the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke; "fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries"
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digestion
the organic process by which food is converted into substances that can be absorbed into the body
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Agni
god of fire; one of the 3 chief deities of the Vedas
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gold
a soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits; does not react with most chemicals but is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia
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sacrificial fire
the fire used during a Yajña
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Plumbago zeylanica
a kind of shrub
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Anala
name of one of the eight Vasus
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fire
fire considered as one of the five mahābhūtas
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Anala
name of a monkey
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bile
a digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder; aids in the digestion of fats
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cautery
the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing