Agni

Vedic fire-god, conveyor of sacrifices, one of the most invoked deities of the Rigveda

Children in alternative accounts

• Kartikeya: Epic narrative: Agni and SvāhāW. J. Wilkins, Hindu Mythology, Vedic and Puranic (1900), pp.335–341, Karttikeya: separate birth traditions (secondary)
• Kartikeya: Rāmāyaṇa account in Wilkins: Agni and GaṅgāW. J. Wilkins, Hindu Mythology, Vedic and Puranic (1900), pp.335–341, Karttikeya: separate birth traditions (secondary)

Domains

• fire
• sacrifice

Powers

• Convey sacrificial offerings to the gods
• Dwell within every hearth, altar, and lightning-flash

Epithets

• वैश्वानर sanskrit · Vaiśvānara · stotraBelonging to all men; the universal fireṚgveda 1.98; Bhagavad Gītā 15.14 (primary)
• जातवेदस् sanskrit · Jātavedas · stotraKnower of all created beingsṚgveda 1.44; 6.15 (frequent Agni epithet) (primary)
• हुताशन sanskrit · Hutāśana · epithetDevourer of oblationsMahābhārata; Purāṇic ritual texts (primary)
• हव्यवाहन sanskrit · Havyavāhana · stotraBearer of the offerings to the godsṚgveda; ritual Brāhmaṇa literature (primary)
• पावक sanskrit · Pāvaka · vedaThe Purifier; the cleansing flameṚgveda 5.26.1 (primary)
• तनूनपात् sanskrit · Tanūnapāt · vedaSon of his own body; the self-generated fireṚgveda 1.13.2; 1.142.3 (the Āprī hymns) (primary)
• सप्तजिह्व sanskrit · Saptajihva · vedaThe seven-tongued; the fire of seven flamesMuṇḍaka Upaniṣad 1.2.4 (primary)

Sources

• existence: Rigveda 1.1 (primary)