fire oblation (agnihotra)
The offering poured into the fire, named as such exactly once in the four Saṃhitās (AVS 11.7.9, beside faith, the vaṣaṭ-call and the vow).
The shape of the rite
Each row is one relationship class the graph stores for this rite. An empty row states which layer is missing.
Performed by
Offerings made
Substances used
Objects used
Deities invoked
Undertaken for
Stated order
What the Samhita text numbers in its own words. Three such steps exist in the whole corpus, all on the soma pressing.
Procedure the sutras print
A different claim from the order above, and a different source. Each work below numbers its own sequence independently, so these are located steps rather than one procedure — they do not run together.
Scope note
9 source work(s) each record their own sequence for this rite, numbered from 1 independently, so the groups do not compose into one procedure. 42 of the 44 steps listed state a position without printing the run it falls in. The evidence is Srautasutra and Grhyasutra, never a Samhita passage, and it is a different claim from `steps` -- which is why it is a different field. The cited works have no node in this graph.
KatySS
- KatySS 2.1.18
agnihotraṃ hutvā brahmāṇaṃ vṛṇīte brahmiṣṭhaṃ bhūpate bhuvanapate mahato bhūtasya pate brahmāṇaṃ tvā vṛṇīmaha iti
The source states where this step falls without printing the run it falls in.
- KatySS 4.2.49
agnihotram eva vā juhuyāt
The source states where this step falls without printing the run it falls in.
- KatySS 4.6.11
agnihotrāyaṇino navaiḥ sāyamprātar agnihotrahomaḥ
The source states where this step falls without printing the run it falls in.
- KatySS 4.10.4
agnihotraṃ ca tūṣṇīṃśruteḥ pūrṇāhutyante
The source states where this step falls without printing the run it falls in.
- KatySS 10.1.21
upaviśya sadasaḥ purastāt sapavitrāyām agnihotrahavaṇyāṃ grahaṇaṃ yathoktam
The source states where this step falls without printing the run it falls in.
- KatySS 19.1.15
agnihotraṃ juhoti
The source states where this step falls without printing the run it falls in.
- KatySS 22.8.2
payasī agnihotrayoḥ
The source states where this step falls without printing the run it falls in.
- KatySS 24.4.24
somam upanahya sutyāsthāneṣu māsam agnihotraṃ juhvati
The source states where this step falls without printing the run it falls in.
- KatySS 24.4.29
agnihotraṃ ca
The source states where this step falls without printing the run it falls in.
- KatySS 25.7.1
sāyamāhutyāṃ hutāyāṃ ced durbalaḥ syāt tadaiva prātarāhutis tat saṃsthāśruter agnihotrasya
The source states where this step falls without printing the run it falls in.
- KatySS 25.7.4
paurṇamāsānte cāmāvāsyam agnihotravat
The source states where this step falls without printing the run it falls in.
- KatySS 25.10.17
agnihotra āsanneṣu cet pātreṣv āhavanīyo 'nugached gārhapatye juhuyāt prāṇa udānam apyagād iti
The source states where this step falls without printing the run it falls in.
SankhSS
- SankhSS 2.6.1
agnihotraṃ juhoti sāyaṃ ca prātaś ca
The source states where this step falls without printing the run it falls in.
- SankhSS 2.7.9
payo yavāgūr dadhy ājyam agnihotrahavīṃṣi
The source states where this step falls without printing the run it falls in.
- SankhSS 2.10.5
yāḥ srucy āpas traidhaṃ tāḥ karoty agnihotrasthālyāṃ gārhapatyasya paścād añjalau ca patnyāḥ
The source states where this step falls without printing the run it falls in.
- SankhSS 3.12.15
agnihotraṃ vā yavāgvā sāyaṃprātaḥ
The source states where this step falls without printing the run it falls in.
- SankhSS 3.12.16
agnihotrīṃ vā navān ādayitvā tasyai dugdhena sāyaṃprātar agnihotraṃ juhuyāt
The source states where this step falls without printing the run it falls in.
- SankhSS 4.5.11
agnihotraṃ yavāgvaiva sāyaṃprātaḥ
The source states where this step falls without printing the run it falls in.
- SankhSS 4.14.21
agnihotrahavaṇīṃ kaṇṭhe
The source states where this step falls without printing the run it falls in.
- SankhSS 8.13.6
saṃsthitāyāṃ sāyam agnihotraṃ juhoti
The source states where this step falls without printing the run it falls in.
- SankhSS 10.14.2
prajāpatir akāmayata bahu syāṃ prajāyeya sarvaṃ vedam anuṣyād yad idaṃ kiṃceti / sa etaṃ daśahotāraṃ yajñakratum apaśyad agnihotram
The source states where this step falls without printing the run it falls in.
AsvSS
- AsvSS 2.2.16
teṣv agnihotram adhiśrayed adhiśritam adhy adhiśritam adhiśritaṃ hiṃ3 iti
The source states where this step falls without printing the run it falls in.
