Vedic Mythology c5.s3.t2.13

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140²). He is also spoken of as the offspring of Tvaṣṭṛ and the Waters, as well as of Heaven and Earth (10, 27. 46⁹), or even simply of Tvaṣṭṛ (1, 95²) or of the Waters (10, 91⁶; AV. 1, 33¹). It is otherwise incidentally said that the Dawns generated Agni as well as the Sun and Sacrifice (7, 78³) or Indra-Viṣṇu generated Agni besides Sun and Dawn (7, 99⁴), or Indra generated Agni between two stones (2, 12³, cp. 1¹). Agni is also described as the son of Iḷā (3, 29³) or as the embryo of the rite (6, 48⁵). The gods, it is sometimes said, generated him (6, 7¹; 8, 91¹⁷), as a light for the Āryan (1, 59²), or simply fashioned him for man (10, 46⁹) or placed him among men (1, 36¹⁰; 2, 4³; 6, 16¹; 8, 73²). At the same time Agni is the father of the gods (1, 69¹, cp. p. 12). The different points of view which give rise to these seemingly contradictory statements, are sufficiently clear.