Abhimani

Abhimani (Sanskrit) (from abhi towards + the verbal root man to think, reflect upon)Meaning dignified, proud; Longing for, thinking upon; In astrology, Abhimani means a planet in strength and moving towards its exaltation sign. It also means Abscission of Light - Prevention of the culmination of an aspect by the intervention of another. Used in Horary Astrology.

Is the name of personified Agni, or the Fire God in Hindu mythology. He is the eldest son of Brahma. In Visnu purana , Abhimana the fire god is said to have sprung from the mouth of the Virat purusa, the Cosmic Man. His wife is Svaha. Abhimanin had three sons of surpassing brilliancy: Pavaka, Pavamana, and Suchi, the personifications of the three fires that produced our earth and humanity (VP 1:10). All these three names indicate purity. Abhimanin, his three sons, and their 45 sons constitute the mystic 49 fires of the Puranas and theosophy.(cf Agni Purana.)

As the eldest son of Brahma, Abhimanin represents the cosmic Logos, the first force produced in the universe at its evolution, the fire of cosmic creative desire.

His three sons, according to the Vayu-Purana, stand for three different aspects of Agni (fire): Pavaka is the electric fire, Pavamana the fire produced by friction, and Suchi the solar fire. Interpreted on the cosmic and human planes, these three fires are "Spirit, Soul, and Body, the three great Root groups, with their four additional divisions" (SD 2:247). They are said to have been cursed by the sage Vasishtha to be born again and again (cf BP 4:24,4; SD 2:247-8)."Every fire has a distinct function and meaning in the worlds of the physical and the spiritual. It has, moreover, in its essential nature a corresponding relation to one of the human psychic faculties, besides its well determined chemical and physical potencies when coming in contact with the terrestrially differentiated matter" (SD 1:521).