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English: AGNI, "god of the sacrificial fire, the hearth, the cremation fire, lightning, and the sun" (p. 325).

FROM THE RIG VEDA: 

   "Agni shines forth with a high light; by his power he makes all things manifest. He overpowers the godless forces of evil magic; he sharpens his two horns to gore the demons.
   Let Agni's bellowings reach to heaven as piercing weapons to destroy the demons. His angry glare breaks forth in ecstasy of Soma. The obstacles of the godless cannot hold him back.
   Inspired with poetry I have fashioned this hymn of praise for you whose very nature is power, as the skilled artist fashions a chariot. If you receive it with pleasure, Agni, let us win waters and sunlight with it." (p. 103)

TRIBUTES TO A FEW OF THE LESS COMMONLY PICTURED VEDIC DEITIES

Source of all images: http://members.xoom.it/kundalini/kundalini_eng/ (downloaded Oct. 1999) The website owner says he got these images from a 19th-century textbook on Hinduism.

Source of all text: The Rig Veda; An Anthology, trans. Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty (New York: Penguin, 1981)
Date 19th century
date QS:P,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Source http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/bce_500back/vedas/pantheon/pantheon.html
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