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| | Agni Rudra Shiva ~ Shivaya Namah |
 | | Rudra-Shiva is Mahakala (the Great Time-Lord) and Mrtyunjaya (Death Conquering). Rudra is the Red God (Rohita), intimately associated with life’s blood/fire; and Shiva, as the agent of change (Rajas), has power over life and death. Shiva is æternal, and driven to manifestation only through the Tapasya of devotees, to whom he grants |
 | | Atharvañgirasah-Veda. Soma and Agni are essentially similar in their nature as sacrificial conduit to the Gods, but the Aghora (Shiva) rituals of Bheshagam generally operate through Soma, while Ghora magic always involves Agni. The Yatuvidah, however, considered Agni as equivalent with Rudra, and thus as the appropriate messenger for both holy and unholy purpose. |
 | | The three Gunas of Kapila are reflected again in the threefold division of Agni (in the Brahmanas) into the expansive Varuna (Sattva), Rudra (Tamas), and the active ingredient Agni (Rajas). This echoes the location of Agni (in the Rg-Veda) in the highest Heaven, in the Fuel (i.e. |
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