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  2. Vedi (altar) - Wikipedia

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    In ŚBM 10.4.3.14-20, the altar is made of 396 (360 + 36) yajusmati (special) bricks, and of 10,800 lokamprna (ordinary) bricks. 10,701 lokamprna bricks belong to the ahavaniya altar, 78 to the dhisnya hearths and 21 to the garhapatya. Around the altar are 360 parisrita stones (261 around ahavaniya, 78 around dhisnya, 21 around garhapatya).

  3. Patera - Wikipedia

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    In Roman art, the libation is shown performed at an altar, mensa (sacrificial meal table), or tripod. It was the simplest form of sacrifice, and could be a sufficient offering by itself. [ 12 ] The introductory rite ( praefatio ) to an animal sacrifice included an incense and wine libation onto a burning altar. [ 13 ]

  4. Altars in Latin America - Wikipedia

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    Thus the altar held great importance in determining the design of the city. One of the most explicit visual depictions of ritual associated with an altar is evident in an altar unearthed in the ruins of El Cayo. This altar, commonly referred to as "Altar 4" portrays a man seated before a table altar, scattering grains of incense. In the carved ...

  5. Homa (ritual) - Wikipedia

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    A ritual space of homa, the altar is temporary and movable. [1] The first step in a homa ritual is the construction of the ritual enclosure (mandapa), and the last step is its deconstruction. [1] The altar and mandapa is consecrated by a priest, creating a sacred space for the ritual ceremony, with recitation of mantras. With hymns sung, the ...

  6. Horns of Consecration - Wikipedia

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    The symbol also appears on Minoan sealstones, [4] often accompanied by double axes and bucrania, which are part of the iconography of Minoan bull sacrifice. Horns of consecration are among the cultic images painted on the Minoan coffins called larnakes , sometimes in isolation; they may have flowers between the horns, or the labrys . [ 5 ]

  7. Sacrifice to Heaven - Wikipedia

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    Sacrifice to Heaven (Chinese: 祭天; pinyin: Jìtiān) is an Asian religious practice originating in the worship of Shangdi in China. In Ancient Chinese society, nobles of all levels constructed altars for Heaven.

  8. Altar (Catholic Church) - Wikipedia

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    The rite of Dedication of a church and of the altar points out that the celebration of the Eucharist is "the principal and the most ancient part of the whole rite, because the celebration of the eucharist is in the closest harmony with the rite of the dedication of a church", and "the eucharist, which sanctifies the hearts of those who receive ...

  9. Tzompantli - Wikipedia

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    A tzompantli, illustrated in the 16th-century Aztec manuscript, the Durán Codex. A tzompantli (Nahuatl pronunciation: [t͡somˈpant͡ɬi]) or skull rack was a type of wooden rack or palisade documented in several Mesoamerican civilizations, which was used for the public display of human skulls, typically those of war captives or other sacrificial victims.