अग्निagni

अग्नि (agni) is a Sanskrit word meaning fire or sacrificial fire, the number three, the god of fire, the fire of the stomach, digestive faculty, bile, gold, semecarpus Anacardium. Its 34 recorded definitions are grouped into 9 contexts, among them Agni as Fire and its Deity, Agni in Grammatical or Phonetic Context, Agni as a Cross-Reference to Anila.

Roots: अग् (ag), अज् (aj)
Etymology: E. अङ्ग to mark, and नि Uṇādi aff, ङ being dropped
Definitions: 34

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Meanings by context

Agni as Fire and its Deity

25 definitions

fire or sacrificial fire

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the god of fire, the fire of the stomach, digestive faculty

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

fire

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Fire. 2. A conflagration. 3. The god Agni.

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Fire as a deity or the regent of the south-east quarter. 2. A consecrated fire. 3. The digestive faculty or appetite. 4. Bile. 5. Gold. 6. Marking nut plant. 7. Ceylon leadwort plant.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. The god of fire. 2. Bile.

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Fire. 2. The fire deity. 3. Consecrated fire. 4. The digestive fire of the stomach. 5. Bile. 6. Gold.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Fire, or the fire deity who is regent of the southeast. 2. A consecrated fire. 3. The digestive faculty or appetite. 4. Bile. 5. Gold. 6. The marking nut plant. 7. The Ceylon leadwort plant.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Fire. 2. The sacrificial fire. 3. The deity of fire. 4. The digestive power.

— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Fire. 2. The god of fire.

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Fire, including common and sacrificial fires. 2. The deity of fire and mediator between humans and gods. 3. Digestive fire. 4. Bile. 5. Gold. 6. The marking-nut plant. 7. Ceylon leadwort. 8. Rose-colored leadwort. 9. The numeral three in arithmetic.

— Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Fire. 2. A sacred fire. 3. The god of fire, who acts as a mediator and messenger between humans and gods, a protector from darkness, and the keeper of house and hearth.

— Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

1. Fire. 2. The sacrificial fire of three kinds, Garhapatya, Ahavaniya, and Dakshina. 3. The number three. 4. The god of fire. 5. The fire of the stomach, the digestive faculty, or the gastric fluid. 6. Bile. 7. Gold. 8. Various plants, including Semicarpus Anacardium, Plumbago Zeylanica and Rosea, and Citrus Acida. 9. A mystical substitute for the letter r.

अग्नि (agni) [Printed book page 0004-c]
अग्नि (agni) agni, is, m. (fr. rt. aṅg or ag or añj?),

fire; sacrificial fire of three kinds, Gārhapatya, Āha-

vanīya, and Dakṣiṇa; the number three; the god of

fire; the fire of the stomach, the digestive faculty; the

gastric fluid; bile; gold; N. of various plants, Semi-

carpus Anacardium, Plumbago Zeylanica and Rosea,

Citrus Acida; mystical substitute for the letter r

[cf. Lat. igni-s; Lith. ugni-s; Slav. ognj; Goth.

auhn'-s; ἄιγλη and ἀγλαός may be related to agni].

—Agnā-marutau, m. du. Agni and Marut. —Agnā-

viṣṇū, m. du. Agni and Viṣṇu. —Agni-kaṇa, as,

m. a spark. —Agni-karman, a, n. action of fire or

of Agni; cauterization. —Agni-kārikā, f. and agni-

kārya, am, n. kindling or feeding the sacrificial fire

with clarified butter, &c. —Agni-kāṣṭha, am, n.

Agallochum. —Agni-kukkuṭa, as, m. a lighted wisp of

straw, firebrand. —Agni-kuṇḍa, am, n. a hole or en-

closed space for the consecrated fire. —Agni-kumāra,

as, m. a particular preparation of various drugs.

—Agni-kṛta, as, ā, am, made by fire, offered by fire.

—Agni-ketu, us, m., N. of a Rakṣas. —Agni-koṇa, as,

m. the south-east quarter, ruled over by Agni. —Agni-

kriyā, f. obsequies or any other religious act performed

by means of fire. —Agni-krīḍā, f. firework, illumina-

tion, &c. —Agni-garbha, as, ā, am, pregnant with fire;

(as), m. a gem supposed to contain and give out solar

heat, sūryakānta; N. of a plant, Agnijāra; (ā), f., N. of a

plant, Mahājyotiṣmatī. —Agni-gṛha, am, n. house

or place for keeping the sacred fire. —Agni-grantha,

as, m., N. of a work. —Agni-caya, as, m. a heap of

fire. —Agni-cayana, am, n. or agni-citi, is, f. or

agni-cityā, f. arranging or preparing the sacred or

sacrificial fire-place. —Agni-cit, ind., Ved. like Agni;
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(t), m. one who has arranged a sacred fire-place.

—Agnicit-vat, ān, atī, at, having householders or in-

habitants that have prepared a sacred fire-place. —Agni-

ja or agni-jāta, as, ā, am, produced by fire, born

of or in fire; digestive; (as), m., N. of Viṣṇu; a

medicinal plant, Agnijāra. —Agni-janman, ā, m.

Skanda, the god of war. —Agni-jāra or agni-jāla, as,

m. a medicinal plant. —Agni-jihva, as, ā, am, having

a fiery tongue; (ā), f. a tongue or flame of fire; a

tongue of Agni (who is said to have seven tongues);

a medicinal plant, Lāngalī. —Agnijvalita-tejana, as,

ā, am, having a point hardened in fire. —Agni-jvālā,

f. glow or flame of fire; a plant with red blossoms,

used by dyers, Grislea Tomentosa; another plant with

red blossoms, Jalapippalī. —Agni-tap, p, Ved. enjoy-

ing the warmth of a fire. —Agni-tapas, ās, ās, as,

hot as fire, glowing. —Agni-tapta, as, ā, am, heated

by fire, glowing. —Agni-tā, f. the state of fire. —Agni-

tejas, ās, ās, as, having the power of fire or of Agni;

(ās), m., N. of one of the seven Ṛṣis of the eleventh

Manvantara. —Agni-traya, am, n. or agni-tretā, f.

the three sacred fires, called respectively Gārhapatya,

Āhavanīya, and Dakṣiṇa. —Agni-trā, ās, ās, am, Ved.

protected by Agni. —Agni-da or agni-dāyaka, as,

ā, am, supplying with fire, stomachic, tonic, incen-

diary. —Agni-dagdha, as, ā, am, burnt with fire;

burnt on the funeral pile; burnt at once, without

having fire put into the mouth, because destitute of

issue; (ās), m. pl. a class of Pitṛs or those who on

earth maintained the sacred fire. —Agni-datta, as,

m., N. of a prince. —Agni-damanī, f. a narcotic

plant, Solanum Jacquini. —Agni-dāyaka, see agnida.

—Agni-dāha, as, m., N. of a disease. —Agni-diś,

k, f. Agni's quarter, i. e. the south-east. —Agni-

dīpana, as, ī, am, stimulating digestion. —Agni-

dīpta, as, ā, am, blazing, glowing; (ā), f., N. of a

plant, Mahājyotiṣmatī. —Agni-dīpti, is, f. active

state of digestion. —Agni-dūta, as, ā, am, Ved.

having Agni for a messenger. —Agni-dūṣita, as,

ā, am, branded. —Agni-deva, as, m. Agni; a

worshipper of Agni; (ā), f. the third lunar mansion,

i. e. the Pleiades. —Agni-devatā, f. the deity Agni.

—Agni-devatya or agni-daivata or agni-daiva-

tya, as, ā, am, referring to Agni or to his divinity.

—Agnidh or agnīdh, t, m. (fr. agni-idh), Ved.

the priest who kindles the sacred fire. —Agni-dhāna,

am, n. the receptacle for keeping the sacred fire.

—Agni-nakṣatra, am, n. the third lunar mansion,

the Pleiades. —Agni-nayana or agni-praṇayana,

am, n. bringing out the sacrificial fire. —Agni-

niryāsa, as, m. a medicinal plant, Agnijāra.

—Agni-nunna, as, ā, am, Ved. struck by Agni or

lightning. —Agni-netra, as, ā, am, Ved. having

Agni for a guide. —Agni-pakva, as, ā, am, cooked

with fire. —Agni-pada, am, n., N. of a plant or a

man. —Agni-parikriyā, f. care of the sacred fire.

—Agni-paricchada, as, m. the whole apparatus

used in a sacrifice with fire. —Agni-paridhāna, am,

n. enclosing the sacrificial fire with a kind of screen.

—Agni-parīkṣā, f. ordeal by fire. —Agni-parvata,

as, m. a volcano. —Agni-puccha, as, am, m. n.

end or extinction of the fire, lit. tail of the fire.

—Agni-purāṇa, am, n., N. of a Purāṇa. —Agni-

purogama, as, ā, am, having Agni for a leader.

—Agni-praṇayana, am, n. bringing out the sacri-

ficial fire. —Agni-praṇayanīya, as, ā, am, re-

ferring to the bringing out that fire. —Agni-

pratiṣṭhā, f. consecration of fire, especially the

nuptial fire. —Agni-praveśa, as, m. or agni-

praveśana, am, n. entering the fire; self-immola-

tion of a widow on the funeral pile of her husband.

—Agni-prastara, as, m. stone producing fire; flint.

