Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.3052

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.3052

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SVIṢṬAKṚT II. The Agni (fire) called Viśvapati, who was the second son of Manu. Rohiṇī the second daughter of Manu also is known by the name Sviṣṭakṛt. It is mentioned in Mahābhārata, Vana Parva, Chapter 221, that the offering in fire, of the fat portions of the sacrificial animals, is carried out properly by the help of this fire.

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Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit