# अग्नि (agni)

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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 — E. aṅga to mark, and ni Uṇādi aff, ṅa being dropped
- **SLP1:** `agni`  **IAST:** agni  **Devanagari:** अग्नि
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agni
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/agni/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** आग्नि (āgni)

## Meanings by context

### Agni as Fire and its Deity (25 definitions)
- fire or sacrificial fire  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 5,1] अग् (ag) नि (agni) m. (√ अग् (ag), Uṇ. ) fire, sacrificial fire (of three kinds, Gārhapatya, Āhavanīya, and Dakṣiṇa) [ ID=890 ]
- the god of fire, the fire of the stomach, digestive faculty  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the god of fire, the fire of the stomach, digestive faculty, gastric fluid [ ID=892 ]
- next  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > [Printed book page 1309,1] (also) = next, ĀpŚr. [ ID=897.05 sup ]
- fire  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > [Printed book page 5,1] अग्नि (agni) [ cf. Lat. ignì-s; Lith. ugni-s; Slav. ognj ]. [ ID=897.1 ]
- 1. Fire. 2. A conflagration. 3. The god Agni.  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अग्नि (agni) [Printed book page 003-1 ] अग्नि (agni) ag-ní, m. fire; conflagration; god Agni. [ ID=264 ]
- 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*
  > अग्नि (ni) (agni) [Printed book page 006 ] अग्नि (ni) (agni) m. ( - ग्नि (ni) ः (-gniḥ) ) 1 Fire, always associated with the idea of the deity presiding over it, and who is worshipped by the Hindus. AGNI is also regent of the south-east quarter. 2 A consecrated fire. 3 The fire of the stomach, the digestive faculty, appetite. 4 Bile. 5 Gold. 6 A plant of which the fruit has escharotic properties, ( Semecarpus anacardium.) 7 Another plant, ( Plumbago zeylanica.) E. अङ (ṅa) ्ग (aṅga) to mark, and नि (ni) Uṇādi aff, ङ (ṅa) being dropped. [ ID=246 ]
- 1. The god of fire. 2. Bile.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अग्नि (agni) [Printed book page 005-a ] अग्नि (agni) ( ग्निः ) ((gniḥ)) 2. m. God of fire; bile. [ ID=206 ]
- 1. Fire. 2. The fire deity. 3. Consecrated fire. 4. The digestive fire of the stomach. 5. Bile. 6. Gold.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अग्नि (agni) [Printed book page 004-11 ] अग्नि (agni) m. 1. Fire; 2. the deity presiding over fire; 3. consecrated fire; 4. the fire of the stomach, i.e. the digestive faculty; 5. bile; 6. gold. [ ID=208 ]
- 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*
  > अग्नि (ni) (agni) [Printed book page 005-b ] अग्नि (ni) (agni) m. ( - ग्नि (ni) ः (-gniḥ) ) 1. Fire, always associated with the idea of the deity presiding over it, and who is worshipped by the Hindus. AGNI is also regent of the south-east quarter. 2. A consecrated fire. 3. The fire of the stomach, the digestive faculty, appetite. 4. Bile. 5. Gold. 6. A plant of which the fruit has escharotic properties, (Semecarpus anacardium) 7. Another plant, (Plumbago zeylanica.) E. अङ (ṅa) ्ग (aṅga) to mark, and नि (ni) Unadi aff. ङ (ṅa) being dropped. [ ID=245 ]
- 1. Fire. 2. The sacrificial fire. 3. The deity of fire. 4. The digestive power.  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अग्नि (agni) [Printed book page 0003-b ] अग्नि (agni) agni (probably from añj in its original signification, To shine), m. 1. Fire. 2. The sacrificial fire. 3. The deity of fire. 4. The digestive power. — Comp. An-, adj. without fire, Man. 6, 25. Ākita- ( vb. dhā ), adj. one who keeps up a consecrated fire, Man. 3, 282. An-āhita-, adj. one who neglects to keep up a consecrated fire, Man. 11, 14. Kaṭa-, m. a fire of dry grass, Man. 8, 377. Kopa-, and krodha-, m. the fire of wrath. Jñāna-, m. the flame of knowledge, Man. 11, 246. Tṛṇa-, m. a fire of dry grass, Man. 3, 168. Dakṣiṇa-, m. one kind of sacred fire, that which is taken from the domestic fire and is placed to the south. Dā̆va-, m. the fire of a forest conflagration. Pañcāgni, i. e. pañ- can-, adj. one who keeps the five fires constantly burning, Man. 3, 185. Rājāgni, i. e. rājan-, m. the fire of a king (in wrath), Man. 7, 9. Viṣa-, m. the fire of poison. Śoka-, m. the fire of grief. Huta- ( vb. hu ), and homa-, m. the sacrificial fire. — Cf. Lat. ignis. [ ID=43 ]
- 1. Fire. 2. The god of fire.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अग्नि (agni) [Printed book page 004 ] अग्नि (agni) m. fire, or Agni (the god of fire). [ ID=204 ]
- 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*
