Vaḍavāgni
Vaḍavāgni · vaḍavā-agni, “the fire of the mare, the submarine fire”
Grammar: masculine noun; a compound of vaḍavā (a mare) and agni (fire): “the fire of the mare”. Its other names are aurva, vāḍava and vaḍavānala.
Meaning: the submarine fire, the fire that burns within the ocean.
In the scriptures: in his lexicon Agnideva first gives the names of Agni, such as agni, vahni, dhanañjaya, jātavedas, śukra and śuci. Then he gives aurva, vāḍava and vaḍavānala as the words for vaḍavāgni, the submarine fire; and after it jvāla and kīla, the flames of Agni (Agni Purāṇa, Chapter 360).
Aurva is also the name of a muni. In the line of the Sūrya vaṃśa which Agnideva tells, Sagara‘s beloved wife Prabhā bore sixty thousand sons by the grace of Aurva Muni, and his second wife Bhānumatī bore one son, Asamañjasa (Agni Purāṇa, Chapter 273).
Related terms: Agni · Aurva · Vāḍava · Vaḍavānala · Samudra
Sources
- Agni Purāṇa, Chapters 273, 360