—Agni-bāhu or agni-vāhu, us, m. smoke; N. of

a son of the first Manu; N. of a son of Priyavrata

and Kāmyā. —Agni-bha, am, n. (shining like fire),

gold. —Agni-bhu, u, n. water. —Agni-bhū, ūs, m.

Skanda; N. of a teacher, Kāśyapa, who was taught

by Agni; (in arithm.) six. —Agni-bhūti, is, m., N.

of a pupil of the last Tīrthakara, being one of the

eleven chiefs of the Jaina Ṛṣis. —Agni-bhrājas, ās,

ās, as, Ved. possessing fiery splendour. —Agni-maṇi,
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is, m. the sun-stone or sūryakānta. —Agni-mat, ān,

atī, at, having a fire, enjoying it; maintaining a

sacrificial fire, having a good digestion. —Agni-

mantha, as, ā, am, producing fire by friction; (as),

m., N. of a plant, Premna Spinosa. —Agni-manthana,

am, n. production of fire by friction. —Agniman-

thanīya, as, ā, am, referring to such friction. —Agni-

maya, as, ī, am, fiery. —Agni-māṭhara, as, m.,

N. of an expounder of the Ṛg-veda. —Agni-māndya,

am, n. dyspepsia. —Agni-māruti, is, m., N. of

Agastya. —Agni-mitra, as, m., N. of a prince of the

Śunga dynasty. —Agnim-indha, as, m. the priest

who kindles the sacrificial fire. —Agni-mukha, as,

m. a deity; a Brāhmaṇa; a tonic medicine; N. of

two plants, Semicarpus Anacardium and Plumbago

Zeylanica. —Agni-mukhī, f. Semicarpus Anacardium;

Gloriosa Superba. —Agni-mūḍha, as, ā, am, Ved.

made insane by Agni or lightning. —Agni-yuta, as,

m., N. of the author of a hymn in the Ṛg-veda.

—Agni-yojana, am, n. causing the sacrificial fire to

blaze up. —Agni-rakṣaṇa, am, n. preservation of

the sacred (especially the domestic) fire. —Agni-raja,

as, or agni-rajas, ās, m. a scarlet insect. —Agni-

rahasya, am, n. mystery of Agni, the title of the

tenth book of the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa. —Agni-rāśi,

is, m. a heap of fire, a burning pile. —Agni-ruhā, f.

a plant, Māṃsarohiṇī. —Agni-rūpa, as, ī, am, fire-

shaped. —Agni-retasa, as, ā, am, sprung from the

seed of Agni. —Agni-rohiṇī, f. a hard inflammatory

swelling in the arm-pit. —Agni-loka, as, m. the

world of Agni. —Agni-vat, ān, atī, at, having or

enjoying a fire, maintaining a sacrificial fire, having a

good digestion; (vat), ind. like Agni, fire. —Agni-

varcas, ās, m., N. of a teacher of the Purāṇas.

—Agni-varṇa, as, ā, am, having the colour of

fire; closely related to fire, hot, fiery; (as), m., N.

of a prince, the son of Sudarśana; (ā), f. a kind of

strong liquor. —Agni-vardhaka, as, ā, or ī, am,

feeding or exciting fire; tonic; (as), m. a tonic,

stomachic. —Agni-vallabha, as, m. a tree, Shorea

Robusta; the resinous juice of it. —Agni-vāṇa, as,

m. a fiery arrow, a rocket. —Agni-vāsas, ās, ās, as,

wearing a fiery or red garment. —Agni-vāha, as, m.

the vehicle of fire, i. e. smoke. —Agni-vāhu, us, m.

= preceding; N. of two men, see agni-bāhu. —Agni-

vimocana, am, m. the ceremony of lowering the

sacrificial fire. —Agni-visarpa, as, m. spread of in-

flammation, pain arising from an inflamed tumour.

—Agni-viharaṇa, am, n. removing the sacrificial

fire from the Agnīdhra to the Sadas Maṇḍapa.

—Agni-vīja or agni-vīrya, am, n. gold. —Agni-

vṛddhi, is, f. improved digestion. —Agni-veśa, as,

m., N. of an early medical authority. —Agnivaiśya,

as, ā, am, descended from Agniveśa. —Agni-śaraṇa

or agni-śāla, am, n. or agni-śālā, f. house or place

for keeping the sacrificial fire. —Agni-śikha, as, ā,

am, having a crest of fire, fiery; (as), m. a lamp;

a fiery arrow, rocket; an arrow; the Safflower plant;

saffron; N. of Vararuci's father; (am), n. saffron,

gold. —Agni-śikhā, f. a flame; N. of two plants,

Gloriosa Superba and Menispermum Cordifolium.

—Agni-śuśrūṣā, f. careful attention to the sacri-

ficial fire. —Agni-śekhara, am, n. saffron. —Agni-

śeṣa, as, m. appendix to the chapter on Agni in the

Taittirīya Saṃhitā. —Agni-śrī, īs, īs, i, Ved. visiting

Agni or fire. —Agni-ṣṭut, t, m. (laudatory of Agni),

the first day of the Agniṣṭoma sacrifice; one day of

the Sattra Pancadaśarātra. —Agni-ṣṭubh, p, m. son

of the sixth Manu, Cākṣuṣa, by Naḍvalā; see the

next. —Agni-ṣṭoma, as, m. (praise of Agni), N. of

a protracted ceremony or sacrifice, extending over

several days in spring, and forming an essential part of

the Jyotiṣṭoma; a passage of the Sāma-veda chanted

at the Agniṣṭoma; the first day of the Sattra Panca-

daśarātra; a species of the Soma plant; N. of the son

of the sixth Manu; see agniṣṭubh. —Agniṣṭoma-

yājin, ī, inī, i, one who has performed the Agni-

ṣṭoma. —Agni-ṣṭha, as, ā, am, placed in, or over,

or near the fire; (as), m. an iron frying-pan; in the

Aśvamedha sacrifice, the eleventh Yūpa or sacrificial

post which, of all the twenty-one, is nearest the fire;
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(ā), f. the corner of the sacrificial post which, of all

the eight, is nearest the fire. —Agni-ṣvātta or agni-

svātta, as, ā, am, tasted by the funeral fire; (ās),

m. pl. Manes, especially of those who on earth

neglected the sacrificial fire. —Agni-saṃskāra, as, m.

the consecration of fire; performance of any rite in

which the application of fire is essential, as the burning

of the dead body. —Agni-saṅkāśa, as, ā, am, re-

splendent like fire. —Agni-sañcaya, as, m. preparing

the sacrificial fire-place, see agnicayana. —Agni-

sakha, as, m. the wind. —Agni-sambhava, as, ā,

am, sprung from fire; (as), m. wild safflower; the

result of digestion, lymph. —Agni-sahāya, as, m.

the wind; a wild pigeon. —Agni-sākṣika, as, ā,

am, taking Agni, or the domestic or nuptial fire, for

a witness. —Agnisākṣika-maryāda, as, ā, am,

one who, taking Agni for a witness, gives a solemn

promise of conjugal fidelity. —Agni-sāra, am, n. a

medicine for the eyes, a collyrium. —Agni-sāvarṇi,

is, m., N. of a Manu. —Agni-siṃha, as, m., N. of the

father of the seventh black Vāsudeva. —Agnisiṃha-

nandana, as, m. the son of Agnisiṃha. —Agni-sūtra,

am, n. thread of fire; a girdle of sacrificial grass put

upon a young Brāhman at his investiture. —Agni-

stambha, as, m. the (magical) quenching of fire.

—Agni-stoka, as, m. a spark. —Agni-svātta, see

agni-ṣvātta. —Agni-hut, t, t, t, or agni-huta, as,

ā, am, sacrificed by fire. —Agni-hotṛ, tā, m., Ved. sacri-

ficing to Agni, or having Agni for a priest; see agni-

hotrin. —Agni-hotra, as, m., Ved. oblation to Agni;

the sacred fire; (am), n. an oblation to Agni, chiefly

of milk, oil, and sour gruel; — there are two kinds of

Agnihotra, one is nitya, i. e. of constant obligation;

the other kāmya, i. e. optional; — the sacred fire; the

maintenance of it; the placing the sacrificial fire

on the ground prepared for it, see agny-ādhāna;

(as, ī, am), Ved. sacrificing to Agni; destined for

the Agnihotra, or connected with it. —Agnihotra-

havaṇī, f. a ladle used for sacrificial libations. —Agni-

hotra-hut, t, Ved. offering the Agnihotra. —Agni-

hotrāhuti (°tra-āh°), is, f. invocation connected

with the Agnihotra. —Agni-hotrin, ī, iṇī, i, prac-

tising the Agnihotra; maintaining the sacrificial fire;

one who has prepared the sacred fire-place, or con-

veyed the sacrificial fire to it. —Agnihotrocchiṣṭa

(°tra-uc°), am, n. that which is left of the Agni-

hotra. —Agnīdh (°ni-idh), t, m. the priest who

kindles the fire. —Agnīdhra, as, m. = the preced-

ing; N. of two men, see agni-bāhu. —Agnīdhrī,

f. feeding the sacrificial fire. —Agnīndra (°ni-in°),

au, m. du., Ved. Agni and Indra. —Agnīndhana

(°ni-indh°), am, n. kindling or feeding the fire.

