agnibhū

E. agni and bhū being; being, or born, from fire. ŚIVA having cast his seed into flame, for the purpose of generating a warrior, able to subdue TĀRAKA, a demon, SKANDA was produced. n. (-bhu) Water, which is generated, in the Hindu cosmogony, from fire.

deity of war. See kārttikeya, skanda, agnijanman. (Śiva hav-

ing cast his seed into flame, for the purpose of generating

a warrior, able to subdue Tāraka, a demon, Skanda was

produced.) ² (In arithmetic sometimes used to denote) the

numeral six (Skanda having six faces).

II. n. (-bhu) Water (rain being generated, according to

the Hindu belief from the clouds which are produced by

the smoke of fire). E. agni and bhū (generating from).

m. (-bhūḥ) A name of SKANDA, the Hindu deity of war. See kārttikeya
and skanda.

E. agni and bhū being; being, or born, from fire. SIVA
having cast his seed into flame, for the purpose of generating a
warrior, able to subdue TARĀKA, a demon, SKANDA was produced.
n. (-bhu) Water, which is generated, in the Hindu cosmogony,
from fire.

— Vgl. agnijanman .

— 1) m.

— a) *ein N. Skanda's.

— b) N.pr. verschiedener Männer.

— 2) *n. °bhū Wasser.