Agni Purana · Chapter 251

:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe dhanurvedo nāma pañcāśadadhikadviśatatamo
'dhyāyaḥ ||
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1 varmaveṣṭite iti gha..
2 jñātveti ṭa..
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:ś athaikapañcāśadadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
dhanurvedakathanaṃ
agnir uvāca
bhrāntamudbhrāntamāviddhamāplutaṃ viplutaṃ sṛtaṃ /AP_251.001ab/
sampātaṃ samudīśañca śyenapātamathākulaṃ

uddhūtamavadhūtañca savyaṃ dakṣiṇameva ca /AP_251.002ab/
anālakṣitavisphoṭau karālendramahāsakhau(1)

vikarālanipātau ca vibhīṣaṇabhayānakau /AP_251.003ab/
samagrārdhatṛtīyāṃśapādapādardhavārijāḥ

pratyālīḍhamathālīḍhaṃ varāhaṃ lulitantathā /AP_251.004ab/
iti dvātriṃśato jñeyāḥ khaḍgacarmavidhau raṇe

parāvṛttamapāvṛttaṃ gṛhītaṃ laghusañjñitaṃ /AP_251.005ab/
ūrdhvāt kṣiptamadhaḥ kṣiptaṃ sandhāritavidhāritaṃ

śyenapātaṃ gajapātaṃ grāhagrāhyantathaiva ca /AP_251.006ab/
evamekādaśavidhā jñeyāḥ pāśavidhā narāḥ

ṛjvāyataṃ viśālañca tiryagbhrāmitameva ca /AP_251.007ab/
pañcakarma vinirdiṣṭaṃ vyaste pāśe mahātmabhiḥ

chedanaṃ bhedanaṃ pāto bhramaṇaṃ śayanaṃ(2) tathā /AP_251.008ab/
vikartanaṃ kartanañca cakrakarmedameva ca

āsphoṭaḥ kṣeḍanaṃ bhedastrāsāndolitakau tathā /AP_251.009ab/
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1 karālendramahāravāviti ka.. , ja.. , ṭa.. ca
2 śamanamiti gha.. , ja.. , ṭa.. ca
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śūlakarmāṇi jānīhi ṣaṣṭhamāghātasañjñitaṃ

dṛṣṭighātaṃ bhujāghātaṃ pārśvaghātaṃ dvijottama /AP_251.010ab/
ṛjupakṣeṣuṇā pātaṃ tomarasya prakīrtitaṃ

āhataṃ vipra gomūtraprabhūtaṅkamalāsanaṃ /AP_251.011ab/
tatordhvagātraṃ namitaṃ vāmadakṣiṇameva ca

āvṛttañca parāvṛttaṃ pādoddhūtamaplutaṃ /AP_251.012ab/
haṃsamardaṃ vimardañca(1) gadākarma prakīrtitaṃ

karālamavaghātañca daśopaplutameva ca /AP_251.013ab/
kṣiptahastaṃ sthitaṃ śūnyaṃ parāśostu vinirdiśet

tāḍanaṃ chedanaṃ vipra tathā cūrṇanameva ca /AP_251.014ab/
mudgarasya tu karmāṇi tathā plavanaghātanaṃ

saṃśrāntamatha viśrāntaṃ govisargaṃ sudurdharaṃ /AP_251.015ab/
bhindipālasya karmāṇi laguḍasya ca tānyapi

antyaṃ madhyaṃ parāvṛttaṃ nideśāntaṃ dvijottama /AP_251.016ab/
vajrasyetāni karmāṇi paṭṭiśasya ca tānyapi

haraṇaṃ chedanaṃ ghāto baloddhāraṇamāyataṃ /AP_251.017ab/
kṛpāṇakarma nirdiṣṭaṃ pātanaṃ sphoṭanaṃ tathā

trāsanaṃ rakṣaṇaṃ ghāto baloddharaṇamāyatam /AP_251.018ab/
kṣepaṇīkarma nirdiṣṭaṃ yantrakarmaitadeva tu

santyāgamavadaṃśaś ca varāhoddhūtakaṃ tathā /AP_251.019ab/
hastāvahastamālīnamekahastastāvahastake

dvihastavāhupāśe ca kaṭirecitakodgate /AP_251.020ab/
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1 haṃsamārgaṃ vimārgañceti gha.. , ña.. ca / samārgañca vimārgañceti
ṭa..
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urolalāṭaghāte ca bhujāvidhamanantathā

karoddhūtaṃ vimānañca pādāhati vipādikaṃ /AP_251.021ab/
gātrasaṃśleṣaṇaṃ śāntaṃ tathā gātraviparyayaḥ

ūrdhvaprahāraṃ ghātañca gomūtraṃ savyadakṣiṇe /AP_251.022ab/
pārantārakaṃ daṇḍaṃ(1) karavīrandhamākulaṃ

tiryagbandhamapāmārgaṃ(2) bhīmavegaṃ sudarśanaṃ /AP_251.023ab/
siṃhākrāntaṃ gajākrāntaṃ gardabhākrāntameva ca

gadākarmāṇi jānīyānniyuddhasyātha karma ca /AP_251.024ab/
ākarṣaṇaṃ vikarṣaṇañca bāhūnāṃ mūlameva ca

grīvāviparivartañca pṛṣṭhabhaṅgaṃ sudāruṇaṃ /AP_251.025ab/
paryāsanaviparyāsau paśumāramajāvikaṃ

pādaprahāramāsphoṭaṃ kaṭirecitakantathā /AP_251.026ab/
gātrāśleṣaṃ skandhagataṃ mahīvyājanameva ca

urolalāṭaghātañca vispaṣṭakaraṇantathā /AP_251.027ab/
uddhūtamavadhūtañca tiryaṅmārgagataṃ tathā

gajaskandhamavakṣepamaparāṅmukhameva ca /AP_251.028ab/
devamārgamadhomārgamamārgagamanākulaṃ

yaṣṭighātamavakṣepo vasudhādāraṇantathā /AP_251.029ab/
jānubandhaṃ bhujābandhaṃ sudāruṇaṃ

vipṛṣṭhaṃ sodakaṃ śubhraṃ bhujāveṣṭitameva ca /AP_251.030ab/
sannaddhaiḥ saṃyuge bhāvyaṃ saśastraistair gajādibhiḥ

varāṅkuśadharau cobhau eko grīvāgato 'paraḥ /AP_251.031ab/
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1 pārakaṃ tārakaṃ gaṇḍamiti kha.. , gha.. ca
2 tiryagūrdhvamapāmārgamiti gha.. , ña.. ca
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skandhau dvau ca dhānuṣkau dvau ca khaḍgadharau gaje

rathe raṇe gaje caiva turagāṇāṃ trayaṃ bhavet /AP_251.032ab/
dhānuṣkāṇāntrayaṃ proktaṃ rakṣārthe turagasya ca

dhanvino rakṣaṇārthāya carmiṇantu(1) niyojayet /AP_251.033ab/
svamantraiḥ śastramabhyarcya śāstrantrailokyamohanaṃ

yo yuddhe yāti ca jayedarīn sampālayedbhuvaṃ //34