—Agnī-parjanya, au, m. du., Ved. Agni and

Parjanya. —Agnī-varuṇa, au, m. du., Ved. Agni

and Varuṇa. —Agnī-ṣoma, au, m. du. Agni and

Soma. —Agnīṣoma-praṇayana, am, n. bringing

out the fire and the Soma, a ceremony in the Jyoti-

ṣṭoma sacrifice. —Agnī-ṣomīya or agnī-ṣomya,

as, ā, am, relating or sacred to Agni and Soma.

—Agnīṣomīya-nirvāpa, as, m. making libations

with the cake sacred to Agni and Soma, a ceremony

in the Darśapūrṇamāsa sacrifice. —Agnīṣomīya-

paśu, us, m. a victim, generally a sheep or goat,

sacred to Agni and Soma. —Agnīṣomīyapaśv-anu-

ṣṭhāna, am, n. the proceedings with that victim, at

the Jyotiṣṭoma sacrifice. —Agnīṣomīya-puroḍāśa,

as, m. cake sacred to Agni and Soma, which must be

baked in eleven bowls. —Agnīṣomīya-yāga, as, m.

one of the three sacrifices of the Pūrṇamāsa. —Agni-

ṣomīyaikādaśa-kapāla (°ya-ek°), as, m. cake sacred

to Agni and Soma, see above. —Agnī-ṣomya, see

agnī-ṣomīya. —Agny-agāra or agny-āgāra, as,

m. house or place for keeping the sacred fire. —Agny-

abhāva, as, m. lack or loss of the sacred fire; loss of

appetite. —Agny-astra, am, n. fire serving as a

weapon, a rocket, fire-arms (?). —Agny-āgāra, see

agny-agāra. —Agny-ātmaka, as, ā, am, Ved.

having Agni's nature. —Agny-ādhāna or agny-

ādheya, am, n. or agny-āhiti, is, f. placing the fire

on the sacrificial fire-place or ground previously pre-

pared. —Agny-ālaya, as, m. a house or place for
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keeping the sacred fire; a cavity with several com-

partments, for the several sacred fires. —Agny-āhita,

as, m. one who has performed the Agnyādhāna.

—Agny-utpāta, as, m. a fiery portent, meteor, a

comet. —Agny-uddharaṇa, am, n. taking the sa-

cred fire from its usual place, previous to a sacrifice.

—Agny-upasthāna, am, n. worship of Agni, at the

conclusion of the Agnihotra, &c. —Agny-edha, as,

m. an incendiary. [ID=256]

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Fire

अग्नि (agni) [Printed book page 019-1]
*Agni (Fire). § 4 (Anukram.): I, 1, 94 (trīn A°īn iva

Kauravyān), 150 (°ṃ darpitaṃ Khāṇḍave).—§ 11 (Parvas.):

I, 2, 448 (Indrāgnī yatra Dharmaś cāpy ajijñāsañ Chibiṃ),

630—1 (all. to § 794).—§ 17 (Utaṅka): I, 3, 829 (yo'śvaḥ,

so'gniḥ).—§ 18 (Ugraśravas): I, 4, 854 (°caraṇaṃ).—§ 20

(Puloma): I, 5, 884, 889, (893), 6, 897, 908, 910, 7, 923,

924, 926, 928, 933, 937, 938 (Bhṛgu's wife Pulomā had first

been betrothed to the Rākṣasa Puloman, who one day, when

Bhṛgu was absent, came to carry her away, and asked the

sacrificial fire if she was rightly his or Bhṛgu's wife. The

fire answered that she was indeed first chosen by the Rākṣasa,

but that she was rightly Bhṛgu's, by whom she had been

taken with holy rites and invocations. When Puloman began

to carry her away Cyavana dropped from her womb, and

Puloman was instantly converted into ashes. Of her tears

Brahmán formed the river Vadhūsara. Bhṛgu cursed Agni,

saying, “thou shalt eat of all things.” Agni, enraged at

the curse, withdrew himself from the sacrifice, wherefore all

creatures became much distressed. Brahmán appeased Agni

by promising that only his less noble form (the digestive fire

in the stomach of carnivora) should be compelled to eat of

all things, and that everything should become pure when

burnt by his flames).—§ 29 (Kadrū): I, 20 (will consume

the sons of Kadrū).—§ 30b (Samudra): I, 21, 1220

(Vaḍavāmukhadīptā°).—§ 32b (Garuḍa): I, 23, 1241 (°rāśir,

yugāntā°), 1244 (1245).—§ 33 (do.): 23, 1250 (i.e. Garuḍa).

—§ 40 (do.): 29, 1323, 1325.—§ 46 (do.): I, 32.—§ 49

(Vāsuki): 37, 1596 (“As the gods in days of yore sought the

occult Agni, who held himself concealed”).—§ 71 (Bhārata-

sūtra, v. Ādivaṃśāvatāraṇap.): I, 61, 2277 (A. gives Arjuna

the bow Gāṇḍīva, etc.).—§ 83 (Ādivaṃśāvatāraṇa): I, 63,

2437 (°samadyutiḥ).—§ 116 (Vasus): I, 66, 2587 (one of

the Vasus and father of Kumāra, i.e. Skanda, °eḥ putraḥ,

Kumāraḥ; cf. Anala).—§ 130 (Aṃśāvat.): 67, 2761 (a part

of Agni is Dhṛṣṭadyumna).—§ 149 (Yayāti): 88, 3576

(prabhur °iḥ pratapane).—§ 246 (Tilottamā): 211, 7682

(by Brahmán).—§ 248 (Arjunavanavāsap.): 214, 7790 f.

(°kāryam).—[§ 253c (Kṛṣṇa): nakṣatre Vahnidaivate, i.e.

Kṛttikāsu (PCR.) (I, 221, 8045).]—§§ 254—60 (Khāṇḍa-

vadah. and Śārṅgakop.): I, 222—34 (burns the Khāṇḍava

forest). 8094, 8220 (dehavanta ivāgnayaḥ), 8324, 8350, 8353,

8357, 8409, 8412—13, 8415—17, 8428, 8437, 8461—2.—

§ 266 (Śakra-sabhā-v.): II, 7, 291 (dīpyamānā ivāgnayaḥ),

307 (do.).—§ 274 (Rājasūyārambhap.): 15, 647 (traya

ivāgnayaḥ).—§ 276 (Jarāsandhavadhap.): 20, 770 (do.), 790

(ravi-somāgni-vapuṣaṃ), 990 (°dattena rathena).—§§ 282—4

(Sahadeva and Māhiṣmatī): II, 31—32, 1133, 1141,

1143—4, 1149—50, 1153 (assists Nīla against Sahadeva;

married to Nīla's daughter; praised by Sahadeva; enumera-

tion of names of Agni; spares Sahadeva).—§ 310b (Sūrya),

identified with the Sun (also the Saṃvartaka Fire): III, 3,

190.—§ 310c, among the 108 names of the Sun (III, 3).—

[§ 317b (Kṛṣṇa): III, 12, having been Nārāyaṇa, Kṛṣṇa

became Anala, etc.]—§ 345 (Nalop.): 54 ff. (A., Indra,

Yama, and Varuṇa come to the svayaṃvara of Damayantī—

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and Nala as their messenger to her—but are rejected), 2127

(lokapālāśca sāgnikāḥ), 2138, 2140, 2157, 2224 (°purogamān

devān), 2227.—§ 366 (Tīrthayātrāp.): 83, 7009 (Agni-

tīrthaṃ tato gacchet, tatra snātvā nararṣabha|Agnilokam

avāpnoti kulañ caiva samuddharet).—§ 371 (Tuṅgaka): 85,

8191 (ṛṣayas tatra (i. e. in Tuṅgaka) devāś ca Varuṇo 'gniḥ

Prajāpatiḥ|Harir Nārāyaṇas tatra Mahādevas tathaiva ca|

Pitāmahaś ca bhagavān devaiḥ saha mahādyutiḥ|Bhṛguṃ

niyojayām āsa yajanārthaṃ mahādyutiṃ), 8194 (when the

Vedas had been lost).—[§ 383c (Jāmadagnyatejohāni-kathana):

III, 99, Hutāśana (i.e. Fire) seen in the body of Rāma

Dāśarathi.]—§ 392aα (Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 114, 11021 (i.e.

10121), 11022 (i.e. 10122).—§ 410g (Plakṣāvataraṇag.):

130f, 10546 (Agneś caivātra (i.e. in Kāśmīramaṇḍala) saṃvādaḥ

Kāśyapasya ca, Bhārata).—§ 411 (Śyenakapot.): III, 130f,

10559 (kapoto bhūtvā; Indra in the shape of a hawk and

Agni in that of a pigeon come to test king Uśīnara's merit)

(cf. § 466).—§ 412 (Aṣṭāvakrīya): III, 134, 10659 (dvāv

Indrāgnī carato vai sakhāyau).—§ 417 (Yavakrītop.): 138,

10810 (°purogamāḥ), 10814 (°purogamān devān).—§ 418b

(Gaṅgā): III, 139, 10821 (“where,” i.e. at Kālaśaila (?),

with the sevenfold Gaṅgā, “Agni blazes forth without

intermission”).—§ 443 (Nivātakavacayuddhap.): 168, 12020

(°er, sc. astram).—§ 456 (Sarasvatī-Tārkṣya-s.): 186,

12745 (°mukhāḥ devāḥ).—§ 459 (Mārkaṇḍeyas.): 189, 12956

(Agni is the mouth of Nārāyaṇa; the Vaḍavāvaktra Fire and

the Saṃvartaka Fire are identified with Nārāyaṇa), 12961.

