(Sorath M. l, p. 637) The fire is also a great purifier. It purifles the metal.
Agni is one of the three chief gods in the Rig Veda.
Agni personifies fire; (Sanskrit: “Fire”).
He is one of the 8 Vasus, some say. Son of Kasyapa and Aditi or of Dyaus and Prithivi. Son of Urvashi, some say. Brother of Mara. Husband of Ambi or Agnayi. Father of Agneyi. Father of Subrahmanya by Svaha.
The fire altar was orientated towards the East, the direction of sunrise, the ever new beginning...
As the bestower of immortality and the cleanser from sin after death, Agni acts as a mediator between gods and men...
Agni is depicted as having exhausted his vigour by consuming too many oblations, he renewed his strength in consuming the Khandava forest, with the assistance of Krishna and Arjuna and in defiance of Indra...
No longer the object of a separate cult Agni is invoked by Hindu lovers and by men for virility...
When Agni is described in anthropomorphic form, he sometimes has two faces which are smeared with butter.
He sometimes appears with seven fiery tongues and sharpened, golden teeth. He is red in color, with black eyes and wild, black hair.
He has seven arms and three legs, and seven rays of light emanate from his body. He either rides on a ram, or on a chariot, pulled by goats or sometimes parrots...
'Wonderful is the fire which works wonders.' (Var Asa M. l, p. 464)
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