Agnicayana, Agni-cayana: 8 definitions
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Agnicayana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Alternative spellings of this word include Agnichayana.
India history and geography
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical GlossaryAgni-cayana.—(EI 32; IA 19), a sacrificial rite. Note: agni-cayana is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
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Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAgnicayana (अग्निचयन).—. arranging or keeping the sacred fire (agnyādhāna); चित्याग्निचित्ये च (cityāgnicitye ca) P.III.1.132.
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-yaḥ, -yanaḥ the Mantra used in this operation.
Derivable forms: agnicayanam (अग्निचयनम्).
Agnicayana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms agni and cayana (चयन). See also (synonyms): agnicaya, agnicityā.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Agnicayana (अग्निचयन) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—śr. Oppert. 1373. 1730. 1731.
2) Agnicayana (अग्निचयन):—Taitt. Sb. 87.
3) Agnicayana (अग्निचयन):—Āpast. Cs. 210.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAgnicayana (अग्निचयन):—[=agni-cayana] [from agni] n. arranging to preparing the sacred or sacrificial fire-place
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAgnicayana (अग्निचयन):—[tatpurusha compound] n.
(-nam) Arranging the fire-place, a sa-crificial ceremony, viz. arranging on a piece of ground of merely a fathom’s length, which must have been previously ploughed, consecrated bricks (see iṣṭakā), so as to make them to imitate the shape of a bird. There are five or in some case, six such chitis (q. v.) required for receiving the sacrificial fire. E. agni (in the sense of the dat.) and cayana.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusAgnicayana (ಅಗ್ನಿಚಯನ):—[noun] the ceremonial act of preparing the alter or the fireplace for a sacrifice.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Agni, Cayana, Ani.
Starts with: Agnicayanakarika, Agnicayanapaddhati.
Ends with: Mahagnicayana.
Full-text (+2): Agnicit, Agnicitya, Agnicitvat, Anagni, Amriteshtaka, Agniciti, Acit, Agnisancaya, Amritaciti, Anagnicitya, Vasordhara, Sagnicitya, Apavrikti, Yajushmant, Agnicaya, Cayana, Chandasya, Agnika, Agnyadhana, Apija.
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Satapatha-brahmana (by Julius Eggeling)
Kāṇḍa IX, adhyāya 5, brāhmaṇa 1 < [Ninth Kāṇḍa]
Introduction to volume 4 (kāṇḍa 8-10) < [Introductions]
Kāṇḍa XIII, adhyāya 1, brāhmaṇa 7 < [Thirteenth Kāṇḍa]
Paraskara-grihya-sutra (by Hermann Oldenberg)
The Sacrifices of Rajasuya, Vajapeya and Ashvamedha (study) (by Aparna Dhar)
Dichotomic interpretation of the Agnicayana Sacrifice < [Chapter 6 - Dichotomic interpretation of the Major and Minor sacrifices]
Summary of the Agnicayana sacrifice < [Chapter 2 - Vedic Sacrifices described in the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa]
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Vedic influence on the Sun-worship in the Puranas (by Goswami Mitali)
Part 41 - Sun-god and the Image-Worship < [Chapter 2 - Salient Traits of the Solar Divinities in the Veda]
Bharadvaja-srauta-sutra (by C. G. Kashikar)
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