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Agnihotra is a tatpuruṣa compound (samāsa), meaning an offering (originally, of milk) into Agni (Latin ignis, etc.) or consecrated fire. It finds earliest mention in the Atharva Veda (1000 BC), vi 97,1, (source Monier Williams) though pouring into the ritual fire was known as early as in the Ṛgveda (c. 1400 BC) and it the closely related Zoroastrian religion (Yasna Haptaŋhāiti). There is a simplied version of the Agnihotra in the Grihyasutras and in later post-Vedic texts.

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  • Agnihotra is a tatpuruṣa compound (samāsa), meaning an offering (originally, of milk) into Agni (Latin ignis, etc.) or consecrated fire. It finds earliest mention in the Atharva Veda (1000 BC), vi 97,1, (source Monier Williams) though pouring into the ritual fire was known as early as in the Ṛgveda (c. 1400 BC) and it the closely related Zoroastrian religion (Yasna Haptaŋhāiti). There is a simplied version of the Agnihotra in the Grihyasutras and in later post-Vedic texts.
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  • Agnihotra is a tatpuruṣa compound (samāsa), meaning an offering (originally, of milk) into Agni (Latin ignis, etc.) or consecrated fire. It finds earliest mention in the Atharva Veda (1000 BC), vi 97,1, (source Monier Williams) though pouring into the ritual fire was known as early as in the Ṛgveda (c. 1400 BC) and it the closely related Zoroastrian religion (Yasna Haptaŋhāiti). The central part of the Agnihotra consists of making two offerings of milk into the fire exactly at, slightly before, or even after the time of sunset and sunrise, along with Vedic mantras that relate the fire and the sun to each other: 'agnir jyotir, jyotiḥ sūryaḥ svāhā' in the evening, but the reverse 'sūryo jyotir, jyotir agniḥ svāhā' in the morning. This preserves the sun over night, which is also one of the interpretations of the ritual given in the Samhitas and Brahmanas. . This small rite is surrounded by a large number of additional actions and is followed by the worship of the three (or five) sacred fires (agny-upasthāna). The ritual is performed by a Brahmin priest for his own or the benefit of a sponsor (yajamāna). The Vedic Agnihotra takes about 15 minutes in current performances. There is a simplied version of the Agnihotra in the Grihyasutras and in later post-Vedic texts.
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