The Development of Hindu Iconography c15.22

c15.22

¹ 'A *vedi* is a raised altar on which the *yajña* was performed and on which sat the persons performing the ceremony, namely, the sacrificer, the Hotā, the Adhvaryu, the Ṛtvik, etc. An *agni* is an altar for keeping the fire'; J.I.S.O.A., Vol. VII, p. 39.