A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Five fires
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Brahma Sutras (Shankaracharya) [by George Thibaut]
Thus the Vajasaneyins mention in their text of the knowledge of the five fires a sixth fire ('And then the fire is indeed fire,' Bri. Up. VI, 2, 14), while the Chandogas mention no sixth fire but conclude their text of the pancagnividya with the express mention of five fires ('But he who thus knows the five fires,' Ch. Up. V, 10, 10)....
Read full contents: III, 3, 2
Bharadvaja-srauta-sutra [by C. G. Kashikar]
These are the constellations fit for the renewing of the sacred fires, namely, Rohini Punarvasu and Anuradha. 2. One should renew the sacred fires either in the rainy season or in the autumn. 3. The (Ahavaniya) fire should be established at midday. So is it said. 4. There is a view that one should establish all the fires atmidday. There is another view that one should establish only the Ahavaniya, the Sabhya, and the Avasathya fires at midday. 5....
Read full contents: Prashna 5, Kandika 19
Prashna Upanishad with Shankara’s Commentary [by S. Sitarama Sastri]
The fires of prana alone wake in this city. This apana is the garhapatya fire. Vyana is the anvaharyopachana fire. The prana is the ahavaniya- fire, as it is taken from the garhapatya fire. Shankara s Commentary: Com.—When the senses, the ear and the rest, are gone to sleep in this city, i.e., in this body of nine apertures, the five winds, prana and the rest, called fires, being like fire, keep watch. This is their similitude with fires. This apana is the garhapatya fire....
Read full contents: Verse 4.3
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