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] 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).