गः स्वभावनिर्मोक्षनिश् चयाध्यायस्मृष्टिषु
śālāvṛkau kapiśvānau mānaṃ syānmitisādhanaṃ sargaḥ svabhāvanirmokṣaniś cayādhyāyasmṛṣṭiṣu
คำว่า ‘ศาลาวฤกะ’ และ ‘กปิศวานะ’ ใช้หมายถึงสุนัขจิ้งจอก/หมาไนชนิดหนึ่ง. ‘มานะ’ คือสิ่งที่ทำให้การวัดสำเร็จ. ‘สรรคะ’ ใช้ในความหมายว่า การสร้างสรรค์, ธรรมชาติเดิม, โมกษะ, การวินิจฉัยยืนยัน, บท/บทที่, และคัมภีร์รวบรวม (สมฤติ)
Lord Agni (instructing Vasiṣṭha, standard Agni Purāṇa dialogue frame)
Vidya Category: {"primary_vidya":"Alamkara","secondary_vidya":"Vyakarana","practical_application":"Nighaṇṭu-style word-sense disambiguation for reading poetry, śāstra, and Purāṇic prose; helps interpret polysemous terms like sarga across contexts.","sutra_style":true}
Encyclopedic Reference: {"reference_type":"List","entry_title":"Polysemy entries: śālāvṛka/kapiśvāna, māna, sarga","lookup_keywords":["śālāvṛka","kapiśvāna","māna","sarga","artha-bheda"],"quick_summary":"Gives synonymy for ‘jackal’ and technical definition of ‘māna’ (instrument/means of measuring), and lists multiple accepted senses of ‘sarga’ used across śāstra and kāvya."}
Concept: Śabda-artha-viveka: one word can legitimately carry many senses; meaning is fixed by context (prakaraṇa).
Application: Avoids mistranslation in cosmology (‘sarga’ as creation), mokṣa-discourse (‘sarga’ as liberation-related usage), and textual structure (‘adhyāya/saṃgraha’).
Khanda Section: Sahitya-shastra (Chandas, Nirukta, Lexicography)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A learned ācārya points to a palm-leaf lexicon while students note multiple meanings of ‘sarga’ and ‘māna’; a small vignette shows a jackal labeled śālāvṛka/kapiśvāna.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala temple mural style, warm earthy palette, guru in traditional attire teaching from palm-leaf manuscript, students seated, side vignette of jackal with Sanskrit labels, ornamental borders, flat iconic composition","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting, central seated guru with halo-like arch, gold-leaf highlights on manuscript stand and ornaments, students in reverent pose, small jackal motif at bottom with calligraphic labels","mysore_prompt":"Mysore painting style, fine linework, instructional classroom scene with palm-leaf manuscript, clear Devanagari labels for māna and sarga senses, muted colors, delicate shading","mughal_miniature_prompt":"Mughal miniature, courtly scholarly setting, detailed textiles and manuscript illumination, marginalia showing jackal, neat Persianate composition with Sanskrit captions"}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"instructional","suggested_raga":"Shankarabharanam","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"instructional"}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: syānmitisādhanaṃ = syāt + miti-sādhanam; niś cayāyasmṛṣṭiṣu in IAST reflects spacing; taken as niścaya-adhyāya-smṛṣṭiṣu within a dvandva compound.
Related Themes: Agni Purana 361 (Sāhitya-śāstra: nighaṇṭu/nirukti section); Agni Purana Sarga-prakaraṇa passages in cosmology chapters (creation accounts)
FAQs
It provides nirukta/kośa-style semantic definitions—identifying synonyms (śālāvṛka, kapiśvāna) and specifying precise technical senses of terms like māna (measure) and sarga (a polysemous technical word).
By functioning like a compact glossary: it catalogs multiple accepted meanings of key terms (especially sarga) across disciplines (cosmology, philosophy, textual organization), enabling correct interpretation in varied contexts.
Correct understanding of terms safeguards accurate study, teaching, and ritual/textual application; such right comprehension (yathārtha-jñāna) is traditionally held to support dharma and reduce interpretive error.