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Question
Discuss the sources to reconstruct the Early Vedic (Rig Vedic) Past with reference to the following:
Agni, the personification of Sacrificial fire.
Solution
Agni, the Vedic god of fire who presides over the earth, has made a transition into the Hindu pantheon of gods, without losing his importance. With Vayu and Indra, who presided over the air and sky, he is one of the supreme gods in Rig Veda. The link between heaven and earth, he is associated with Vedic sacrifice, taking offerings to the other world in the fire. Agni is a deva, second only to Indra in the power and importance attributed to him in Vedic mythology. Agni stands for knowledge for it is seen by the learned people, covering all things that move and do not move and because it is summers the Devatas endowed with knowledge. The light Agni units are the light of knowledge, therefore it is known as an illuminator of knowledge who lights up the path leading to truth.
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