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This is a chant in the Rigveda. It is believed that if this chant is uttered three times while standing in water, a person’s sins will be washed away.

According to Mahabharata Shantiparva Chapter 244 verse 16, he was a sage who fulfilled his vanaprastha state.

This asura worked for Kamsa. Once Agha reached Ambadi to kill Krishna. Krishna had just finished a bath in the Kalindi, taken the cows to the meadows, and was busy playing with his friends. The asura watched this from above, and then landed below in the form of a gigantic snake. The snake opened its mouth wide, the surroundings were filled with its odor, but Krishna and his friends were oblivious to it. They walked right into its open mouth, and the snake promptly closed its mouth. One after the other, Krishna’s friends started dying, and he soon understood what was happening. He started increasing his size and soon came out, splitting the snake’s stomach. He also revived his dead friends, and everyone rejoiced. According to Bhagavata Dashamaskanda Chapter 12, Agha was the brother of Bakasura and Poothana.

He is an agni, and the son of Bhanu. Bhanu had six children with Supraja, the daughter of Surya. In Chaturmasikayajnas, eight offerings, including Satyavihita, Agneya are generated by Agraha, according to the Mahabharata Vanaparva Chapter 221.

This is the name of the book in which Yama has recorded all the good and misdeeds of all humans.

According to Mahabharata Adiparva Chapter 116 verse 11, he is one of Dhritarashtra’s 100 sons. He was also known as Anuyayi.

An Agni. According to the Mahabharata Vanaparva Chapter 221, verses 15-22,
he was the fifth son of Bhanu, an Agni and his third wife Nisha.

Antecedents : Vishnu – Brahma – Marichi – Kashyapa – Vivasvan – Vaivasvatamanu – Priyavrata – Agnidhra.

Priyavrata, the son of Vaivasvatamanu married Barhishmati, the daughter of Vishwakarma. They had ten sons – Agnidhra, Idhmajihva, Yajnabahu, Mahaveera, Hiranyaretas, Ghritaprishta, Sava, Methathithi, Vitihotra, Kavi, and one daughter – Urjaswati, who was married to Shukra, and had a daughter called Devayani.

Agnidhra married a deva maiden called Purvachitti. They had nine children named Nabhi, Kimburusha, Hari, Ilavrata, Ramyaka, hiranjaya, Kuru, Bhadrasva, Ketumala. Of them, Kuru started the Kuruvansh.

According to Devibhagavata Ashtamaskanda, Agnidhra was the ruler of one of the saptadwipa called Jambudwipa. As per Bhagavata Panchamaskanda Chapter 2, once Agnidhra once sat in a cave and meditated, surviving only on air. Brahma sent an apsara named Viprachitti to distract him, and they finally got married.

A sacrifice specifically done for Agni. It is said to have 2 parts – Nitya, Kamya.