—§ 466 (Śibi—carita): III, 197 (cf. § 411), 13274—5

(kapotarūpena).—§ 473 (Mārkaṇḍeyas.): 200, 13480 (°er

apatyaṃ prathamaṃ suvarṇaṃ).—§ 474 (Dhundhumārop.):

201α, 13498 (Indra-Somāgni-Varuṇāḥ, worship Madhusūdana).

—§ 480 (Brāhmaṇa-vyādhasaṃvāda): 208, 13812 (agnayo

māṃsakāmāś śa ity api śrūyate śrutiḥ).—§ 485 (do.): 213,

13959, etc. (śārīro 'gniḥ, i.e. digestion).—§§ 488—94 (Āṅgirasa):

III, 217-22 (Aṅgiras in days of yore practised austerities in

his hermitage, so that he excelled Agni, who, thinking that

Brahmán had created a new Fire, retired in anger to the

forest (vanaṃ; Nīl. and PCR., “the waters”) to practise

austerities; but Aṅgiras asked him to remain and make him

(Aṅgiras) his first son. From Aṅgiras (through Bṛhaspati)

and others, who are perhaps not connected with him, are

descended a great many of Agnis or Fires), 14101—3

(°eḥ sutaḥ…Kumāraḥ), 14112, 14113, (14114),

14115 (°ḥ prathamo; °tvaṃ), 14116—17, 14131 (Bṛhaspateḥ

putraḥ Śaṃyur nāma), 14132 (cāturmāsyeṣu yasyeṣṭyām

aśvamedhe 'grajaḥ paśuḥ), 14133 (Agnis tasya, i.e. Śaṃyoḥ(?),

suto dīptas tisraḥ kanyāś ca suvratāḥ), 14134 (prathamenā-

jyabhāgena pūjyate yo 'gnir adhvare|Agnis tasya Bharadvājaḥ

prathamaḥ putra ucyate), 14135 (…Bharato), 14141

(°r Niścyavano nāma), 14142 (Vipāpo 'gniḥ sutas tasya),

14143 (°ḥ…Niṣkṛtir nāma), 14146 (antar Agniḥ

smṛto yas tu bhuktaṃ pacati dehināṃ|sa jajñe Viśvabhuṅ nāma

sarvalokeṣu, Bhārata!), 14156 (Āṅgirasaḥ, etc.), 14162 (Vāyv-

agnī prāṇato 'srjat, sc. Pāñcajanyaḥ), 14171 (tad ete, i.e.

Yajñamuṣas, nopasarpanti yatra…Agniḥ sthito bhavet),

14174 (Rathantaraś ca Tapasaḥ putro 'gnih paripaṭhyate|

Mitravindāya vai tasmai havir adhvaryavo viduḥ), 14189

(Āgrayaṇo nāma), 14190 (Niśā tv ajanayat kanyām Agnī-

Ṣomāv ubhau tathā), 14227 (evam Agnir bhagavatā naṣṭaḥ

pūrvam Atharvaṇā|āhūtaḥ), 14236 (agnayaḥ).—§§ 495—8

(Skandotpatti): III, 223-6.—§ 499 (Skanda-Śakra-samā-

gama): III, 227.—§§ 500—1 (Skandopākhyāna): III, 228—9.

—§ 502 (Manuṣyagrahakathana): III, 230.—§§ 503—7

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(Skandayuddha): III, 231.—§§ 508—9 (Kārttikeyastava):

III, 232 (Agni (Adbhuta(?), III, v. 14284) having become

enamoured of the wives of the seven Ṛṣis, at first entered

their gārhapatya fire, then after a long time retired to the

forest (vanam; Nīl. says nothing) in order to destroy himself;

Svāhā, who had loved him in vain, cohabited with him,

successively assuming the guise of the wives of the Ṛṣis

(six of the Kṛttikās or Pleiads) except Arundhatī, and going

out of the forest in the guise of a bird (Garuḍī, Suparṇī,

Vinatā) she threw the semen in a golden basin on the Śveta

mountain; this took place on the Amāvasyā day; on the

Pratipad day the semen became an embryo (Skanda); on the

fourth day Skanda was fully developed. The six wives of

the Ṛṣis were divorced by their husbands. Skanda is called

the son of Rudra, because Agni is called Rudra by brahmans,

and because he was produced by Rudra entering Fire (and

Umā coalescing with Svāhā), etc., and the Śveta mountain

was formed of Rudra's semen virile. Agni gave to Skanda

a red cock, that formed his ensign perched on the top of his

chariot. The six divorced wives of the Ṛṣis, together with

Vinatā, obtained from Skanda that they became his mothers.

At the request of Indra they (incl. of Vinatā, see v. 14464

and Nīl., i.e. the Kṛttikās) were placed among the Nakṣatras

(and presided by Agni) instead of Abhijit (q.v.). Brahmán

ordered that time should be reckoned from Dhaniṣṭhā, while

it had formerly been reckoned from Rohiṇī (so Nīl.). Svāhā

prevailed upon Skanda that she should live for ever with

Agni, in so far as offerings with mantras to the gods and Pitṛs

(havyaṃ kavyaṃ ca) should always be coupled with the name

of Svāhā), 14241 (Agnīnāṃ vividhā vaṃśāḥ), 14276, 14294,

14300, (14302), 14305, 14314, 14323 (°dāyādaḥ, i.e. Skandaḥ),

14363, 14367 (°r bhūtvā Naigameyaś), 14391 (tataḥ Kumāraṃ

pitaraṃ (B. °rapitaraṃ) Skandam āhur janā bhuvi|Rudram

Agnim Umāṃ (B. Agnimukhāṃ) Svāhāṃ), 14428 (Rudram

Agniṃ dvijāḥ prāhū, Rudrasūnus tatas tu saḥ), 14434

(kukkuṭaś cāgninā dattas tasya, i.e. Skandasya, ketur alaṅkṛtaḥ),

14517, 14560 (cāmare cāpi Vāyuś ca gṛhītvāgniś ca dhiṣṭhitau,

sc. for Skanda).—§ 526a (Rāvaṇādivaraprāpti): III, 276,

15930 (used by the Brahmarṣis, etc., as their spokesman

before Brahmán).—§ 543 (Rāmābhiṣeka): 291 (when Rāma

Dāśarathi would repudiate Sītā because she had dwelt with

Rāvaṇa, Brahmán, Śakra, Agni, Vāyu, Yama, Varuṇa, and

Kubera, and his deceased father Daśaratha bore witness to

her innocence), 16548, (16558); Agni says that he dwells

within the bodies of all creatures.—[§ 548f (Āraṇeyap.):

III, 315, 17463 (Hutāśana, entering into water and remaining

in concealment, achieved the purpose of the gods).]—§ 549b

(Pāṇḍavapraveśap.): IV, 2, 38 (Agni, desirous of consuming

the forest of Khāṇḍava, had formerly appeared in the guise of

a brahman before Arjuna while he was staying with Kṛṣṇa),

42 (tejasvināṃ varaḥ); 4, 104 (°vad).—§ 552 (Gograhaṇap.):

shows interest for Arjuna (IV, 46 and 56), allusion to

§§ 254—60 (γ) (IV, 45); one of Arjuna's preceptors in arms

(δ and ε) (IV, 45 and 49): 1535 (ekaś cāgnim atarpayat, sc.

Arjunaḥ), 1580 (°r Vaḍavāmukhaḥ), 1770 (°er, sc. vimānaṃ;

present at the combat between Arjuna and the Kurus), 1982

(astram Āgneyam Agneś ca, sc. aham, i.e. Arjuna, avāptavān).

—§ 555 (Indravijaya): V, 9—18 (when Nahuṣa had sup-

planted Indra and had come to Śacī in a chariot drawn by

Ṛṣis, Bṛhaspati sent Agni to find out Indra. Agni at first,

having in an instant searched the whole world, did not dare

to enter the waters from fear of being extinguished, but at

last he was prevailed upon to do so, and found Indra in

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a lotus-sucker in the midst of a lake. Bṛhaspati explained

how Nahuṣa had become the king of the gods. Indra

bestowed upon Agni a share in great sacrifices, where there

should be one share for Indra and Agni (Aindrāgnyo)); V, 12,

395 (devā Agnipurogamāḥ, with Śacī); 13, 409 (do. with

Viṣṇu); 15, 479 (did not at first dare to enter the waters),

(481), 482 (adbhyo 'gnir, sc. utthitaḥ).—§ 555f (Indravijaya):

16 (Agni is the mouth of all the gods; the carrier of offerings

(Havyavah), and himself the best of offerings (havis); hidden,

he sojourns in the interior of all beings like a witness, single

and threefold; abandoned by him, the universe would forth-

with cease to be; by bowing to him the brahmans with

their wives and sons attain to the eternal happiness (gatim)

acquired by their deeds; having created the three worlds,

he, when the hour comes, again consumes them (pacasi);

the wise call him identical with the clouds and with the

lightning; flames issuing from him support all creatures;

all the waters are deposited in him, so is this entire world;

to him nothing is unknown in the three worlds), 486—8, 517

(cf. Śārṅgakop., I, 229, 8353—60).—§ 557 (Prajāgarap.):

