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Agni - Meaning in Sanskrit

Sanskrit: अग्नी

Agni - Meaning in Sanskrit

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Definitions and Meaning of Agni in English

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 is the Hindu god of fire and the guardian deity of the southeast direction, he is typically found in southeast corners of Hindu temples. In the classical cosmology of the Indian religions, Agni is one of the five inert impermanent elements (Pañcabhūtá) along with sky (Ākāśa), water (Ap), air (Vāyu) and earth (Pṛthvī), the five combining to form the empirically perceived material existence (Prakṛti).

अग्निः पञ्चभूतेषु अन्यतमः तथा तेजसः अभिमानिदैवतम् । अयं भगवतः मुखात् समुत्पन्नः । दक्षप्रजापतेः आत्मजा स्वाहा अग्निदेवस्य पत्नी । इक्ष्वाकुवंशसमुद्भूतस्य दुर्योधनस्यात्मजा सुदर्शना अस्य अपरा पत्नी । अर्जुनस्याश्रये खाण्डववनं दग्धवान् । तदवसरे अग्निः अर्जुनाय कपिध्वजोपेतं रथं,गाण्डीवधनुः,अक्षयतूणीरञ्च प्रायच्छत् । अग्निना एव श्रीकृष्णाय चक्रायुधं प्रदत्तम् । अयं भृगुमुनेः शापकारणेन सर्वभक्षकोऽभवत् । इन्द्राय यदा ब्रह्मवधदोषः सम्प्राप्तः तदा दोषस्य चतुर्षु अंशेषु एकः अंशः अग्निना स्वीकृतः । रामायणे,सीतायाः पातिव्रत्यम् अग्निना लोकमुखायोपदर्शितम् । अनलः इति तस्यापरं नाम ।| नास्ति अलं पूर्तिः अस्य भुञ्जानस्य इति कारणेन अनलः इत्युच्यते ।

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