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ID: 901002116 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002116 | Record Type: Character/Person |
Agni (Indian deity) | ||
Note: Fire-god of Hinduism, second only to Indra in the Vedic mythology of ancient India. He is equally the fire of the sun, of lightning, and of both the domestic and the sacrificial hearth. Prominent place in the Vedas and Brāhmaṇa works. | |
Agni (Indian deity) (preferred,English-P,D) | |
अग्नि (Indian deity) (Sanskrit-P,D) | |
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P) | ||
....<Hindu iconography> (P) | ||
........<Hindu characters> (P) | ||
............Agni (Indian deity) (I) | ||
role/characteristic is .... deity | |
.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT) |
is personification of .... fire (physical concept) | |
.....(physical sciences concepts, scientific concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT) |
culture/religion is .... Hindu | |
.....(religions (belief systems, cultures), religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT) |
Agni (Indian deity) | |
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) n 2017240192 | |
................Burnett, Hindu Gods and Heroes (1922) 19 | |
अग्नि (Indian deity) | |
................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agni | |
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 14 September 2018 | |
................ Source for image https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agni#/media/File:Agni_18th_century_miniature.jpg | |
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