aggiṁ

fire.

1. fire, flames, sparks; conflagration Vin.ii.120 (fire in bathroom); MN.i.487 (anāhāro nibbuto f. gone out for lack of fuel); SN.iv.185, SN.iv.399 (sa-upādāno jalati provided with fuel blazes); Snp.62; Dhp.70 (= asaniaggi Dhp-a.iii.71); Ja.i.216 (sparks), Ja.i.294 (pyre); Ja.ii.102, Ja.iii.55; Ja.iv.139; Vv-a.20 (aggimhi tāpanaṃ + udake temanaṃ)
   ■ The var. phases of lighting and extinguishing the fire are given at AN.iv.45: aggiṃ ujjāleti (kindle, make burn), ajjhupekkhati (look after, keep up), nibbāpeti (extinguish, put out), nikkhipati (put down, lay). Other phrases are e.g. aggiṃ jāleti (kindle) Ja.ii.44; gaṇhāti (make or take) Ja.i.494 (cp. below b); deti (set light to Ja.i.294; nibbāpeti (put out) Iti.93; Sdhp.552. aggi nibbāyati the f. goes out SN.ii.85; MN.i.487; Ja.i.212 (udake through water); Mil.304. aggi nibbuto the f. is extinguished (cp. ˚nibbāna) Ja.i.61; Mil.304. agginā dahati to burn by means of fire, to set fire to AN.i.136, AN.i.199; Pv-a.20. udar˚; the fire supposed to regulate digestion Pv-a.33; cp. Dial. ii.208, note 2; kapp˚uṭṭhān˚; the universal conflagration Ja.iii.185; dāv˚; a wood or jungle fire Ja.i.212; naḷ˚; the burning of a reed Ja.vi.100; padīp˚ fire of a lamp Mil.47.
2. the sacrificial fire: In one or two of the passages in the older texts this use of Aggi is ambiguous. It may possibly be intended to denote the personal Agni, the fire-god. But the commentators do not think so, and the Jātaka commentary, when it means Agni, has the phrase Aggi Bhagavā the Lord Agni e.g. at Ja.i.285, Ja.i.494; Ja.ii.44. The ancient ceremony of kindling a holy fire on the day the child is born and keeping it up throughout his life, is also referred to by that commentary e.g. Ja.i.285; Ja.ii.43. Aggiṃ paricarati (cp. ˚paricāriyā) to serve the sacred fire Vin.i.31 (jaṭilā aggī paricaritukāmā); AN.v.263, AN.v.266; Thig.143 (= aggihuttaṃ paric˚ Thag-a.136); Dhp.107; Ja.i.494; Dhp-a.ii.232 aggiṃ juhati (cp. ˚homa, ˚hutta) to sacrifice (in)to the fire AN.ii.207; often comb^d. with aggihuttaṃ paricarati e.g. SN.i.166; Snp.p.79. aggiṃ namati & santappeti to worship the fire AN.v.235. aggissa (gen.) paricāriko Ja yi.207 (cp. below ˚paricārika); aggissa ādhānaṃ AN.iv.41.
3. (ethical, always-˚) the fire of burning, consuming, feverish sensations. Freq. in standard set of 3 fires, viz. rāg˚, dos˚ moh˚; or the fires of lust, anger and bewilderment. The number three may possibly have been cho