33, 1044 (pañcāgnayo manuṣyeṇa paricaryāḥ prayatnataḥ|

pitā mātāgnir ātmā ca guruś ca, Bharatarṣabha!).—§ 560

(Sanatsujātop.): 46, 1757 (tasmād, i.e. from the Eternal

Bhagavat, Agniś ca Somaś ca).—§ 561 (Yānasandhip.): 49,

1918 (Vasavaś cāgninā saha), they with Bṛhaspati, Uśanas,

M., Y., Ā., S., Sapt., Viśvāmitra, Aps., etc., worship Brahmán;

52, 2094 (trayastriṃśat samāḥ, sūta! Khāṇḍave 'gnim atar-

payat, sc. Arjunaḥ); 60, 2366 (°ḥsacivyakartā syāt Khāṇḍave

tat kṛtaṃ smaran); 61, 2387 (yadā hy Agniś ca Vāyuś ca

Dharma Indro 'śvināv api|kāmayogāt pravarteran); 61, 2399

(“A., Vāyvagnī, M., Y., Dharma are not able to rescue those

whom I hate,” says Duryodhana).—§ 562 (Bhagavadyānap.):

94, 3335 (hutā°).—§ 564 (Mātalīyop.): 99, 3549 (Āsuro

'gniḥ, in Pātāla).—§ 567 (Bhagavadyānap.): 140, 4741

(Agniṃ juhotu vai Dhaumyaḥ); 142, 4818 (ubhe cāpy Agni-

Mārute, sc. astre).—§ 571 (Ulūkadūt.): 160, 5512 (°dattañ

ca te, i.e. Arjuna's, rathaṃ).—§ 576 (Bhagavadgītāp.): VI,

35, 1285 (i.e. Kṛṣṇa).—§ 581 (Bhīṣmavadhap.): 60,

2674 (bhagavān ivāgniḥ).—§ 592 (Saṃśaptakavadhap.):

25, 1084 (yathendrāgnī purā Baliṃ).—§ 594 (Mṛtyu): VII,

52—54]: Urged by the Earth, who was afflicted with the

heavy weight of creatures, Brahmán became angry and

created Fire that was about to consume the whole universe;

Śiva then solicited him, so that he extinguished the Fire

and created a woman named Mṛtyu (Death) to destroy the

creatures. Cf. XII, 257 ff.—§ 597 (Pratijñāp.): 82, 2924.

—§ 600 (Ghaṭotkacavadhap.): 166, 7451 (°samaprabhaṃ);

182, 8284 (surā iva nir-agnayaḥ).—§ 603 (Nārāyaṇāstra-

mokṣap.): 200, 9260 (agnāv agnir iva nyasto), 9263 (yathā

jagdhvā jagat kṛtsnaṃ samaye sacarācaraṃ|gacched agnir (B. °ed

vahnir) Vibhor āsyaṃ), 9264 (sūryam agniḥ (so B.) praviṣṭaḥ

syād yathā cāgniṃ divākaraḥ); 201, †9457 (Vāgagnī).—

§ 606 (Tripurākhyāna): VIII, 34, 1471 (śṛṅgam Agnir

babhūvāsya, i.e. on the arrow of Mahādeva), 1503 (Agnī-

ṣomau (C. Somaṃ) jagat kṛtsnaṃ).—§ 608 (Karṇap.): 60,

2983 (Śakrāgnibhyām iva); 87, 4418 (V., M., S., R., Vi., A.,

Agnir Indraś ca Somaś ca Pavano 'tha diśo daśa|Dhañanja-

yasya te pakṣe).—§ 611 (Śalyap.): IX, 14, 724 (bhagavān);

17, 912 (°r iva), 920 (do.); 21, 1128 (yathā).—§ 613

(Gadāyuddhap.): 33, 1921 (Khāṇḍave 'gnim ivārjunaḥ).—

§ 615 (do. brought): 35, 1985 (°īn, from Dvārakā by

Balarāma).—§ 615u (Skanda): 45, 2503 (Bṛhaspatiḥ samid-

dhāgnau juhāvāgniṃ yathāvidhi); 46, 2702 (śaktyā…

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°dattayā, i.e. the lance of Skanda).—§ 615 (Baladevat.): 47,

2742 (°ḥ praṇaṣṭo bhagavān), 2744 (do.); 54, 3049 (Indro

'gnir Aryamā caiva yatra prāk prītim āpnuvan, i.e. on the

Yamunā).—§ 623 (Rājadh.): XII, 15β, 439 (hantā).—

§ 637 (do.): 43, 1506 (i.e. Kṛṣṇa); 47, 1661 (antarbhūtaḥ,

i.e. Kṛṣṇa).—§ 638b (Rāmop.): 49, 1753 (having got

alms from Arjuna Kārtavīrya, A. burnt villages, etc., and the

hermitage of Āpava).—§ 641 (Rājadh.): 68, 2576 (v.

Āditya⁴); 78, 2922 (ajo 'gnir Varuṇo meṣaḥ…na

vikreyaḥ kathañcana = XIII, 3978); 122, 4511 (Vibhāvasuḥ).

—§ 656 (Khaḍgotp.): 166, 6201 (Aser daivataṃ).—§ 658

(Krṭaghnop.): 171, 6382 (Viśve devāḥ sāgnayaḥ, etc., repre-

sented by brahmans fed in the house of Virūpākṣa on a

certain day of the Kārttika month).—§ 660 (Bhṛgu-Bharad-

vāja-s.): 182, 6778 (Agni-Mārutau, spring from water),

6779 (Agni-Māruta-saṃyogāt tataḥ samabhavan mahī), 6782 (is

Brahmán's tejas), 6783 (Agnī-Ṣomau tu candrārkau nayane

tasya, i.e. Brahmán's, viśrute).—§ 671b (Bali-Vāsava-s.):

224, 8139 (āhuś cainam, i.e. Brahmán, kecid Agniṃ kecid

āhuḥ Prajāpatiṃ).—§ 693 (Vṛtravadha): 283 (in order to

deliver Indra from the brahmahatyā that issued from the body

of Vṛtra, when he had been killed by Indra, Brahmán divided

it in four portions; one-fourth was taken by Agni on the

condition that it should immediately enter the man who

should abstain from offering, etc.), 10174.—§ 696 (MSNSt.):

283, 10354 (= Śiva, 1000 names).—§ 700 (Mokṣadh.):

289, 10644 (Agnī-Ṣomāv idaṃ sarvaṃ).—§ 702 (do.):

296β, 10837 (v. Ādityaḥ).—§ 707 (do.): 318, 11708 (if at

death the soul escapes through the eyes, the man reaches the

region of Agni).—§ 717 (Nārāyaṇīya, Mahāpuruṣastava):

339, 12864 (tavāgnir āsyam, No. 90); 341λ, 13017 (kiñ ca

Brahmā ca Rudraś ca Śakraś ca Balabhit prabhuḥ|Sūryas

Tārādhipo Vāyur Agnir Varuṇa eva ca|Ākāśam Jagatī caiva

ye ca śeṣā divaukasaḥ|pralayaṃ na vijānanti ātmanaḥ pari-

nirmitaṃ).—§ 717 (do.): 342†† I): (Agni (digestive Fire, Nīl.)

and Soma (food, Nīl.). blending together, become transformed

into one and the same substance; it is for this reason that the

entire universe is said to be pervaded with them; the deities

also are said to have Agni for their mouth. After the

dissolution of the universe Brahmán caused Agni (kṣattraṃ,

i.e. the kṣattriyas) and Soma (bráhman, i.e. the brahmans)

to spring from his own eyes; the brahmans became endowed

with greater energy than the kṣattriyas. He who offers food

in the mouth of a brahman pours libations into a blazing fire.

Agni is the hotṛ and brahmán of the sacrifice; the brahmans,

becoming Agni, uphold the sacrifices and, possessed of learning,

further (bhāvayanti) Agni; [being] Agni [and] Viṣṇu they,

entering all creatures, uphold their lifebreaths), 13186 (Agniḥ

Somena saṃyukta ekayonitvam āgataḥ|Agnī-Ṣomamayaṃ

tasmāj jagat kṛtsnaṃ carācaraṃ), ††13187 (api hi Purāṇe

bhavati, ekayonyātmakāv Agnī-Ṣomau, devatāś cāgnimukhā

iti); 343, 13188 (Agnī-Ṣomau), ††13194 (sa Puruṣaḥ

…netrābhyām Agnī-Ṣomau sasarja); VII, ††13217

(brahmavadhyāñ caturṣu sthāneṣu vanitāgni-vanaspatigoṣu

vyabhajat, cf. § 555, V, 15 f.); IX, ††13218 (Bhṛgunā śapto

'gniḥ sarvabhakṣatvam upanītaḥ), ††13223 (tad etad brahm-

āgnī-Ṣomīyaṃ, tena jagad dhāryate), 13225 (Agnī-Ṣoma-,

etymology of Hṛṣīkeśa).—§ 719 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 1, 55

