I wonder if anyone has come across the word udagagni, or
some other compound meaning 'northern/upward fire', other than in
the ritual context of sacrificial fires? I am not at all sure what
it means, but it is mentioned (in the astrological work
Hāyanasundara, v. 166) together with lightning and thunder (and
enemies):
syāt ketuyutadṛṣṭaś cet kujo vidyudbhayaṃkaraḥ | syān meghagarjanād
bhītiś codagagniripor api ||
(The Sanskrit of the HS is not very elegant, and I don't think udagagniripoḥ
is anything more complicated than a dvandva, despite the
singular inflection. It could even be a scribal error för udagagne[ḥ]
ripoḥ.)
Thanks in advance for any suggestions,
Martin Gansten