In Vedic–Puranic genealogical accounts Āgneyī is presented as a daughter of Agni and as a wife/mother in royal lineages: sources summarized from Harivamsha and the Vishnu Purana describe her as wife of Ūru and mother of kings Anga, Sumanas, Khyati, Kratu, and Sibi, with the Harivamsha additionally naming Gaya (Wikipedia summary citing Harivamsha and Vishnu Purana). Separately, in Shaiva-Agamic materials the lexical form Agneya (or Anala) appears among the items revealed by the Aghora face of Sadashiva and transmitted by Rishi Bharadvaja (Aghora Agama excerpt). The two strands share a common root in Agni/fire-terminology: the Puranic/Vedic figure is a personified shakti/daughter of Agni, while the Agamic listing records Agneya/Anala as the name of a revealed Agama or item within an Aghora corpus; the supplied sources do not explicitly equate the Puranic goddess-person with the Agama-name beyond their shared nomenclature and fire-association.
The supplied sources do not preserve a stable iconography for Āgneyī. Vedic and Puranic summaries present her as a divine feminine personage (daughter and shakti of Agni) but give no detailed anthropomorphic description in the provided excerpts (Wikipedia summary; Harivamsha/Vishnu Purana references). In the Aghora Agama material the Aghora face of Sadashiva associated with southward/fire is described as Neela varanam (blue-coloured) and linked to the macro-ingredient of fire, but that description pertains to the Aghora face rather than to an iconography of Āgneyī herself (Aghora Agama excerpt). Any visual association therefore remains inferential (fire symbolism, southeast/directional marking) rather than attested as a canonical image in the supplied texts.
Across sources Āgneyī functions in multiple related registers. Genealogically she is a progenitress — named mother of several kings in Harivamsha and the Vishnu Purana summaries (Anga, Sumanas, Khyati, Kratu, Sibi; Harivamsha adds Gaya) — situating her as a lineal legitimating figure (Wikipedia summary). Linguistically and ritually the masculine adjective Āgneya denotes things 'fiery', 'flammable', or 'consecrated to Agni' and names the southeast cardinal direction (Wikipedia etymology); the feminine Āgneyī can be read as the personified shakti of those fiery/consecrating powers. In a Shaiva-Agamic register the name Agneya (or Anala) is listed among Agamas (Nisvasa, Svayambhuva, Vijaya, Agneya/Anala, Vira) revealed by the Aghora face of Sadashiva and transmitted via Rishi Bharadvaja, which identifies Agneya as part of ritual/ textual transmission rather than as a described miracle-working persona in the supplied excerpts (Aghora Agama excerpt). The supplied materials do not record specific active behaviors (such as granting boons, causing illness, or direct interactions with individuals) or enumerated supernatural powers beyond these ritual-lexical and genealogical functions.
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Abhimanyu
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Achyuta
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Acintya
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Adi (asura)
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Adi Shakti
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Aditi
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Agastya
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Aghasura
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Agiya Baital
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Agni
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