Agnivihara, Agnivihāra, Agni-vihara: 1 definition

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Agnivihāra (अग्निविहार).—

1) taking the sacrificial fire from आग्नीध्र (āgnīdhra) to the उत्तरवेदि (uttaravedi).

2) offering oblations to fire; प्रत्यासन्ना °वेला (pratyāsannā °velā) K.348.

Derivable forms: agnivihāraḥ (अग्निविहारः).

Agnivihāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms agni and vihāra (विहार). See also (synonyms): agniviharaṇa.

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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.

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