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→व्युत्पत्ति || Etymology: added sanskrit words
The word ''agni'' is samskrit for "fire" (noun). Agni has three forms: 'fire', 'lightning' and 'the Sun'. Agni is the drying agent which neither wets nor moistens anything.
The word ''agni'' is samskrit for "fire" (noun). Agni has three forms: 'fire', 'lightning' and 'the Sun'. Agni is the drying agent which neither wets nor moistens anything.
Yaskacharya explains that the fire-god is called अग्नि (''Agni'') because he is अग्रणी (''Agrani''), the foremost leader who is the ever awake disseminator of knowledge and the first principle of thought which manifests as Speech; it is carried at the front in all ritualistic undertakings (''yajnas'').
Yaskacharya explains that the fire-god is called अग्नि (Agni) because he is अग्रणी (Agrani), the foremost leader, who is the ever awake disseminator of knowledge and the first principle of thought which manifests as Speech; अग्नि (Agni) is carried at the front in all ritualistic undertakings (yajnas).
The ancient seers divided Agni into three parts –
The ancient seers divided Agni into three parts –
# Gaarhapatya ( Agni used by for general domestic usage)
# गार्हपत्यः ॥ Gaarhapatya ( Agni used by for general domestic usage)
# Aahvaniya (Agni used for inviting and welcoming a personage or deity)
# आहवनीयः॥ Aahavaniya (Agni used for inviting and welcoming a personage or deity)
# Dakshinaagni (Agni used for fighting against evil).
# दक्षिणाग्निः ॥ Dakshinaagni (Agni used for fighting against evil).
The Rig Veda often says that Agni arises from water or dwells in the waters; the Vedic sage says that Agni manifesting in the waters and seated in the lap of the winding waters, flaming upward, increases; and that Agni was born by the prowess of Tvashtr (Rig Veda I.95.5).
The Rig Veda often says that Agni arises from water or dwells in the waters; the Vedic sage says that Agni manifesting in the waters and seated in the lap of the winding waters, flaming upward, increases; and that Agni was born by the prowess of Tvashtr (Rig Veda I.95.5).