(v. Āditya⁴).—§ 720b (Sudarśana): 2 (married Sudarśanā

(daughter of king Duryodhana in Māhiṣmatī and the river

Narmadā), and begat with her Sudarśana; he is always

present in Māhiṣmatī; cf. § 282b); 104 ff., 132 (°putre

Sudarśane).—§ 730 (Meghavāhanop.): 14, 609 (= Śiva),

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1003 (do.), 1005 (sapta…agnayaḥ, lower than Śiva);

16, 1045 (Indrāgni-Marutām gatim, i.e. Śiva); 18, 1304

(sāgni-munibhir).—§ 731b (Aṣṭāvakra-Dik-s.): 19, 1472

(nānilo 'gnir na Varuṇo na cānye tridaśā dvija|priyāḥ strīṇāṃ

yathā Kāmo).—§ 732 (Ānuśāsanik.): 22 (the opinions of

Pṛthivī, Kāśyapa, Mārkaṇḍeya, and Agni (“a brahman who,

being engaged in study and regarding himself learned with the

aid of his learning destroys the reputation of others, falls

away from righteousness, and his regions of felicity hereafter

—lokāḥ—are of short duration—antavanto”) as to the essential

qualities of brahmans), 1540, (1543), 1545.—§ 733 (do.):

25s, 1729 (°eḥ pure—a tīrtha—naraḥ snātvā Agnikanyāpure

vaset; Nīl. is silent).—§ 737 (do.): 31, 2031 (ayonīn Agni-

yonīṃś ca brahma-yonīṃs tathaiva ca|sarvabhūtātmayonīṃś ca

tān namasyāmy ahaṃ sadā; cf. Nīl. and PCR.).—§ 746 (do.):

63, 3239 (sambhavanti tataḥ śukrāt prāṇinaḥ, prthivīpate!|

Agnī-Ṣomau hi tac chukraṃ sṛjataḥ puṣyataś ca ha); 79k,

3769 (samānavatsāṃ kṛṣṇān tu dhenuṃ dattvā…Agni-

loke mahīyate); 82, 3857 (mayā, i.e. by Śrī, 'bhipannā devāś

ca modante śācvatīḥ samāḥ|Indro Vivasvān Somaś ca Viṣṇur

Āpo 'gnir eva ca).—§ 747b (Suvarṇotpatti): 84, 3977 (Agnī-

Ṣomātmakaṃ suvarṇaṃ), 3978 (ajo 'gnir, Varuṇo meṣaḥ, etc.;

cf. XII, 78, 2922): Brahmán had granted the Asura Tāṛaka

the boon that he could not be slain by gods, Asuras,

Rākṣasas, etc., and the deities had, in consequence of their

endeavour in former times to stop propagation, been cursed

by Pārvatī, that they were not to have any offspring;

but Agni had not been there; he therefore, said Brahmán,

would beget an offspring for the destruction of Tāraka, etc.:

“Kāma is Rudra's seed, a portion of which fell into Agni,

who will cast it into Gaṅgā. Therefore, make a search for

Agni. Agni is the most eternal of all creatures; he is older

than Rudra himself,” etc. After searching in vain every part

of the universe, the gods successively learnt from a frog that

had been scorched by the energy of Agni that he was residing

in the nethermost regions of the water; from an elephant, that

he was within an aśvattha tree; and from a parrot, that he

had entered the heart of a śamī tree. All frogs, elephants, and

parrots were cursed by Agni and blessed by the gods in various

ways: the śamī tree the gods made a sacred fuel fit for

producing fire in all religious rites; the heated waters that

are found in the nethermost regions are vomited forth by the

mountain springs. Agni then united himself in spiritual

congress with Gaṅgā, who, being unable to bear the seed, cast

it off resplendent like gold on the breast of Meru, on a forest

of reeds. Hence Agni was called Hiraṇyaretas; Earth,

Vasumatī; the child, Skanda and Guha, and, because it was

nursed by the Kṛttikās, Kārttikeya; gold, Jātarūpa. It was

in this way that gold came into existence as the offspring of

Agni; gold is truly the illustrious Agni, the lord of all

things, and the foremost of all Prajāpatis; the most sacred of

all sacred things is gold; it has for its essence Agni and Soma.

In days of yore (lokādau, v. 4163) Rudra (who is Brahmán,

Śiva, Rudra, Varuṇa, Agni, Prajāpati, etc.), having assumed

the form of Varuṇa (cf. v. 4133, Varuṇaḥ, Pavanātmakaḥ),

performed a sacrifice to which came the munis and all the

deities with Agni, etc.; the Lord of all himself poured

libations into his own self. Seeing “devapatnyaś ca kanyāś

ca devānāñ caiva mātaraḥ,” the seed (endowed with Sattva,

Rajas, and Tamas) of Brahmán fell upon the Earth; Pūṣan

took it up, and it was taken with the sacrificial ladle and

poured as an oblation into the fire; thence Brahmán caused

the different beings to spring into existence. From the flames

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(bhṛg) arose Bhṛgu, etc…from the ashes, the

Vaikhānasas, honoured by the gaṇas of brahmarṣis;

from his (Agni's, PCR.) tears, the Aśvins; from his organs of

sense (srotobhyas B., i.e. ears, etc.), the rest of the Prajāpatis

(prajānāṃ patayaḥ), the Ṛṣis from his pores, etc. For this

reason Agni is said to be all the deities; the pieces of wood

are the months, etc.; his bile (pittam) is day and night

(B. somewhat differently); “Raudraṃ lohityam ity āhur,

lohitāt kanakaṃ smṛtaṃ|tan Maitram iti vijñeyaṃ, dhūmāc

ca Vasavaḥ smṛtāḥ” (v. 4130); the flames are the Rudras

and Ādityas; the planets, stars, etc. (Nīl.), are the charcoal;

“ādikartā ca lokasya tat paraṃ brahma tad dhruvaṃ|sarvakā-

madam ity āhus, tad rahasyam uvāca ha” (v. 4132). Bhṛgu

was considered as the offspring of Varuṇa, Aṅgiras as that of

Agni, Kavi as that of Brahmán; Bhṛgu, Aṅgiras, and Kavi

were all of them prajānam patayaḥ; their offspring (v. 4144—52)

are called Vāruṇāḥ, and Kavi and Bhṛgu, Vāruṇau.

Agni is Brahmán, Paśupati, Sarva, Rudra, Prajāpati; gold

is the offspring of Agni (v. 4164); when fire is not obtainable

gold is used as a substitute by a Jāmadagnyaḥ (“one that knows

the identity of gold with fire,” PCR.) Pramāṇajño vedaśrutivi-

darśanāt (v. 4165), etc. (v. 4166—7); Agni sprang from

Brahmán, and from Agni sprang gold (v. 4168); those

persons observant of righteousness who make gifts of gold

are regarded as giving away all the deities (v. 4169), etc.;

he who makes a gift of gold at the second twilight succeeds

in attaining to a residence with (sālokyaṃ) Brahmán, Vāyu,

Agni, and Soma (v. 4173), and in the regions of Indra

(sendreṣu caiva lokeṣu, v. 4174), etc.; he has never to fall

down from the regions to which he attains (na ca kṣarati

tebhyaś ca, v. 4176). XIII, 85, 4062, etc., (4065), etc., 4095

(Hiraṇyaretaḥ), etc., 4102 (Īśaḥ Prajāpatiḥ), 4103 (Agnī-

Ṣomātmakaṃ jātarūpaṃ), 4106 (°purogamāḥ devāḥ), 4112

(i.e. Śiva), 4128 (etasmāt kāraṇād āhur Agniṃ sarvās tu

devatāḥ), (4135), etc., 4141 (Īśvaro, i.e. Brahmán, 'ṅgirasañ

cāgner apatyārtham akalpayat), etc., 4164, 4173, etc.—

§ 748b (Tārakavadhop.): 86, 4209 (gave the newborn

Skanda a goat), etc.—§ 749 (Ānuśāsanik.): 91, 4348

(kṛtvāgnau karaṇaṃ pūrvaṃ mantrapūrvaṃ tapodhaṇāḥ|tato

'gnaye ca Somāya Varuṇāya ca nityaśah|Viśve devāś ca ye

nityaṃ Pitṛbhiḥ sahagocarāḥ, etc., at a śrāddha), 4351

(udakānayane caiva stotavyo Varuṇo vibhuḥ|tato 'gniś caiva

Somaś ca āpyāyyāviha te 'nagha, at a śrāddha), 4354 (viśve

cāgni-mukhā devāḥ); 92 (at a śrāddha ordered by Nimi and

performed by the maharṣis, the Pitṛs and gods became

afflicted with indigestion in consequence of the offerings

(nivāpa) made by persons of the four castes. They repaired

to Soma and thence to Svayambhū (Pitāmaha, on the

summit of Meru), and thence to Agni. Agni told them

to eat these offerings with him. It is for this reason that

in making offerings at śrāddhas a share is first offered to

Agni; thence also the Brahma-Rākṣasas cannot do any

injury to the śrāddha; but the Rakṣases fly away from it);

(v. 4383—4) (Śrāddhakalpa); XIII, 92, (4381), 4382

(etasmāt kāraṇāc cāgneḥ prāk tāvad dīyate, nṛpa!).—§ 758

(do.): 103, 5142 (°saṃbhavaḥ, i.e. Aṅgiras).—§ 766 (do.):

XIII, 126 (at Indra's court Agni declared that the Pitṛs of

one who raises his feet to kick a cow, or a brahman, or a fire,

become filled with fear, and that he himself has to roast in

Hell (Narake pacyate) for 100 lives), (6033).—§ 772b (Pavan-

ārjuna-s.): 154, 7225 (even Agni and Brahmán are

brahmans).—§ 773b (Kṛṣṇa): 159 [†7378, sa, i.e. Kṛṣṇa,

ekadā kakṣagato mahātmā tuṣṭo vibhuḥ Khāṇḍave dhūma-

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ketuḥ], †7388 (Kṛṣṇa becoming Agni burns the world).—

§ 773d (Śiva): 161, 7486 (Śiva slew the Daityas—in

Tripura—“kṛtvā Viṣṇum śarottamaṃ|śalyam Agniṃ tathā

kṛtvā, puṃkhaṃ Vaivasvataṃ Yamaṃ|Vedān kṛtvā dhanuḥ

sarvān jyāñ ca Sāvitrīm uttamām…”), 7496 (i.e.

