कामिक आगम: पूर्व भाग (अष्टाविंशति मूल शैव आगमों का प्रथम एवं सर्वोच्च आगम महाकोश)

A well-planned place fit for the livelihood of brahmanas, learned persons and
sages is called Man'gala. O, the foremost Sages!, the same place is also called
Agraha'ra , in this Ka'mika A'gama.
विप्रैरथान्यै वर्णैर्वाभोग्यो ग्राम उदाहृतः ।
एको ग्रामणिको यत्र सभृत्य परिचारकः ।। ४
कुटिकं तद्विजानीयात् एकभोगस्स एव तु ।
जनैः परिवृतं द्रव्यक्रयविक्रयकादिभिः ।। ५
अनेकजाति संयुक्तं कर्मकारैस्समन्वितम् ।
सर्वदैवत संयुक्तं नगरं चाभिधीयते ।। ६
viprairatha’yair varn.airva’ bhogyo gra’ma uda’hr’tah /
ekogra’man.iko yatra sabhr’tya parica’rakah // 4
kut’ikam tadvija’ni’ya’t ekabhogas sa eva tu /
janaih parivr’tam dravya krayavikrayaka’dibhih // 5
aneka ja’ti samyuktam karmaka’rais samanvitam /
sarva daivata samyuktam nagaram ca’bhidhi’yate // 6
The well-settled place which is fit enough for the sufficient livelihood of
brahmanas and other castes is called Gra’ma. The small village where a
Gra’man.i’ ( one who leads the inhabitants of the village) lives associated
with servants, assistants and with those who execute his orders is to be known
as Kut’ika. It is also called Ekabhoga. The well-settled place frequented by
many people, by the buyers and sellers, by the people of many castes, in which
the labors of different fields live and in which temples of all gods have been
built – is significantly called Nagara.
वणिजामपि भोग्यं तु तद्देव समीरितम् ।
यत्स्थानं ब्रह्मणानां तु खर्वटं पुरवासिनम् ।। ७