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Purṇāhuti

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By Swami Harshananda

Purṇāhuti literally means ‘the final offering which completes the sacrifice’.

In Vedic sacrifices, purṇāhuti means offering a ladle-full of ghee into the fire. The final offering is made by the priest, in the standing posture. This is then followed by the yajamāna or sacrificer giving gifts to the priests. In many other homas, performed according to the āgamas and the tantras, purṇāhuti represents the final offering with appropriate mantras, indicating the completion of the rite. In such āhutis, the materials used are cloth, coconut, flowers, tāmbula,[1] all of them being soaked in ghee.


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  1. ↑ Tāmbula means arecanuts and betel leaves.
  • The Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Swami Harshananda, Ram Krishna Math, Bangalore

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