Rudra); 162, 7503 (do.).—§ 778b (Saṃvartta-Maruttīya):

XIV, 3—10: In the Tretā-yuga (v. 80) king Marutta, who

rivalled Indra, intended to celebrate a sacrifice on Meru on

the northern side of Himavat. Bṛhaspati had expelled his

younger brother Saṃvartta, and in allegiance to Indra

refused to perform sacrifice for his rival Marutta. Nārada

then told Marutta to appeal to Saṃvartta, who was wandering

about in the garb of a mad man; he was to prevail upon him

to perform his sacrifice, and tell him that Nārada had entered

into the fire; Saṃvartta consented to perform his sacrifice,

not from any desire of wealth, but only that he might do

what was disagreeable to Indra and Bṛhaspati. Marutta

succeeded in obtaining from Śiva the gold on Muñjavat, and

made arrangements for the sacrifice. Bṛhaspati became sick

with jealousy, and Indra therefore despatched Agni to Marutta

to say that Bṛhaspati would officiate at his sacrifice and make

him immortal, etc. But Marutta answered that he did not

desire these things, and Saṃvartta threatened to burn Agni

with his fierce evil (dāruṇena) eyes if he should ever come

again. At last Indra himself directed the sacrifice. Indra

told Marutta to offer a red bull consecrated to Agni, and

a blue with a variegated skin to V.-D. (v. 285); 9, (227),

(230), (232), (235), (240), (243), (246), (249).—§ 782b

(Brāhmaṇagītā): 20, 608 (i.e. the vessel of the body called

Piṅgalā, Nīl.; cf. PCR.), 617 (Vaiśvānaro, the senses with

manas and buddhi are his seven tongues).—§ 782 (Guru-

śiṣya-s.): 42, 1167 (mahān ātmā, i.e. the Emancipate, sa vai

Viṣṇuś ca Mitraś ca Varuṇo 'gniḥ Prajāpatiḥ|sa hi Dhātā

Vidhātā ca…); 43, 1177 (Agni is bhūtapatir nityaṃ).—

§ 784 (Utaṅkop.): 58, 1746 (the horse which Utaṅka saw in

the Nāgaloka turned out to be Agni).—§ 789 (Putradarśanap.):

XV, 31η, 857 (°er bhāgaṃ Dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ).—§ 793

(Mausalap.): XVI, 3, 60 (°dattaṃ Kṛṣṇasya cakraṃ,

ascended to heaven).—§ 794 (Mahāprasthānikap.): XVII, 1:

Having heard about the slaughter of the Vṛṣṇis and the death

of Kṛṣṇa, the five Pāṇḍavas with Draupadī and a dog set

out to retire from the world. When they had reached the

sea of red waters (lauhityaṃ salilārṇavam, v. 33, i.e. udayā-

calaprāntasthaṃ samudraṃ, Nīl.; cf. v. 44 ff.), they beheld

Agni in the shape of a man, who requested Arjuna to throw

the Gāṇḍīva bow and his couple of inexhaustible quivers

into the sea, that they might be made over to Varuṇa,

from whom Agni had procured them for the use of Arjuna

(v. Khāṇḍavadah.): 35, 38, 43.

Cf. the following:—

Adbhuta (“wonderful”): III, 14212, 14234, 14237.

See also Viṣṇu.

Anala (Analā fem., see separately): I, 2582 (a Vasu);

II, 332 (in the palace of Yama), 1147; III, 480 (= Kṛṣṇa),

12967 (saṃvarttako); IX, 2506 (Anilā°au), 2687, 2743;

XII, 11117; XIII, 7094 (the sixth of the eight vasus),

7110 (Rudrā°-Vasuprabhāḥ ṛṣayaḥ). Also = Śiva and

Viṣṇu.

*Anilasambhava (“sprung from the wind”): II,

1151.

*Anilasārathi (“having the wind for his charioteer”):

I, 1058; III, 5001.

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*Apāṃ garbha (“the embryo of the waters”):

II, 1150.

*Bhagavat (“the holy one”): II, 1143, 1153.

*Bhūritejasa (“of great might”): II, 1148.

*Bhuvanabhartṛ (“the upholder of the world”):

III, 14209.

*Citrabhānu (“with brilliant splendour”): I, †2106;

II, 1147; XII, 1753—4; XIII, 113 ff.

*Śikhin (“with flames”): I, 932; II, 1147, 1150,

1152; V, 2118 (metaphorically = the Pāṇḍavas).

*Dahana (“burning”): XIII, 111.

*Dhūmaketu (“having the smoke for his standard”):

I, 2113; II, 1152; XIV, 228, 231, 238.

*Gṛhapati (“the lord of the house”): III, 14211

(= Adbhuta).

*Havyakavyabhuj (“the eater of offerings”): XII,

10177, 13382 (bhagavān), 13452 (Viṣṇor).

*Havyavah (“the carrier of offerings”): I, 8353;

III, 10590; IV, 50; V, 483, 491, 5290 (the best of the

Vasus); [XIII, 916 (Pitṝṇāṃ, i.e. Śiva)].

*Havyavāha (“the carrier of offerings”): I, 2113,

8416; III, 14107, 14170 (pl.), 14218, 15929; V, 486, †487;

VII, 8725; XII, 10176; XIV, 238, 245.

*Havyavāhana (“the carrier of offerings”): I, 845,

8095, 8147, 8157, 8164, 8363; II, 342, 1126, 1130, 1135,

1146 (vahanād Havyavāhanaḥ); III, 9972, 10920, 14109;

XIII, 106 ff., 4039, 4068 ff.

*Hiraṇyakṛt (“the maker of gold”): II, 1148.

*Hiraṇyaretas (“the golden seed”): I, †2106; XIII,

4095; [XIV, 118 = the Sun].

*Hutabhuj (“the eater of offerings”): I, 927, *2106;

III, 14108.

*Hutāśa (“the eater of offerings”): I, 8463; II, 1147;

III, 2168 (īśaṃ devānāṃ).

*Hutāśana (“the eater of offerings”): I, 930, 2584

(Śāṇḍilyāś ca Hutāśanaḥ, sc. putraḥ), 7790, 8142, 8174

(bhagavān Dhūmaketur Hutāśanaḥ), 8193, 8322, 8422, 8474;

II, 1707; III, 5000, 14114, 14196 (śukla-kṛṣṇa-gatir devo

yo bibharti Hutāśanaṃ), 14236 (pl.), 14238, 14286, 14288;

V, 476, 484; VII, 402; IX, 2535, 2741; XII, 1006, 4497;

XIII, 3150, 4022, 4032, 4036, 4042, 4048, 4080, 4116, 4154,

[6351 (pl.)].

*Hutahavyavaha (“the carrier of offerings”): I, 2585

(Dharasya putro Draviṇo).

*Hutavaha (“the carrier of offerings”): III, 14105,

14284; XII, 10758.

*Jātavedas: I, 883, 888, 891, 8419, 8423; II, 1146

(Vedās tvadarthaṃ jātā vai Jātavedās tato hy asi), 1150;

V, 657, 1933; XII, 4499 (īśaṃ Vasūnāṃ); XIII, 2013,

2871, 3973 (apatyaṃ J°aḥ…suvarṇam), 4099 (do.),

4191 (°aḥ garbhaṃ, i.e. Skanda), 4193 (do.), 5167, 5210,

etc., 5944, etc.; XIV, 226, 239, 245, 1735; XV, 1035;

XVI, 249.

*Jvalana (“flaming”): I, 8403, 8437, 8461; II, 1147;

III, 5001; V, 516; VIII, 1502, †4542 (°āstram acyutaṃ);

IX, 2746—8.

*Kṛṣṇavartman (“whose road is black”): I, †2106,

8422; II, 1145.

*Kumārasū (“the father of Kumāra”): II, 1148

*Lohitagrīva (“with a red neck”): I, 8422.

*Mahāsattva (“the great Being”): II, 1150.

*Pāñcajanya (an Agni): III, 14160 (called so because

he had been thought of with the mahāvyāhṛṭibhir, had five

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colours, was made by five persons, and was the progenitor of

five races) (Āṅgirasa).

*Pāpahan (“slayer of sin”): II, 1151.

