The Types of Fires (Hinduism Concepts)

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Fire :

  • Rig Veda mentions that Agni dwells in the waters. 
  • The Persians referred the Agni god as Apam-napat. 

The 3 Types of Fires : (Tantra)

  1. The Solar/ heavenly (Sun)
  2. The atmospheric      (Wind)
  3. The earthly               (Fire of sacrifice, cooking)

The 10 Types of Fires :
  1. Regular fire
  2. Sacrificial fire
  3. Initiation fire at Upanayan ceremony of a child coming of age.
  4. Fire kept for domestic rituals
  5. Fire spread by lightening 
  6. Fire in the Sun
  7. Southern fire for ancestors
  8. Funeral fire used for cremation
  9. Digestive fire
  10. Destructive fire initiating the process of Armageddon. 


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