Srimad Bhagavatam. Canto 5: The Creative Impetus

Chapter 1: The Activities of Maharaja Priyavrata. Text 25

आग्नीध्रेध्मजिह्वयज्ञबाहुमहावीरहिरण्यरेतोघृतपृष्ठसवनमेधातिथिवीतिहोत्रकवय
इति सर्व एवाग्निनामानः ॥२५॥

ÄgnÄ«dhredhmajihva-yajñabÄhu-mahÄvÄ«ra-hiraṇyareto-ghá¹›tapṛṣṭha-savana-medhÄtithi-vÄ«tihotra-kavaya iti sarva evÄgni-nÄmÄnaḥ

 ÄgnÄ«dhra - Ä€gnÄ«dhra; idhma-jihva - Idhmajihva; yajña-bÄhu - YajñabÄhu; mahÄ-vÄ«ra - MahÄvÄ«ra; hiraṇya-retaḥ - HiraṇyaretÄ; ghá¹›tapṛṣṭha - Ghá¹›tapṛṣṭha; savana - Savana; medhÄ-tithi - MedhÄtithi; vÄ«tihotra - VÄ«tihotra; kavayaḥ - and Kavi; iti - thus; sarve - all these; eva - certainly; agni - of the demigod controlling fire; nÄmÄnaḥ - names.


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The ten sons of MahÄrÄja Priyavrata were named Ä€gnÄ«dhra, Idhmajihva, YajñabÄhu, MahÄvÄ«ra, HiraṇyaretÄ, Ghá¹›tapṛṣṭha, Savana, MedhÄtithi, VÄ«tihotra and Kavi. These are also names of Agni, the fire-god.

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