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Agni

noun
1.
(Sanskrit) Hindu god of fire in ancient and traditional India; one of the three chief deities of the Vedas.





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"Agni" Quotes from Famous Books



... Lord of Gods! the world's abode, Thou undivided art, o'er all supreme. Thou art the first of Gods, the ancient Sire, The treasure-house supreme of all the worlds. The Knowing and the Known, the highest seat. From Thee the All has sprung, O boundless Form! Varuna, Vayu, Agni, Yama thou,[6] The Moon; the Sire and ...
— Pantheism, Its Story and Significance - Religions Ancient And Modern • J. Allanson Picton
... but a figure of speech for "sharp-sighted," especially as I have shown elsewhere that the parallel expression "to run with four feet" is a Vedic figure of speech for "swift of foot."[17] Certainly the god Agni, "Fire," is once in the Rig-Veda (i. 31. 13) called "four-eyed," ...
— Cerberus, The Dog of Hades - The History of an Idea • Maurice Bloomfield


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