Vedic COMMON Agni ATK 8 DEF 6 SPR 10 SPD 9 INT 8 CHA – WIS – END – Special Sacrificial Conveyance Vedic Agni as the central ritual deity c. 1500–600 BCE; Rigveda opens with a hymn to Agni (1.1.1 — the very first word of Hinduism's oldest text is "Agni"); remains present in all Hindu fire ritual to the present