*Pāvaka: I, 884—5, 8087, 8175, 8179, 8196—7, 8201,

8205, 8243, 8325, 8328, 8353, 8361, 8466, 8475, 8478;

II, 2, 1144—6 (pāvanāt Pāvakaś cāsi), 1162; III, 14137

(Bharato Bharatasyāgneh Pāvakas tu Prajāpateḥ|mahān

atyartham ahitas tathā, Bharatasattama!), 14145 (yas tu viśvasya

jagato buddhim ākramya tiṣṭhati|taṃ prāhur adhyātmavido

Viśvajin nāma pāvakaṃ), 14153 (atulyatvāt kṛte devair nāmnā

Kāmas tu pāvakaḥ|saṃharṣād dhārayan krodhaṃ dhanvī

sragvī rathe sthitaḥ), 14154 (samaye nāśayec chatrūn Amogho

nāma pāvakaḥ), 14297, 14300 (°ābhyāsaṃ), 14307, 14342,

14349, 14378 (°ārciṣaḥ), 14517; IV, 40, 1434, 1439;

V, 489, 545, 2945, 4412, 5356, 5382; VII, 159 (Rudrāṇām

iva Kāpālī, Vasūnām iva Pāvakaḥ|Kubera iva Yakṣāṇāṃ

Marutām iva Vāsavaḥ, etc.); IX, 2329, 2484, 2489, 2492;

X, 226 (vaḍavāmukhaḥ), 463 (yugānte), 806 (sa jalaṃ pāvako

bhūtvā śoṣayati, sc. the wrath of Rudra); XII, 1006,

2577, 12105, 12334 (bhagavān); XIII, 117, 125 (°suto,

i.e. Sudar-śanaḥ), 142 (id.), 914 (Vasūnām, i.e. Śiva),

4007, 4061 ff.; XIV, 237; XV, 857; XVII, 36; XVIII,

167.

*Piṅgākṣa (“with yellow eyes”): I, 8422.

*Piṅgeśa (from piṅga, “yellow,” and īśa, “lord”):

II, 1148.

*Plavaṅga (“who moves skippingly”): II, 1148

(so also B.).

*Pradakṣiṇāvartaśikha (“winding his flames from

left to right”): I, †2106.

*Pradīpta (“flaming”): I, †2106.

*Rudragarbha (“the embryo of Rudra”): II, 1148.

*Saptārcis (“who has seven flames”): I, 892, 8208

(Jvalana).

*Sarvaprāṇiṣu nityastha (“ever present in all

living beings”): II, 1151.

*Sureśa (“the Lord of the gods”): II, 1147.

*Sureśvara (“the Lord of the gods”): II, 1150.

*Svargadvāraspṛśa (“touching the doors of

Heaven”): II, 1147.

*Tigmāṃśu (“with hot flames”): I, 8421, 8429, 8465

(bhagavān).

*Vahni: I, 911, 922, 935, 8141 (bhagavato °er), 8147,

8364; II, 1129 (bhagavān), 1137, 1140, 1157; III, 14194

(sa Vahniḥ sa Prajāpatiḥ|prāṇān āśritya yo dehaṃ pravartayati

dehināṃ), 14285, 14289, 14293, 14296, 14432; IV, 997

(diśaṃ °er); V, 493, 3967 (Svāhāyāñ ca yathā Vahnir…

reme); VII, 7978 (bhagavān); VIII, †4542; IX, 2657, 2746,

2789 (bhagavān), 3658 (yathā vahnir jagatkṣaye); XII, 1005,

10171, 10175, 10179 (°vat), 11611; XIII, 3295, 3304, 4034,

4040, 4051, 4058, 4081, etc., 4148 (°jāḥ, the eight sons of

Aṅgiras), etc., 4380, etc.; XIV, 229, 247, 270 (devaḥ),

1130 (= vāc).

*Vaiśvānara: I, 811; II, 299 (muniḥ), 1148; III,

11046, 13297, 14192, 14670 (Sūrya-Vaiśvānara-samau);

VII, 3836; VIII, 4788 (°ārkapratimaṃ); XII, †8941

(Brahman?), 12180; XIII, 4085 (°prabhaṃ), 4093 (sūrya°

samaḥ), 5329 (°samaprabhaḥ); XIV, 617 (A°), 618 (ghrāṇaṃ

jihvā ca…saptaitā jihvā V°ārciṣaḥ).

*Vātasārathi (“who has the Wind for his charioteer”):

I, 8324 (Agniḥ, śarīravān jaṭī bhūtvā nadann iva balāhakaḥ).

*Vibhāvasu (“being a treasure of splendour”): I,

†2106; II, 1138 (bhagavān), 1147; III, 15932.

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Cf. Adolf Holtzmann, “Agni nach den Vorstellungen des

Mahābhārata,” Strassburg, 1878. See also Āṅgirasa.

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— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

the God of Fire

अग्नि (agni) [Printed book page 1-010]
Agni (I) — the God of Fire also known as Hutāśana,

Havyavāhana and Vahni.¹ A place sacred to Agni in the Sara-

svatī which Vidura visited.² Svāhā and her three sons are

deities presiding over Agni.³ One of the gods with power to

confer boons or pronounce curse on the world, curse on

elephants.⁴ On the tail of Śiśumāra.⁵ Invested by the Māyā

of Bhagavān, Agni does not sometimes understand his

will and work.⁶ A guardian of the world.⁷ The mouth of

Hari as embodying all Vedas.⁸ Is pleased with a devotee of

Hari.⁹ Even the powerful Agni could not digest Brāhman's

property when misappropriated.¹⁰ Identified with Hari.¹¹

Swallowed the seed of Śiva borne by Gaṅgā as a punishment

for disturbing Umā's union with the Lord, and unable to

digest it, he discharged it into a bush of reeds (śarakānana)

where it became Kumāra.¹² Goes round Dhruva.¹³ Pre-

sented Ājagava bow to Pṛthu.¹⁴ Married a daughter of

Dakṣa.¹⁵ Worshipped in Kuśadvīpa.¹⁶ His son was Manu

Svārociṣa.¹⁷ Fought with Puloma in a Devāsura war,¹⁸ fol-

lowed Indra's army against Kṛṣṇa who took away Pārijāta

from heaven. Beaten by Kṛṣṇa, he escaped alive from the

field.¹⁹ His town visited by Arjuna in search of a dead child

of a Brāhman of Dvārakā.²⁰
[Footnote: 1) Bhā., I. 15. 8; Br., III. 10. 24-35.]

[Footnote: 2) Bhā., III. 1. 22.]

[Footnote: 3) Ib. IV.

1. 60.]

[Footnote: 4) Ib. IV. 14. 26-27; Br. III. 7, 352.]

[Footnote: 5) Bhā., V. 23. 5;

Br. II. 23. 104.]

[Footnote: 6) Bhā., VI. 3. 14. 15.]

[Footnote: 7) Ib., VIII. 10. 26.]

[Footnote: 8) Ib.

VIII. 16. 9.]

[Footnote: 9) Ib. X. 41. 13.]

[Footnote: 10) Ib. X. 64. 32.]

[Footnote: 11) Ib. XI. 16. 13.]

[Footnote: 12) Ib. IV. 7. 64[]; VI. 6. 14; Br. IV. 15. 21; 20. 46; 26. 53.]

[Footnote: 13) Bhā., IV. 9. 21.]

[Footnote: 14) Ib. IV. 15. 18.]

[Footnote: 15) Ib. IV. 1. 48.]

[Footnote: 16) Ib. V. 20. 2.]

[Footnote: 17) Ib. VIII. 1. 19.]

[Footnote: 18) Ib. VIII. 10. 31;]

[Footnote: 19) Ib. X. [65 (V) 40];

[66 (V) 27-31].]

[Footnote: 20) Ib. X. 89. 44.]
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— The Purana Index

1. A guardian deity of a quarter. 2. A group of forty-nine sacred fires.

— The Purana Index

One of the eight Vasus, a son of Vasu.

— The Purana Index

1. Married Vikeshi. 2. Father of the Ujjra clan of apsaras, as well as Nala and Angaraka.

— The Purana Index

An Atreya and one of the seven sages of the Tamasa epoch.

— The Purana Index

A son of Agneyi and Uru, whose daughter Succhaya married Shishta, the son of Dhruva.

— The Purana Index

1. Also known as Rita. 2. Son of Samvatsara. 3. Married Svaha, the daughter of Daksha.

— The Purana Index

1. The eldest son of Brahma in the Svayambhuva antara. 2. The mindborn son of Brahma's tapas. 3. One of the eight forms of Mahadeva. 4. The origin of a family of forty-nine fires.

— The Purana Index

An Agni divided into three parts by Aila in order to reach the realm of the Gandharvas.

— The Purana Index

see Agni

— The Purana Index

Agni in Grammatical or Phonetic Context

2 definitions

mystical substitute for the letter r

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

in the Katantra grammar, a name for noun-stems ending in i and u

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Agni as a Cross-Reference to Anila

1 definition

see Anila

— The Purana Index

Agni as a Marut Gana

1 definition

a Marut of that name

— The Purana Index

Agni as a Purana Text

1 definition

A major Purana, also called Agneya.

— The Purana Index

Agni as Bile

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bile

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Agni as Gold

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gold

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Agni as Plant Names

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1. Semecarpus Anacardium. 2. Plumbago Zeylanica and Rosea. 3. Citrus Acida.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Agni as the Number Three

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the number three

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 13 works: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.