Jyotihshastra: Astral and Mathematical Literature c3.2

Jyotiḥśāstra: Astral and Mathematical Literature c3.2

Language: English

c3.2

In the performance of Vedic *śrauta* rituals an essential prerequisite is the piling up of the fire altar (*agnicayana*). These altars (*citis*) take the form of various objects; the forms mentioned in Taittirīyasaṃhitā 5, 4, 11 (after the *chandaściti*¹ or "meter altar") and the sacrificers who should erect them are:

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Taittirīyasaṃhitā — Sanskrit