Tretagni, Tretāgni: 5 definitions
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Tretagni means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryTretāgni (त्रेताग्नि).—m.
(-gniḥ) A man who has preserved the three sacred fires. E. tretā as above, and agni fire.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryTretāgni (त्रेताग्नि):—[from tretā] m. (tāg) = agni-tretā, [Harivaṃśa 1409; Mahābhārata xiii; Raghuvaṃśa xiii]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryTretāgni (त्रेताग्नि):—[tretā+gni] (gniḥ) 2. m. A man who has kept the three sacred fires.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusTrētāgni (ತ್ರೇತಾಗ್ನಿ):—
1) [noun] the three sacred fires, dakṣiṇāgni, gārhapatya andāvahanīya, taken collectively.
2) [noun] a man who maintains perpetually these fires.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Starts with: Tretagnihotra.
Full-text: Tretagnihotra, Trete.
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The Sacrifices of Rajasuya, Vajapeya and Ashvamedha (study) (by Aparna Dhar)
Śrauta and Gṛhya Karma < [Chapter 2 - Vedic Sacrifices described in the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa]
The Vishnu Purana (by Horace Hayman Wilson)
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 192 - The Birth of Śrīpati < [Section 3 - Revā-khaṇḍa]
Chapter 43 - King Divodāsa’s Valour < [Section 1 - Pūrvārdha]
The Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 18 - The greatness of Nandā-Prācī < [Section 1 - Sṛṣṭi-khaṇḍa (section on creation)]