  > अग्नि (agni) [Printed book page 010-a ] अग्नि (agni) m. ( - ग्निः (-gniḥ) ) 1 Fire; the fire for common use (or लौकिक (laukika) ) as well as the fire for sacrificial purposes (or वैदिक (vaidika) ) of which there are three kinds: the Gārhapatya, the Āhava- nīya and the Dakṣiṇāgni (qq. vv.). 2 The deity of fire, one of the most ancient and most sacred objects of Hindu wor- ship. As such Agni is considered as the mediator between men and gods, as protector of mankind and their home, and as witness of their actions; hence his invocation at all solemn occasions, at the nuptial ceremony &c. He is one of the eight Lokapālas or guardians of the world and especi- ally the Lord of the south-east quarter. He appears in the progress of mythological personification as a son of Angiras, as a king of the Pitṛs or Manes, as a Marut, as a grand- son of Śanḍila, as one of the seven Sages or Ṛṣis during the reign of Tāmasa or the fourth Manu, as a star and as a Ṛṣi or inspired author of several vaidic hymns. 3 The fire of the stomach, the digestive faculty. 4 Bile. 5 Gold. 6 A plant of which the fruit has escharotic properties (Seme- carpus anacardium). See भल्लातक (bhallātaka). 7 Another plant (Plum- bago zeylanica). See चित्रक (citraka). 8 Another plant (Plumbago rosea). 9 (In arithmetic sometimes used as) a denomination of the numeral three (because there are three sacred fires; see above). E. अङ्ग्, (aṅg,) uṇ. aff. नि, (ni,) the nasal of the root being dropped. [ ID=351 ]
- 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*
  > अग्नि (agni) [Printed book page 111-b ] agní, m. fire; esp. a sacred fire; the god of fire, Agni, mediator between men and Page112-a+ 50 gods, messenger who carries the sacrifice to them, protector from the terrors and spirits of darkness, and keeper of house and hearth. [perhaps, ‘the quickly moving or agile one,’ √aj, 1158 : cf. Lat. ignis, ‘fire,’ agilis, ‘agile’; akin, poss., is αἴγλη, ‘flashing light.’] [ ID=39 ]
- 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.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > 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; Page0005-a+ 81 ( 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, Page0005-b+ 81 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; Page0005-c+ 81 ( 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 Page0006-a+ 79 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. 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  > 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).—§ 30 b (Samudra): I, 21, 1220 ( Vaḍavāmukhadīptā° ).—§ 32 b (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 ).—[§ 253 c (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).—§ 310 b (Sūrya), identified with the Sun (also the Saṃvartaka Fire): III, 3, 190.—§ 310 c, among the 108 names of the Sun (III, 3 ).— [§ 317 b (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— Page019-b+ 63 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).—[§ 383 c (Jāmadagnyatejohāni-kathana): III, 99, Hutāśana (i.e. Fire) seen in the body of Rāma Dāśarathi.]—§ 392 a α (Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 114, 11021 (i.e. 10121), 11022 (i.e. 10122).—§ 410 g (Plakṣāvataraṇag.): 130 f, 10546 ( Agneś caivātra (i.e. in Kāśmīramaṇḍala) saṃvādaḥ Kāśyapasya ca, Bhārata ).—§ 411 (Śyenakapot.): III, 130 f, 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 ).—§ 418 b (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.): 201 α, 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 Page020-a+ 63 (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).—§ 526 a (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.—[§ 548 f (Āraṇeyap.): III, 315, 17463 (Hutāśana, entering into water and remaining in concealment, achieved the purpose of the gods).]—§ 549 b (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 Page020-b+ 63 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 ).—§ 555 f (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).—§ 615 u (Skanda): 45, 2503 ( Bṛhaspatiḥ samid- dhāgnau juhāvāgniṃ yathāvidhi ); 46, 2702 ( śaktyā… Page021-a+ 63 °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, 15 β, 439 ( hantā ).— § 637 (do.): 43, 1506 (i.e. Kṛṣṇa); 47, 1661 ( antarbhūtaḥ, i.e. Kṛṣṇa).—§ 638 b (Rāmop.): 49, 1753 (having got alms from Arjuna Kārtavīrya, A. burnt villages, etc., and the hermitage of Āpava).—§ 641 (Rājadh.): 68, 2576 (v. Āditya 4 ); 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 ).—§ 671 b (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.): 296 β, 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); 341 λ, 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. Āditya 4 ).—§ 720 b (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. § 282 b ); 104 ff., 132 ( °putre Sudarśane ).—§ 730 (Meghavāhanop.): 14, 609 (= Śiva), Page021-b+ 63 1003 (do.), 1005 ( sapta…agnayaḥ, lower than Śiva); 16, 1045 ( Indrāgni-Marutām gatim, i.e. Śiva); 18, 1304 ( sāgni-munibhir ).