Agni
Stub entity — referenced by another entity from source #203 but not yet directly extracted from its own source.
↻ synthesized from 31 sources
When
- First attested
- 1500 BCE
- Attested period
- -1500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Mentioned in the Rigveda during the Vedic period (1500–500 BCE).
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Yami, Sharvara, Shyama, Saramā, Enma-O, Ishana, Chandra, Vesta, Janus, Armaiti, Anâitâ, Iuppiter, Parvati, Tarakasura, Surapadma, Kamadeva, Rati, Skanda, Maheshvara, Himavan, Simhamukha, Krittikas, Kumara, Arundhati, Ganapati, Vairocana, Vajrapāṇi, Acala, Trailokyavijaya, Caṇḍaroṣaṇa, Caṇḍamahāroṣaṇa, Kandarpa, Soma, Ratri, Nisha, Adityas, Dyaus Pita, Brihaspati, Tvashtar, Mitra, Pūṣan, Svarog, Dazhbog, Svarozhits, Saraswati, Ap, Apah, Savitr, Deva, devi, Aditi, Raka, Vāc, Aranyani, Dinsana, Puramdhi, Parendi, Bharati, Mahi, Sri, Ashvins, Vasus, Purusha, Yama-Yami, Vishvarupa, Harihara, Rudra, Kubera, Nirṛti, Surya Majapahit, Īśvara, Mahādeva, Sambhu, Sangkara, Mahesora, Isana, Jwala, Indra, Brahman, Mahesa, Chandrama, Atar, Hestia, Tabiti, Api, Papaios, Nānaw, Demeter, Storm-God, Žemyna, Tellus, *Dyḗus ph2tḗr, Dagan-zipas, Mat' Syra Zemlya, Erce, Dhé, Earth-goddess, Gajalakshmi, Savitri, Prajapati, Varuna, Pushan, Shri-Lakshmi, Tvashtri, Vishnu, Rama, Sita, Devasena, Prajapati Daksha, Shashthi, Daityasena, Keshi, Kuhu-Sinivali, Mitra-Varuna, Pururavas, Sarasvati, Kamadhenu, Agnipani, Ashura, Prithvi, Bhumi, Gaia, Dyaus
- syncretized with
- Śiva
- serves
- Deva
- created by
- Indra
- manifests as
- fire on earth, lightning, Sun
- child of
- Dyáuṣ Pitṛ́, Purusha, Uṣas, Ila, Brahma
- has aspect
- Sūrya
- manifested by
- Yama
Mentioned by
Sources
- peer reviewed
Source passages
“Agni, the sacrificial fire and messenger of the gods”
#2838 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“such as Roman Vesta, Vedic Saraswati and Agni, Avestic Armaiti and Anâitâ) who show a sort of mutual solidarity.”
#11809 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“In these, Agni is described as Kumara, whose mother is Ushas (goddess Dawn) and whose father is Purusha.”
#11973 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“While some scholars have put forward the theory that Acala originated from the Hindu god Shiva, particularly his attributes of destruction and reincarnation, Bernard Faure suggested the wrathful esoteric deity Trailokyavijaya (whose name is an epithet of Shiva), the Vedic fire god Agni, and the guardian deity Vajrapani to be other, more likely prototypes for Acala.”
#13116 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Yama is closely associated with Agni in the Rigveda. Agni is both Yama's friend and priest, and Yama is stated to have found the hiding Agni. In the Rigveda, Yama is the king of the dead, and one of the two kings that humans see when they reach heaven (the other being Varuna).”
#13948 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001