agninya (112)

agninya
Entry 112, Page 4, Col. 1

(agninya, agninya)
agninya¦, distorted Sktization of Pali aggañña, primeval (derived from Skt. agra, perhaps with -jña?), see CPD and Senart Mv i note 617: Mv i.340.17 (tam eva) paurāṇam akṣaram °nyaṃ upanipate, arthaṃ cāsya na vibhāvayetsuḥ; similarly 341.10; 342.6, 16; iii.206.13; always epithet of akṣara, and in all but the last associated with paurāṇa; Pali also combines porāṇa and aggañña as ep. of akkhara, ancient primeval formula, in similar [Page004-b+ 71] phrase; in BHS always subject of upanipate, came in, occurred, was mentioned (in Pali the phrase is object of anupatanti or anupadanti, they repeat; CPD s.v. akkhara 2).

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