—§ 731 b (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.): 25 s, 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 ); 79 k, 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 ).—§ 747 b (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 Page022-a+ 63 ( 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.— § 748 b (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).—§ 772 b (Pavan- ārjuna-s.): 154, 7225 (even Agni and Brahmán are brahmans).—§ 773 b (Kṛṣṇa): 159 [†7378, sa, i.e. Kṛṣṇa, ekadā kakṣagato mahātmā tuṣṭo vibhuḥ Khāṇḍave dhūma- Page022-b+ 62 ketuḥ ], †7388 (Kṛṣṇa becoming Agni burns the world).— § 773 d (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.).—§ 778 b (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).—§ 782 b (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, 31 η, 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. Page023-a+ 63 *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 Page023-b+ 63 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. Page024-a+ 62 Cf. Adolf Holtzmann, “Agni nach den Vorstellungen des Mahābhārata,” Strassburg, 1878. See also Āṅgirasa. [ ID=239 ]
- the God of Fire  
  *The Purana Index*
  > 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.] [ ID=60 ]
- 1. A guardian deity of a quarter. 2. A group of forty-nine sacred fires.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Agni (II) — a lokapāla: Gold pleasing to Agni; worship of; 1 burning women and children in Tripura, he pleaded that he was not a free agent, but only carrying out orders. 2 The vamśa of Agni. The succession of fires and their descendants detailed in Ch. 51 of the Matsya Purāṇa. 3 The Bhāgavata Purāṇa mentions 49 Agnis. Pāvaka, Pavamāna Page1-011+ 27 and Śuci and their 45 sons together with Svāhā. All invoked in sacrifices. 4 Another classification of fires: divyam, bhau- tikam or abyoni, and pārthivam. 5 [ Footnote: 1) M. 225. 13; 266. 20, 63.] [ Footnote: 2) M. 188. 29-57.] [ Footnote: 3) Cf. Mhb. Vana: 220. 4.] [ Footnote: 4) Bhā. IV. 1. 60-62; 7, 16.] [ Footnote: 5) Br. II. 24. 6; 21. 53. 56; Vā. 53. 5.] [ ID=61 ]
- One of the eight Vasus, a son of Vasu.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > [Printed book page 1-011 ] Agni (III) — one of the eight Vasus, and a son of Vasu. Wife Vasorddhāra. Draviṇaka and others are sons. 1 Identi- fied with Hari. 2 [ Footnote: 1) Bhā., VI. 6. 11, 13.] [ Footnote: 2) Ib. XI. 16. 13; M. 8. 4.] [ ID=62 ]
- 1. Married Vikeshi. 2. Father of the Ujjra clan of apsaras, as well as Nala and Angaraka.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Agni (IV) — married Vikeśi. Father of Ūrjja clan of apsaras and also of Nala and Aṅgāraka, who afterwards became a planet. Br. II. 24. 91; III. 7. 21, 229. [ ID=63 ]
- An Atreya and one of the seven sages of the Tamasa epoch.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Agni (V) — an Ātreya, and one of the seven sages of Tāmasa epoch. Br. II. 36. 47; M. 9. 15; Vā. 62. 41. [ ID=64 ]
- A son of Agneyi and Uru, whose daughter Succhaya married Shishta, the son of Dhruva.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Agni (VI) — a son of Āgneyī and Ūru: His daughter Suc- chāyā married Śiṣṭa, son of Dhruva: Ārṣeya pravara. M. 4. 38, 43; 196. 9. [ ID=65 ]
- 1. Also known as Rita. 2. Son of Samvatsara. 3. Married Svaha, the daughter of Daksha.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Agni (VII) — alias Ṛta; son of Samvatsara; 1 married Svāhā, a daughter of Dakṣa. 2 [ Footnote: 1) Br. II. 13. 23.] [ Footnote: 2) Vā. 1. 76; Br. II. 9. 56; 12. 1.] [ ID=66 ]
- 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*
  > [Printed book page 1-012 ] Agni (IX) — The eldest son and mindborn son of Brahmā in Svāyambhuva antara; 1 of Brahmā's tapas; 2 one of the eight tanus of Mahādeva, 3 hymns to; 4 gave rise to a family of 49 fires. 5 [ Footnote: 1) Vā. 29. 1; Vi. I. 10. 14.] [ Footnote: 2) Vā. 21. 63-4.] [ Footnote: 3) Vā. 27. 35.] [ Footnote: 4) Vā. 21. 71ff.] [ Footnote: 5) Vi. I. 10. 15-7.] [ ID=68 ]
- An Agni divided into three parts by Aila in order to reach the realm of the Gandharvas.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Agni (X) — (Bhūtapati) one Agni made into three by Aila to attain the Gandharva loka in the Tretāyuga. The Gandharvas presented him with a pot of Agni which he took to his city to perform sacrifices. He placed it on the Araṇi when an Aśvattha appeared to his surprise. When Aila informed Gandharvas the latter asked him to turn the Aśvattha thrice and get three fires with which to sacrifice. Vā. 91. 48: 101. 21. [ ID=69 ]
- see Agni  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Agni Abhimānī — see Agni. Vi. I. 10. 14. [ ID=72 ]

