[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Religion and philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion) › [The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925) › v2.c30.s3.4 # The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v2.c30.s3.4 The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v2.c30.s3.4 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c30.s3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c30.s3.4) There can be little doubt that even as early as the Rigveda there was present the idea that the Agnihotra, with its brightening up of the fires, was a spell to aid the rising of the sun, a view which was doubtless the ground of the opinion of those who pressed for the performance of the ceremony before sunrise.³ - [Previous: v2.c30.s3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c30.s3.3) - [Next: v2.c30.s3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c30.s3.5) - [Up: v2.c30.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c30.s3) ## Cites (1) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c30.s3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c30.s3.4) · Pramāṇa