Haviryajna, Haviryajña: 6 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexHaviryajña (हविर्यज्ञ).—For Vaiśyas.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 29. 55; Vāyu-purāṇa 57. 50.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Dharmashastra (religious law)
Source: Sacred Texts: The Grihya Sutras, Part 2 (SBE30)Haviryajña (हविर्यज्ञ) or Haviḥsaṃsthā refers to a group of seven sacrifices.—Hārīta says: “Let a man offer the Pākayajñas always, always also the Haviryajñas, and the Somayajñas (Soma sacrifices), according to rule, if he wishes for eternal merit”.—The object of these sacrifices is eternal happiness, and hence they have to be performed during life at certain seasons, without any special occasion (nimitta), and without any special object (kāma). According to most authorities, however, they have to be performed during thirty years only. After that the Agnihotra only has to be kept up.
The seven Haviryajñas according to Gautama:
- Agnyādheya,
- Agnihotra,
- Darśapūrṇamāsa,
- Cāturmāsyāni,
- Āgrayaṇeṣṭi,
- Nirūḍhapaśubandha,
- Sautrāmaṇī.
The seven Haviryajñas according to a commentary on Dhūrtasvāmin's Āpastambasūtrabhāṣya:
- Agnihotra,
- Darśapūrṇamāsa,
- Āgrayaṇa,
- Cāturmāsyāni [Cāturmāsya?],
- Nirūḍhapaśubandha,
- Sautrāmaṇī,
- Piṇḍapitṛyajña.
The seven Haviryajñas according to Satyavrata Sāmāśrami in the Uṣā:
- Agnyādheya,
- Agnihotra,
- Darśa-[?],
- Paurṇamāsa,
- Āgrayaṇa,
- Cāturmāsyāni,
- Paśubandha.
Dharmashastra (धर्मशास्त्र, dharmaśāstra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryHaviryajña (हविर्यज्ञ).—[masculine] a sacrificial offering.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumHaviryajña (हविर्यज्ञ) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—the first book of the Śatapathabrāhmaṇa Mś. W. p. 42. Oxf. 361^a. 364^b. 377^a. 395^b. Ben. 9.
—the second in the Kāṇvaśākhā. Oxf. 395^a.
Haviryajña (हविर्यज्ञ):—[=havir-yajña] [from havir > hava] m. the offering of an obl°, a simple oblation of clarified butter etc. (as opp. to a soma-y), [Brāhmaṇa; Gṛhya-sūtra and śrauta-sūtra]
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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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Partial matches: Havir, Yajna.
Starts with: Haviryajnakanda, Haviryajnaprayashcitta, Haviryajnartvij, Haviryajnasamstha, Haviryajnavidha.
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Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
The concept of Vaishvanara in Vedic literature (by Satyanarayan Rath)
6. Varieties of Sacrifice (Yajña) < [Chapter 4 - The ritualistic concept of Vaiśvānara]
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
The Agnistoma Somayaga in the Shukla Yajurveda (by Madan Haloi)
Part 1.1: Forms (Saṃsthās) of Somayāga (Introduction) < [Chapter 3 - The Somayāga]
Part 2.1: Types of Sacrifices in General (Introduction) < [Chapter 2 - An Introduction to the Ritualistic Religion of the Vedas]
Part 3: Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa (Introduction) < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Soma in Vedic Mythology and Ritual (study) (by Anjana Chakraborty)
Chapter 3(l) - Inter Relation of Somayaga with other Yagas
Atithi or Guest Reception (study) (by Sarika. P.)
Part 1 - The concept of Yajña (sacrifice) < [Chapter 7 - Pañcamahāyajñas]
Part 2 - Atithi-saparyā in the Brāhmaṇas < [Chapter 2 - Ātithyeṣṭi]
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