Agni Deva is one of the most important gods of Vedic descent. He is the god of fire, and sacrifice acceptor. He is also the southeastern guardian god, and is usually located in the southeastern corners of Hindu temples.Throughout Vedic literature, Agni, along with Indra and Soma, is a major and often-invoked deity. Agni is known as the mouth of gods and goddesses and the tool that in an homa transmits offerings to them.

In the early Vedic literature, Agni primarily connotes the fire as a deity, one that represents the primordial powers to absorb, transform and convey. 

In the Vedas layer of Brahmanas, as in Shatapatha Brahmana section 5.2.3, Agni reflects all the gods, all the ideas of divine force that permeates all in the Universe. Agni additionally became a symbol for the eternal concept in man in the Upanishads and post-Vedic literature, and any force or intelligence that absorbs and dispels a state of darkness, transforms and procreates an enlightened state of life.

Originally, Agni is conceptualized as the true source of the triad "creator-maintainer-destroyer," then one of the trinities, as the one that controlled the world. His twin brother Indra controlled the environment as the god of wind , rain, and war, while Surya regulated the heavens and the moon. Its role and significance evolves over time in the aspects of existence in Hindu thought of the "creator-maintainer-destroyer."

appearance of Agni Deva

Agni occupies the most powerful role in the Vedic pantheon, after Indra. Agni is prominent in Vedas hymns, and particularly in the Brahmanas. There are over 200 hymns in the Rig Veda which praise Agni. His name or synonyms appear in the Rigveda in almost a third of 1,028 hymns. The Rigveda begins with a hymn welcoming Agni, who is later addressed in the hymn as the guardian of Dharma.

The Vedas describe Agni 's parents as two kindling fire sticks whose act of love creates him. He's just born, poetically posed as a tender infant, who wants loving attention so long as he doesn't vanish. He sparks and smokes with care, then burns and grows stronger than his parents, at last so powerful that he devours what created him.

In these ancient texts, the hymns refer to Agni with various epithets and synonyms including Jaatavedas, Vaishvaanara, Tanunapat, Narasansa, Tripatsya, and many others. Agni is also presented in Vedic mythologies as one who is mysterious with a tendency to play hide and seek not only with humans but with the gods. He hides in strange places such as waters where he imbues life-force in one myth into living beings that dwell therein, and in another where the fishes report to the gods his presence.

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