### Agni in Grammatical or Phonetic Context (2 definitions)
- mystical substitute for the letter r  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > mystical substitute for the letter र् (r) [ ID=896 ]
- in the Katantra grammar, a name for noun-stems ending in i and u  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > in the Kātantra grammar N. of noun-stems ending in इ (i) and उ (u) [ ID=897 ]

### Agni as a Cross-Reference to Anila (1 definition)
- see Anila  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Agni (XI) — see Anila. Vi. I. 15. 114. [ ID=70 ]

### Agni as a Marut Gana (1 definition)
- a Marut of that name  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Agni (VIII) — a Marut gana of that name. M. 171. 52. [ ID=67 ]

### Agni as a Purana Text (1 definition)
- A major Purana, also called Agneya.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Agni (XII) — a Mahāpurāṇa (also Āgneya). Vi. III. 6. 22. [ ID=71 ]

### Agni as Bile (1 definition)
- bile  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > bile, L. [ ID=893 ]

### Agni as Gold (1 definition)
- gold  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > gold, L. [ ID=894 ]

### Agni as Plant Names (1 definition)
- 1. Semecarpus Anacardium. 2. Plumbago Zeylanica and Rosea. 3. Citrus Acida.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of various plants Semecarpus Anacardium, Suśr., Plumbago Zeylanica and Rosea, Citrus Acida [ ID=895 ]

### Agni as the Number Three (1 definition)
- the number three  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the number three, Sūryas. [ ID=891 ]

## Sources

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