Arshi (folklore)

{{Short description|God found in Mongolian Buddhism and Tengri Paganism}}

Arshi, is a god who is associated with the fire ritual as practiced in Mongol mythology. The epithet is found in a prayer by the 18th-century lama Mergen Gegen Lubsangdambijalsan, where it is added to the name of the "Khan of the fire". "Arshi" derives from Sanskrit rsi; "tngri" refers to the 99 tngri or Mongolian deities.{{cite journal|last=Atwood|first=Christopher P.|year=1996|title=Buddhism and Popular Ritual in Mongolian Religion: A Reexamination of the Fire cult|journal=History of Religions|volume=36 |issue=2 |jstor=3176686|pages=112–39|doi=10.1086/463455 |s2cid=162394887 |url=https://repository.upenn.edu/ealc/12 }}