Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.1559

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.1559

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SATYA II. An Agni (fire). This Agni Satya was the son of the Agni Niścyavana. He was a worker of Kāladharma (the God of Death). He reduces the pain of living beings who are suffering. So this Agni Satya got the name Niṣkṛti also, This Agni brightens the houses and gardens where people stay. It is stated in Mahābhārata, Vana Parva, Chapter 219, Verse 13, that this Agni had a son named Svana.

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Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit