Agnipranayana, Agnipraṇayana, Agni-pranayana: 6 definitions
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Source: Sacred Texts: The Grihya Sutras, Part 2 (SBE30)Agnipraṇayana (अग्निप्रणयन) refers to the ceremony of “bringing forward the fire”, as mentioned in the Āpastamba-yajña-paribhāṣā-sūtras.—“For every object (new sacrifice) let him bring forward the fire (let him perform the Agnipraṇayana, the fetching of the Āhavanīya from the Gārhapatya fire). When the sacrifice is finished the fire becomes again ordinary fire, as when the (divine) fire has returned (to the firesticks)”.
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAgnipraṇayana (अग्निप्रणयन).—bringing out the sacrificial fire and consecrating it according to the proper ritual.
Derivable forms: agnipraṇayanam (अग्निप्रणयनम्).
Agnipraṇayana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms agni and praṇayana (प्रणयन).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Agnipraṇayana (अग्निप्रणयन):—[=agni-praṇayana] [from agni] n. = -nayana q.v.
2) [v.s. ...] vessels for conveying the sacrificial fire, [Mānava-śrauta-sūtra]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAgnipraṇayana (अग्निप्रणयन):—[tatpurusha compound] n.
(-nam) Carrying forth the sacrificial fire, a ceremony occurring in several sacrifices, as in the Jyotiṣṭoma, the Darśapūrṇamāsa, the Chāturmāsya. It consists in taking the fire from the Prāchīnavaṃśa (q. v.) Manḍapa, a building erected in the centre of the Dārśikī Vedi (q. v.) and carrying it to the Āgnīdhra (q. v.) Manḍapa, which stands in the Saumikī Vedi (q. v.). E. agni and praṇayana.
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Partial matches: Agni, Pranayana, Ani.
Full-text: Agninayana, Agnipranayaniya, Pranayaniya, Agnishomapranayana.
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Sankhayana-grihya-sutra (by Hermann Oldenberg)
The Agnistoma Somayaga in the Shukla Yajurveda (by Madan Haloi)
Part 4: Rites Performed on the Fourth Day (Introduction) < [Chapter 4 - The Agniṣṭoma Ritual]
Part 4.1: Carrying forward of the Āhavanīya fire < [Chapter 4 - The Agniṣṭoma Ritual]
Part 4.2: Placing of the Havirdhāna carts < [Chapter 4 - The Agniṣṭoma Ritual]
Soma in Vedic Mythology and Ritual (study) (by Anjana Chakraborty)
Chapter 3(f) - Carrying of Fire, Soma and Carts
Satapatha-brahmana (by Julius Eggeling)
Kāṇḍa X, adhyāya 1, brāhmaṇa 5 < [Tenth Kāṇḍa]
Apastamba Yajna-paribhasa-sutras (by Hermann Oldenberg)