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Agni


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The Vedic god of fire, the priest of the gods and the god of the priests.

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Agni
in A Dictionary of Asian Mythology Length: 329 words
Agni
in The Oxford Companion to World Mythology Length: 318 words
Agni (South and Central Asia)
in A Dictionary of World Mythology Length: 159 words
Agni
in The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (2) Length: 17 words

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