[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.1572 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1572 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1572 - **Language:** English ### [c5.1572](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1572) SAMĪ. The \*Acacia suma\*, the wood of which is used for obtaining fire by friction. So Agni, or fire, is called Samī-garbha, ‘having the Samī for its womb.’ It is sometimes personified and worshipped as a goddess, Samī-devī. - [Previous: c5.1571](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1571) - [Next: c5.1573](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1573) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1572](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1572) · Pramāṇa