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Agniksetra

From Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia

By Swami Harshananda

Agniksetra literally means ‘site of fire'.

In the Vedic sacrifices known as Somayāga, the adhvaryu (the chief and active priest) builds a ‘mahāvedi’ (‘the great altar’) on the eastern side of which the agnikṣetra, the site of fire, is constructed in the form of a śyena (hawk). Taking the sacrificer’s height as the measuring unit, the agnikṣetra is to be 4 units in length and 3 units in breadth. However, in certain cases like the Aśvamedha sacrifice, this size can be doubled or even trebled.


References[edit]

  • The Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Swami Harshananda, Ram Krishna Math, Bangalore

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Krishna Maheshwari, Deval Sancheti

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