Fire-stick
object · 2 works · 4 mentions · 4 anchored passages
fire-sticks · the two fire-sticks · araṇi · fire-stick · the upper fire-drill
spoken of as
2 expressionsFire-sticks2 mentions
Rigveda (Sanskrit) · Sāmaveda (Sanskrit)
Men generate the praiseworthy Agni by the friction of two fire-sticks, letting them fall from their hands — him who is visible from afar, the householder, the Atharvan.
Fire-drill“fire-sticks”1 mention
Rigveda (Sanskrit)
Here is the upper fire-drill, the procreative one is fashioned.
in the texts
Rigveda
The kindling implement in which the infant Agni is hidden.
they see him placed in front, hidden in the fire-stick.
Men generate the praiseworthy Agni by the friction of two fire-sticks, letting them fall from their hands — him who is visible from afar, the householder, the Atharvan.
Here is the upper fire-drill, the procreative one is fashioned.
Sāmaveda
The two wooden fire-sticks (araṇi) from which Agni is ritually produced by friction.
Jātavedas is hidden in the two fire-sticks, like an embryo well carried by pregnant mothers.
Men have generated the praised Agni, hidden in the two fire-sticks, with their thoughts — seen from afar, the lord of the house, the unwearied one.