mātarí—śvan m. (mātarí-; prob., ‘growing in the mother’ i.e. in the fire-stick, fr. √ śvi) N. of Agni or of a divine being closely connected with him (the messenger of Vivasvat, who brings down the hidden Fire to the Bhṛgus, and is identified by, [Sāy.] on [RV. i, 93, 6] with Vāyu, the Wind), [RV.]; [AV.]