The work records one of the most complicated vedic rituals - Fire Altar - in full length currently used among Nambudiri brahmins. A project of Monumental proportions, Agni provides a description and a study of one of the world's most ancient rituals.
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293 Illus (illustrator). 3rd Edtition. The first volume of Agni The Vedic Ritual of the Fire Altar contains a discussion of the place of the Agnicayana in the Vedic srauta tradition its textual loci traditional and modern interpretations of its origins and significance and an overview of the Nambudiri Vedic tradition The bulk of the volume written in close collaboration with CV Somayajipad and MItti Ravi Nambudiri is devoted to a detailed description of the 19875 twelve-day performance richly illustrated with tipped-in photographs mostly in colour and almost all by Adelaide de Menil There are numerous text illustrations tables and maps The mantras are published in Devanagari and translation The second volume edited with the assistance of Pamela MacFarland contains contributions by an international galaxy of scholars on archeology the pre-Vedic Indian background geometry ritual vessels music Mudras Mimamsa a survey of Srauta traditions in recent times the influence of Vedic ritual in the Homa traditions of Indonesia Tibet China Japan and related topics There are translations of the relevant Srauta Sutras of Baudhayana together with Calandas text and the Jaiminiya with Bhavatratas commentary as well as the Kausitaki Brahmana; and a survey of the project with an inventory of the films and tape recording made in 1975 1548 pp. Seller Inventory # 95080