Agnihotra
Agnihotra ( Sanskrit अग्निहोत्र) is a daily or occasional Vedic fire ritual from the Atharvaveda at sunrise and sunset. It is the basic of a total of four that are grouped under the name Yajnya Homa . After the exact times for sunrise and sunset have been determined for the respective position, a fire made of cow dung and clarified butter (" ghee ") is lit in an equally precisely specified copper pyramid stump . When the determined time is reached - the fire should be well alight - two servings of uncooked rice are finally put into the fire while two mantras (verses in Sanskrit) are recited aloud or in thought.
history
Around 1944 Gajanan Rajimwale (Param Sadguru Shree Gajanan Maharaj), inspired by the Atharvaveda, put together the above four easy-to-use rituals, of which Agnihotra is the basic one. Potdar Saheb published the description of these rituals in the course of the translation of the Sapta Sloki around 1959 - seven verses in honor of Parashurama , which were noted by Gajanan Rajimwale.
Individual evidence
- ^ Matthias Fehringer (formula, calculation): Time program. Ulrich Berk, accessed on September 12, 2016 .
- ↑ Horst and Birgitt Heigl: Agnihotra origin, practice and applications . Ed .: Verlag Horst Heigl. 3rd, exp. Edition Verlag Horst Heigl (Horst Edition), Heiligenberg 2015, ISBN 978-3-89316-021-1 , p. 259 .
- ↑ Gregor Handrich: Homa Guide | Agnihotra mantras. Gregor Handrich, accessed September 12, 2016 .
- ↑ Mahanubhav Shri Madhavji Sansthan: Madhavashram. Mahanubhav Shri Madhavji Sansthan, India, accessed January 14, 2019 .
- ↑ Fivefold Path Mission, Inc .: Param Sadguru Shree Gajanan Maharaj. Fivefold Path Mission, Inc., USA, accessed September 12, 2016 .