- AsvSS 2.9.2
sasyaṃ nāśnīyād agnihotram ahutvā
The source states where this step falls without printing the run it falls in.
- AsvSS 3.10.31
agnihotram adhiśritaṃ sravad abhimantrayeta / garbhaṃ sravantam agadam akarmāgnir hotā pṛthivy antarikṣaṃ yataś cutad agnāv eva tan nābhiprāpnoti nirṛtiṃ parastād iti
The source states where this step falls without printing the run it falls in.
- AsvSS 3.11.19
agnihotraṃ śaraśarāyat samoṣāmum iti dveṣṭāram udāharet
The source states where this step falls without printing the run it falls in.
- AsvSS 3.12.4
yadi sāyaṃ doṣāvastar namaḥ svāheti / yadi prātaḥ prātarvastar namaḥ svāheti / agnihotram upasādya bhūr bhuvaḥ svar iti japitvā varaṃ dattvā juhuyāt
The source states where this step falls without printing the run it falls in.
- AsvSS 12.4.5
somam upanahya pravargyapātrāṇy utsādyopanahya vā māsam agnihotraṃ juhvati
The source states where this step falls without printing the run it falls in.
LatSS
- LatSS 5.4.23
tāsāṃ haviryajñasaṃsthānām agnyādheyam agnihotraṃ darśapūrṇamāsau cāturmāsyāni paśubandhaḥ sautrāmaṇī pākayajña iti
The source states where this step falls without printing the run it falls in.
- LatSS 10.11.3
tata ūrdhvaṃ prātarāhutyupakramāḥ sāyamāhutisaṃsthā ekānnatriṃśatam ahāny agnihotraṃ juhuyuḥ
The source states where this step falls without printing the run it falls in.
- LatSS 10.11.14
agnihotramāse dīkṣitānnasyādhvaryur juhuyād anvārabdhā itare syuḥ
The source states where this step falls without printing the run it falls in.
- LatSS 10.12.10
agnihotraṃ daśahoteti daśahotāraṃ nāmādhvaryavo 'gnihotropasthānam adhīyate
The source states where this step falls without printing the run it falls in.
- LatSS 10.18.14
agnihotram eva juhvat purastāc ced āhitāgniḥ
The source states where this step falls without printing the run it falls in.
VaitS
- VaitS 2.3.1
sāyaṃ prātar agnihotram
The source states where this step falls without printing the run it falls in.
- VaitS 2.3.16
aparāgnyoḥ kāmyam agnihotraṃ nityam ity ācāryāḥ
The source states where this step falls without printing the run it falls in.
- VaitS 3.2.1
agnihotraṃ ca mā paurṇamāsaś ca yajñaḥ purastāt pratyañcam ubhau kāmaprau bhūtvā kṣityā sahāviśatām / vasatiś ca māmāvāsyaś ca yajñaḥ paścāt prāñcam / manaś ca mā pitṛyajñaś ca yajño dakṣiṇata udañcam / vāk ca meṣṭiś cottarato dakṣiṇāñcam / retaś ca mānnaṃ ceta ūrdhvam / cakṣuś ca mā paśubandhaś ca yajño 'muto 'rvāñcam iti
The source states where this step falls without printing the run it falls in.
- VaitS 8.5.8
agnihotraṃ svargakāmasya
The source states where this step falls without printing the run it falls in.
KausGS
- KausGS 3.10.35
tad api bhavati / madhuparke ca some ca pitṛdaivatakarmaṇi / atraiva paśavo hiṃsyā nānyatrety abravīn manuḥ // ācāryaś ca pitā cobhau sakhā cānatithir gṛhe / te yad vidadhyus tat kuryād iti dharmo vidhīyate // naikagrāmīṇam atithiṃ viproṣyāgatam eva vā / upasthitaṃ gṛhaṃ vidyād bhāryā yatrāgnayo 'pi vā // nopavāsaḥ pravāse 'sti patnī dhārayate vratam / putro bhrātātha vā śiṣyaḥ patnī vātha baliṃ haret // agnihotraṃ balīvardāḥ kāle cātithir āgataḥ / bālāś ca kulavṛddhāś ca nirdahanty avamānitāḥ // devatāḥ pitaro nityaṃ gacchanti gṛhamedhinam / bhāgārtham atithiś cāpi tebhyo nirvaptum arhati // silānyuñchayamānasya agnihotraṃ ca juhvataḥ / sarvaṃ sukṛtam ādatte brāhmaṇo 'narcito vrajan // audapātrāt tu dātavyam ā kāṣṭhāj juhuyād api // ā sūktād ānuvākād vā brahmayajño vidhīyate / ete pañca mahāyajñā vartante yasya nityaśaḥ / sa muktaḥ sarvapāpebhyo nākapṛṣṭhe mahīyate // vaiśvadevam imaṃ ye ca sāyaṃ prātaḥ prayuñjate / tadarthair āyuṣā kīrtyā prajābhiś ca samṛdhnuyuḥ // iti
The source states where this step falls without printing the run it falls in.
