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Source: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the Visnudharmottarapurana (h)The Sacrificial Ground (used for offering materials) is denoted by the Sanskrit term Vedī, according to the Śatapathabrāhmaṇa and Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa.—In the Śatapathabrāhmaṇa it is stated that by worshiping fire in the Vedic age, the devotees or the sages obtained saṃvīd i.e., the entire earth and as because they were able to obtain this entire earth by it, therefore the, sacrificial ground is called vedī. According to the Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa, also the earth itself is regarded as altar. Thus the concept of the vedī or a ground for offering materials specifically to God of worship emerged in the Vedic era. Again after making the vedī, the concept of idol worship came into existence.
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Full-text (+58): Antarvedi, Sthandila, Vastuka, Barhis, Parishkritabhumi, Janavedi, Anuvedi, Shakrashala, Anuvedyantam, Vedipurisha, Ritvikpatha, Aparagni, Sphyavartani, Vrijana, Abhitodevayajanamatradesha, Yajnabhumi, Sthandilashayin, Apnasvat, Sthandilasthandileshaya, Yajnavata.
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The Gautami Mahatmya (by G. P. Bhatt)
Ramayana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter XII < [Book 1 - Bāla-kāṇḍa]
Chapter L < [Book 1 - Bāla-kāṇḍa]
Chapter VIII < [Book 1 - Bāla-kāṇḍa]
The Agnistoma Somayaga in the Shukla Yajurveda (by Madan Haloi)
Part 5.6: The concluding bath (avabhṛtheṣṭi) < [Chapter 4 - The Agniṣṭoma Ritual]
Part 5.9: The rite of giving up (udavasānīyeṣṭi) < [Chapter 4 - The Agniṣṭoma Ritual]
Part 1.3: Construction of the Śālā (śālānirmāṇa) < [Chapter 4 - The Agniṣṭoma Ritual]
The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
Chapter 93 - Mode of worshipping the presiding deity of a ground (vāstupūjā)
Chapter 103 - Mode of repair of old or broken Liṅgas (jīrṇa-uddhāra)
Satapatha-brahmana (by Julius Eggeling)
Kāṇḍa III, adhyāya 1, brāhmaṇa 1 < [Third Kāṇḍa]
Kāṇḍa X, adhyāya 4, brāhmaṇa 1 < [Tenth Kāṇḍa]
Kāṇḍa XI, adhyāya 1, brāhmaṇa 1 < [Eleventh Kāṇḍa]
Harivamsha Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter 45 - Vishnu’s Birth As a dwarf < [Book 3 - Bhavishya Parva]
Chapter 84 - The Asuras Obstructing a yajna < [Book 2 - Vishnu Parva]
Chapter 12 - A Description of the Earth < [Book 3 - Bhavishya Parva]