Agnihotra / Homa therapy
Definition of Agnihotra The process of offering two oblations of two pinch full of rice smeared with cow’s ghee into fire prepared out of dried cow dung in a pyramid shaped copper vessel exactly at local sunrise and sunset times alongside chanting of two specific Sanskrit mantras is called Agnihotra. Importance of Agnihotra as Mentioned in Our Ancient Vedic Sutra (Scriptures): Agnihotra is a combination of two Sanskrit words, Agni & Hotra. Literally, Agni means fire, & Hotra means to offer. Agnihotra according to Vedas is the simplest form of Yajnya. According to the ancient Vedic scripture Shraut Sutras, Agnihotra, is a healing fire ritual that should be performed at every sunrise and sunset. Purush sukta has also emphasized upon performance of daily Yajnya. Kathak Samhita in praise of Agnihotra has said that Gods attained godhood and swargaloka, the state of eternal bliss by practicing Agnihotra. Shatapat Brahman compares Agnihotra with a bo...
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