- KausGS 5.3.11
agnihotrahavaṇīṃ kaṇṭhe
The source states where this step falls without printing the run it falls in.
- KausGS 5.6.3
pravasatas tu pretasyāpi vānyavatsāyāḥ payasā tūṣṇīṃnyāyam agnihotram
The source states where this step falls without printing the run it falls in.
SankhGS
- SankhGS 2.16.4
agnihotraṃ balivardāḥ kāle cātithir āgataḥ / bālāś ca kulavṛddhāś ca nirdahanty apamānitāḥ
The source states where this step falls without printing the run it falls in.
- SankhGS 2.16.5
anaḍvān agnihotraṃ ca brahmacārī ca te trayaḥ / aśnanta eva sidhyanti naiṣāṃ siddhir anaśnatām
The source states where this step falls without printing the run it falls in.
- SankhGS 2.17.1
tṛṇāny apy uñchato nityam agnihotraṃ ca juhvataḥ / sarvaṃ sukṛtam ādatte brāhmaṇo 'narcito vasan
The source states where this step falls without printing the run it falls in.
AsvGS
- AsvGS 1.2.2
agnihotradevatebhyaḥ somāya vanaspataye 'gnīṣomābhyām indrāgnibhyāṃ dyāvāpṛthivībhyāṃ dhanvantaraya indrāya viśvebhyo devebhyo brahmaṇe
KausS
- KausS 9.4.43
atha prātar utthāyāgniṃ nirmathya yathāsthānaṃ praṇīya yathāpuram agnihotraṃ juhuyāt
Described in
1 passages carry a describes edge for this rite, against 1 that name it. Naming is weaker than describing.
What this ritual model covers
AN INVENTORY OF 103 RITES, NOT A TAXONOMY. The Ritual class holds 103 nodes against a corpus that names considerably more, so a rank in this list is a rank within 103 and says nothing about Vedic ritual as a whole. Two step layers exist and they are not interchangeable. The Samhita layer holds 3 numbered steps in the entire graph, all on the soma pressing, whose morning, midday and third libations the text itself numbers. The procedural layer holds 3,121 steps over 103 rites, read out of Srautasutras and Grhyasutras rather than Samhita passages, and 94% of them state a position without printing the run it falls in -- so a procedure list is not a complete procedure. All 80 apparatus edges are TIER_D curation, and a rite's 'purpose' is what a curator says it is for, not a purpose clause quoted from a passage.
How this rite was modelled4
AN INVENTORY OF 103 RITES, NOT A TAXONOMY. The Ritual class holds 103 nodes against a corpus that names considerably more, so a rank in this list is a rank within 103 and says nothing about Vedic ritual as a whole. Two step layers exist and they are not interchangeable. The Samhita layer holds 3 numbered steps in the entire graph, all on the soma pressing, whose morning, midday and third libations the text itself numbers. The procedural layer holds 3,121 steps over 103 rites, read out of Srautasutras and Grhyasutras rather than Samhita passages, and 94% of them state a position without printing the run it falls in -- so a procedure list is not a complete procedure. All 80 apparatus edges are TIER_D curation, and a rite's 'purpose' is what a curator says it is for, not a purpose clause quoted from a passage.
measuredComplete, and the size of the result is the finding: 3 steps, on 1 of the 8 rites. order_basis = 'SOURCE_STATED_ORDINAL' because the soma pressings are named morning, midday and third in the text itself; no other rite in this corpus states an order, and none was invented for it. Elaborate procedure is Brahmana and Sutra material, so a query about ritual dependency structure is answerable here only in this one instance, and question 39 is otherwise not answerable from the Samhitas.
ritual_step_sequenceComplete: all 8 rites and all 71 edges. Every edge is TIER_D -- the project's judgement that a passage describes a rite, not a statement the passage makes about itself -- and the volume is the honest measure of how much procedure the Samhitas carry: 71 passages out of 22,537. `examples` is capped at 6 per row and `passages` gives the true total beside it. The Yajurvedic majority in several rows is real: the YV is the liturgical collection.
rituals_described_in_passagesThe Anukramani names a 'devata' for every hymn, and 57 of the 214 are not gods: 22 human patrons and seers (Vasistha, Visvamitra, Brbu the carpenter), 7 danastuti labels naming the gift rather than a recipient ('praise of the gift of Sudas son of Pijavana'), and 28 abstractions ruled not to name an addressee, each with its reason recorded. This response excludes all 57 and KEEPS the 5 labels ruled UNDECIDED (Atma, Annam, Brahma, Rati, Saci), because an undecided label removed is a decision made by default. Ask with population=all_ascriptions to see the Anukramani's slot as it stands, with each row's ruling stated.
deity_population_contract