Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.712

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.712

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MĀTARIŚVAN. A devatā (demigod). There are several stories in the Vedas regarding the birth of Agni (fire). Though Agni originating from the clouds reaches the earth as lightning it hides itself making it invisible to man. It was Mātariśvan who took its form from the earth and gave it to the Bhrgu family and made it possible for them to make it as and when it was required. (Rgveda).

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Ṛgvedasaṃhitā — Sanskrit