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Agni (pronounced ăgˈnē ; Agni ) is the Rigvedic deity of fire and the conveyor of sacrifices to the gods. He is also a god of divine knowledge, who leads man to the gods. He was one of the most important of the Vedic gods.
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Agnus \Ag"nus\, n.; pl. E. Agnuses ; L. Agni . [L., a lamb.] Agnus Dei. [1913 Webster] ||
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Great significance is given in the Indian mythology to Agni, the god of fire, who burns the sacrifice in honor of the gods, who conveys the offerings and prayers of men to gods and their gifts to men, who gladdens the domestic hearth, lights up the darkness of night, drives away the evil spirits, the Ashuras and Rakshas, and purges of evil the souls of men.
Pascham extitissent, nunc, versa vice, quasi agni vicissim facti sunt.
Hiarandi of the Elkings also, and Valtyr of the Laxings, Geirbald of the Shieldings, Agni of the Daylings, Angantyr of the Bearings, Geirodd of the Beamings, Gunbald of the Vallings: all these, with the two valiant woodwrights, Steinulf and Grani, laid hand to the bier.
Agni awaketh, I shall tell him that Thorkettle of the Wolfings hath borne aback to Thiodolf the Treasure of the World, the Dwarfwrought Hauberk.
Thou Agni of the Daylings, bid the Folk choose them another duke if so they will.
In their tribute to the God of Fire, Agni, messenger of renewal, all of India is symbolically brought to life.
This one was based on the Hindu tale of how Rama divorced Sita even though Agni, the sacred fire, had refused to burn her in corroboration of her chastity.
A certain Agnis eventually made an expedition thither and, finding the tale correct, set about producing magnifiers.
In truth, so Agnis charged, what they craved was power over others, and they hoped to gain it by preventing the public from directly consulting the Jingtexts, wherein might be sought solutions to all worldly woes .
Sight was the first mode of perception to be diminished by famine, as weather-sense was the last, but it was in vain for Agnis to argue that by providing artificial aid he was encouraging the spiritual advancement of the folk.
Using his pilfered fuel, Agnis cast a giant mirror and with it melted colossal quantities of sand.
In consequence, it was into a community more prosperous than its isolation might have suggested that Tenthaghalf a score of generations in direct succession from Agnis himselfwas budded in the year called Two-red-stars-turn-blue.
In consequence, it was into a community more prosperous than its isolation might have suggested that Tenthag-half a score of generations in direct succession from Agnis himself-was budded in the year called Two-red-stars-turn-blue.
Although It doesn't specifically identify Agni as Aditi but calls him Aditya, which means son of Aditi, there are enough clues to link them as the same object.
He is called Agni, son of Heaven and of Earth, or the son of Brahma, or of Kasyapa and of Aditi, or of Angiras, king of the Manes.