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    Agnicayana/Atiratra

    Namaste,could someone explain the significance of the bird shaped altar used in Agniccayana/Atiratra Yajna?What does the bird shape represent?

    Thanks.
    "Only one is the fire,which is inflamed in numerous ways.Only one is the sun, which pervades the whole universe.Only one is the dawn,which illuminates all things. Similarly,all that exists is The One and it has manifested into everything here.”

    ~ Rg Veda 8.58.2

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    Re: Agnicayana/Atiratra

    This "bird", well, is the central concept of Veda. It is Yagya itself. Yagya is also equated with sacrifice, or aśva. Sometimes we also have imageries somewhere depicting a winged horse. AsviniKumar-s are "the distributors of Yagya".

    Your avatar shows a picture, presumably, of "an egg", that is BrahmaNda I guess, but that is not the grandest idea of Hinduism.

    Yagya is.

    It is also represented by the symbol "zero" (like that egg). Some call it Shunnā, some call it Sirā (=> sifr=> zero).

    So as we see the expressions are many, not limited by my listing here, that's why it is better to go after the idea.

    Asat is ignorance, limitation, yet is the original-natural state of consciousness. Sat is created when the "boundaries", the knot (paravata), are overcome, and Dyo and Prithvi begin "communicating" with each other- first of all.

    When that happens, we say, Asvins are commuting between the realms, or Agni has become the dūta, or the "bird" is flying between the places, and so on.

    The problem is we can go on filling pages with words without any..
    Things to remember:

    1. Life = yajña
    2. Depth of Āstika knowledge is directly proportional
    to the richness of Sanskrit it is written in
    3. Āstika = Bhārata ("east") / Ārya ("west")
    4. Varṇa = tripartite division of Vedic polity
    5. r = c. x²
    where,
    r = realisation
    constant c = intelligence
    variable x = bhakti

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    Re: Agnicayana/Atiratra

    Namaste Kalicharan,thank you for the information

    My Avatar is Hiranyagarbha or cosmic Golden egg from which Prajapati arose
    "Only one is the fire,which is inflamed in numerous ways.Only one is the sun, which pervades the whole universe.Only one is the dawn,which illuminates all things. Similarly,all that exists is The One and it has manifested into everything here.”

    ~ Rg Veda 8.58.2

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