[Advaita-l] Agnimukha question

[Venkatesh Murthy]

Namaste Sri Bhaskar,

Kindly explain Agnimukha briefly and purpose of the steps if possible.
There are some homa manuals online to do Sankshipta Homa at home
without priest.IS this the correct way ? Can we put small coconut
piece instead of full coconut in Poornahuti? Can we leave some steps
in a Sankshipta homa?

http://www.vedicastrologer.org/homam/

Regards

-Venkatesh

On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 9:54 AM, Bhaskar YR <bhaskar.yr at in.abb.com> wrote:
> I witnessed some Srivaishnava priests say 'Adite anu manyasva Anumate
> anu manyasva Sarasvate anu manyasva Devaha Savita Prasuva ' like in
> Samidadhana or Agnikarya. Even in Vaikhanasa type Agnimukha they do
> it. Why is it in Agnimukha?
>
> praNAms
> Hare Krishna
>
> Yes, in Apashambheeya & bOdhAyaneeya agnimukha,  we say this before 'idhma
> prakshepaNa' & even in regular agnikArya also...But in the flow of
> recitation it would be " aditEnamanyasvA, anumatenamanyasvA, sarsvatena
> manyasvA, devaHsavitaH prasuvA ( the kriya involved here is jala dhAra
> from west to east at the south side of hOma kunda, from south to north at
> west side, west to east at north side etc..) ....and after pradhAnAhuti,
> jayAdi hOma & pUrNAhuti we would recite it at the end devaH savitaH
> prAsAveeH...It is there in Apasthambheeya agnimukha vidhi vidhAna &
> Rigvedeeya AshvalAyana prayOga as well...I donot know anything about
> Iyengar's vaikhAnasa type agnimukha...Though I go to Iyengaar's house to
> do hOma as a priest I follow my sva-shAkha (i.e. yajurveda) Apasthambha
> agnimukha.  Anyway, it is always better to learn these rituals from the
> guru.
>
> Hari Hari Hari Bol!!!
> bhaskar
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