अग्निभू m. (
-भूः) A name of SKANDA, the Hindu deity of war. See
कार्त्तिकेय and
स्कन्द.
E. अग्नि and
भू being; being, or born, from fire. SIVA having cast his seed into flame, for the purpose of generating a warrior, able to subdue TARĀKA, a demon, SKANDA was produced. n. (
-भु) Water, which is generated, in the Hindu cosmogony, from fire.