An Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, with Short Explanations and a Concordance to the Bombay and Calcutta Editions and P. C. Roy's Translation c5.s1.143.8

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Agni at first, having in an instant searched the whole world, did not dare to enter the waters from fear of being extinguished, but at last he was prevailed upon to do so, and found Indra in a lotus-sucker in the midst of a lake. Bṛhaspati explained how Nahuṣa had become the king of the gods. Indra bestowed upon Agni a share in great sacrifices, where there should be one share for Indra and Agni (Aindrāgnyo)); V, 12, 395 (devā Agnipurogamāḥ, with Çacī); 13, 409 (do. with Viṣṇu); 15, 479 (did not at first dare to enter the waters), (481), 482 (adbhyo 'gnir, sc. utthitaḥ).—§ 555f (Indravijaya): 16 (Agni is the mouth of all the gods; the carrier of offerings (Havyavah), and himself the best of offerings (havis); hidden, he sojourns in the interior of all beings like a witness, single and threefold; abandoned by him, the universe would forth-with cease to be; by bowing to him the brahmans with their wives and sons attain to the eternal happiness (gatim) acquired by their deeds; having created the three worlds, he, when the hour comes, again consumes them (pacasi); the wise call him identical with the clouds and with the lightning; flames issuing from him support all creatures; all the waters are deposited in him, so is this entire world; to him nothing is unknown in the three worlds), 486-8, 517 (cf. Çarigakop., I, 229, 8353-60).—§ 557 (Prajāgarap.): 33, 1044 (pañcāgnyo manuṣyena paricaryāḥ prayatnataḥ |