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Vedi (Sanskrit: वेदी, romanized: Vedī, lit. 'altar') is the sacrificial altar in the Vedic religion . [ 1 ] Such altars were an elevated outdoor enclosure, generally strewed with Kusha grass , and having receptacles for the sacrificial fire ; it was of various shapes, but usually narrow in the middle.
Replica of the altar and utensils used during Athirathram. The entire ritual takes twelve days to perform, in the course of which a great bird-shaped altar, the uttaravedi "northern altar" is built out of 1005 bricks. The liturgical text is in Chapters 20 through 25 of the Krishna Yajurveda. The immediate purpose of the Agnicayana is to build ...
The Darshapurnamsa, the new and full moon sacrifices [113] The four seasonal (Cāturmāsya) sacrifices [113] The Agnicayana, the sophisticated ritual of piling the fire altar [113] The Pashubandhu, the (semi-)annual animal sacrifice [113] The Soma rituals, which involved the extraction, utility and consumption of Soma: [113] The Jyotishtoma [113]
A miniature replica of the Falcon altar (with yajna utensils) used during Athirathram Layout of a basic domestic fire altar. P. N. Sinha states that the number 1,000 represents 'the thousand Maha yugas of every Kalpa ' (about 4.32 billion years), illustrated by the 1,000 hoods of the Naga Vasuki / Ananta on which the Earth is supported. [ 23 ]
The main entrance faces the east, and the mahavihara has the vedi (altar) on the west. The entrance begins as a staircase on the outside, and is connected on the inside by two porchs—the front porch and the back porch. The porchs measure—10.20 meters in North-South and 3.50 meters in East-West.
Unique Vedi (fire-altar) shapes were associated with unique gifts from the Gods. For instance, "he who desires heaven is to construct a fire-altar in the form of a falcon"; "a fire-altar in the form of a tortoise is to be constructed by one desiring to win the world of Brahman" and "those who wish to destroy existing and future enemies should ...
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