अग्न्याधान

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Sanskrit [edit]

Etymology [edit]

अग्नि (agni, fire) +‎ आधान (ādhāna, placing on, kindling)

Noun [edit]

अग्न्याधान (agnyādhāna) n

  1. the placing of the fire on the altar (KaushBr.)
  2. the ceremony of preparing the three sacred fires for oblation

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References [edit]

  • Sir Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1898, page 0006