agnīdhra

agnīdhra m. (-dhraḥ) An officiating priest, whose duty is to attend the fire. f. (dhrā) Exciting the sacrificial fire.

E. agni and īndha, to light or kindle; and the aff. ran; the na of indha being dropped.

agnīdhra Tatpur. I. m. (-dhraḥ) ¹ A proper name: the son of

Priyavrata and Kāmyā, a king of Jambudvīpa; one of the

ten sons of the first Manu, Svāyambhuva. ² The same as

agnīdh q. v. In this meaning the word seems to be a

misspelling of āgnīdhra.

II. f. (-dhrī) Kindling or exciting the sacrificial fire by

throwing clarified butter &c. into it. See āgnīdhrī which

seems to be the more correct form of this word. E. agni

and idhra (from indh, uṇ. aff. kran).

agnīdhra m. (= agni-bāhu), N. of two men.

agnīdhra m.

1) = agnīdh AK. 2, 7, 17, v. l.

— 2) N. pr. ein Sohn des Priyavrata und der Kāmyā, König von Jambudvīpa, VP. 162. einer der Saptarṣi im 14ten Manvantara, HARIV. 491. — Scheint fehlerhafte Lesart für āgnīdhra zu sein.

agnīdhra m. pl. N. pr. eines Volkes VARĀH. BṚH. S. 14, 25.

— Vgl. agnītya .

agnīdhra m.

— 1) N.pr. eines Sohnes des Priyavrata VP. 2,1,7. eines der 7 Ṛṣi im 14ten Manvantara.

— 2) Pl. v.l. für agnītya.

agnīdhra pu0 agnim ādadhāti dhṛ—ka dīrghaḥ . vahnyādhāna-
kārake brahmāparaparyyāye ṛtvigbhede . agniṃ dhārayatyasmai
sampradāne ghañarthe ka dīrghaḥ . agnikṛtye homādau pu0 .

Agnīdhra (I) — a Nadīputra and Dhiṣṇi agni.

Br. II. 12, 20. Vā. 29. 18, 26.

Agnīdhra (II) — (Kāśyapa) — a sage of the epoch of

Bhautya Manu (XIVth Manu).

Br. IV. 1. 112; Vi. III. 2, 44.

Agnīdhra (III) — a son of Svāyambhuva Manu.¹ Lord

of Jambūdvīpa.² [Footnote] 1) Vā. 31. 17. [Footnote] 2) Vā. 33. 9, 11.

AGNĪDHRA (AGNĪDDHRA).

1. Genealogy. Descended from Viṣṇu thus: Viṣṇu-

Brahmā-Marīci-Kaśyapa-Vivasvān-Vaivasvatamanu-

Priyavrata-Agnīdhra.

2. Birth. Priyavrata, son of Vaivasvatamanu, married

Barhiṣmatī, daughter of Viśvakarmā. Agnīdhra was one

of their ten sons. The other nine sons were: Idhma-

jihvā, Yajñabāhu, Mahāvīra, Hiraṇyaretas, Ghṛta-

prṣṭha, Sava, Medhātithi, Vītihotra and Kavi. A

daughter also was born to Priyavrata and Barhiṣmatī

named Ūrjjasvatī. Śukra married her and Devayānī

was their daughter.

3) Married life. Agnīdhra married a nymph named

Pūrvacitti. They had nine children: Nābhi, Kiṃ-

purusa, Hari, Ilāvrata, Ramyaka, Hirañcaya, Kuru,

Bhadrāśva, and Ketumāla. It was from this Kuru that

the Kuru Vaṃśa began.

4) Other incidents. (1) Agnīdhra ruled over Jambu-

dvīpa for a long time. (Devī Bhāgavata, Skandha 8).

(2) While he was the ruler of Jambudvīpa Agnīdhra

once went into a cave and did hard tapas there with-

out eating any food. Brahmā then sent a beautiful

nymph (Apsarā maiden) to him to tempt him and

thwart his tapas. Agnīdhra fell a victim to the tempta-

tion. His penance was shaken by that nymph named

Vipracitti. He married her. (Bhāgavata, Skandha 5,

Chapter 2).