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I wondered why the Frisbee was getting bigger, and then it hit me.
I wondered why the Frisbee was getting bigger, and then it hit me.
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agni, derived by Sanskrit grammarians from ag/ang to move windingly, or explained in the old grammars as agre niyati, that which takes forward, is cognate with the root of English igneous and meant fire. Fire was sacred to the ancient Indians as being the mouth of gods, and as the eternal witness. The prefix sa- is probably cognate with the root of English same, and expressed conjunction or possession.
sAgnika meant either the maintainer of the sacred fire, or witnessed by fire. I do not know if you mean male or female, nor do I know the pronounciation or spelling in an Indian language when you write sagnika, but I have not seen the feminine form in Sanskrit. The suffix -A to form feminine was, and still is to a a certain extent, a living suffix, so one could use it, I guess.
sAgnika meant either the maintainer of the sacred fire, or witnessed by fire. I do not know if you mean male or female, nor do I know the pronounciation or spelling in an Indian language when you write sagnika, but I have not seen the feminine form in Sanskrit. The suffix -A to form feminine was, and still is to a a certain extent, a living suffix, so one could use it, I guess.
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