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agniḥ

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What it meant — Monier-Williams

1. َغنِ-

agni- m. Feuer; das vergöttlichte Feuer, Gott Agni (RV +); agnäyi- f. Gattin des Agni (RV +; AiGr II 2,415, III 156). - Mi., ni., Tu 55,57ff. - IIr.: vgl. *agni- in den Namen jav. Dästäyni-, akkad.-iran. Ag-nu-par-nu (Mh, AirN 1/36, nicht einmütig akzeptiert). - Die idg. Ausgangsform der unstreitig zusammengehörigen Formen ved. a°, lat. ignis, lit. ugnis, aksl. ogn», alle ‘Feuer’, ist im Anlaut nicht geklärt. … — [Mayrhofer, s.v. agni-, p. 99]

2. َغنِ

agni m. (√ ag, Uṇ. ) fire, sacrificial fire (of three kinds, Gārhapatya , Āhavanīya , and Dakṣiṇa )

3. َغنِ

N. of various plants Semecarpus Anacardium , Suśr. , Plumbago Zeylanica and Rosea , Citrus Acida

4. َغنِ

(also) = next [agnikṣetra the place for the fire-altar], ĀpŚr.

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Where it came from

  • Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) Treated in Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) s.v. agni (vol. 1, scan p. 99; entry #2407). Root candidates: *agni-.

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