[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [The Purana Index](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951) › v1.c5.s1.149 # The Purana Index v1.c5.s1.149 The Purāṇa Index v1.c5.s1.149 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c5.s1.149](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s1.149) Agni (ii)—a lokapāla: Gold pleasing to Agni; worship of;¹ burning women and children in Tripura, he pleaded that he was not a free agent, but only carrying out orders.² The vaṃśa of Agni. The succession of fires and their descendants detailed in Ch. 51 of the Matsya Purāṇa.³ The Bhāgavata Purāṇa mentions 49 Agnis. Pāvaka, Pavamāna Vana: 220. 4 and Śuci and their 45 sons together with Svāhā. All invoked in sacrifices.⁴ Another classification of fires: \*divyam\*, \*bhautikam\* or \*abyoni\*, and \*pārthivam\*.⁵ - [Previous: v1.c5.s1.148](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s1.148) - [Next: v1.c5.s1.150](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s1.150) - [Up: v1.c5.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s1.149](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s1.149) · Pramāṇa