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==== हव्यवाहनः ॥ Havyavahana  ====

==== हव्यवाहनः ॥ Havyavahana  ====

Agni is the very personification of the sacrificial fire. He is associated with Vedic sacrifice, taking offerings of men to the other world in his fire. He is the priest of the gods, and the god of the priests. Through ''yajna'' he carries the oblations to the gods, to ensure the continuance of conditions favorable to mankind. No devata is approachable without the medium of Agni, and no divinity is without the presence of Agni.       

Agni is the very personification of the sacrificial fire. He is associated with Vedic sacrifice, taking offerings of men to the other world in his fire. He is the priest of the gods, and the god of the priests. Through ''yajna'' he carries the oblations to the gods, to ensure the continuance of conditions favorable to mankind. No devata is approachable without the medium of Agni, and no divinity is without the presence of Agni.       

==== अग्निर्होता ॥ Agni as Hota ====

==== अग्निर्होता ॥ Agnirhota ====

In the Vedic literature, Agni occupies, after Indra, the most important position. He occupies a prominent place in the Vedas (both as a deity and as a mantra-drastha) and particularly the Brahmanas.  Agni also has the role of a mantra-drashta as to him are revealed many mantras of the 9th Mandala of Rig veda. The first mantra of the Rig veda (1.1.1) starts with the word Agni of the Agni sukta and and thereafter many mantras and suktas are given lauding his role in the existence of life forms.  Rig Veda mantras (1.26.1 to 10) extol the role of Agni as the  वरेण्य: (distinguished or chief ) पूर्व्य होता (Sanatana Yagnakarta)<ref>Pt. Sripada Damodara Satavalekar. (1985). ''Rigved ka Subodh Bhashya, Volume 1'', Parady: Svadhyaya Mandali</ref>.     

In the Vedic literature, Agni occupies, after Indra, the most important position. He occupies a prominent place in the Vedas (both as a deity and as a mantra-drastha) and particularly the Brahmanas.  Agni also has the role of a mantra-drashta as to him are revealed many mantras of the 9th Mandala of Rig veda. The first mantra of the Rig veda (1.1.1) starts with the word Agni of the Agni sukta and and thereafter many mantras and suktas are given lauding his role in the existence of life forms.  Rig Veda mantras (1.26.1 to 10) extol the role of Agni as the  वरेण्य: (distinguished or chief ) पूर्व्य होता (Sanatana Yagnakarta)<ref>Pt. Sripada Damodara Satavalekar. (1985). ''Rigved ka Subodh Bhashya, Volume 1'', Parady: Svadhyaya Mandali</ref>.