Agnicayana and Rigveda

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Difference between Agnicayana and Rigveda

Agnicayana vs. Rigveda

The Agnicayana ("the building up of the fire altar") or Athirathram (അതിരാത്രം) is a category of advanced Śrauta rituals. The Rigveda (Sanskrit: ऋग्वेद, from "praise" and "knowledge") is an ancient Indian collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns along with associated commentaries on liturgy, ritual and mystical exegesis.

Similarities between Agnicayana and Rigveda

Agnicayana and Rigveda have 7 things in common (in Unionpedia): Brahmana, Gupta Empire, Soma (drink), Vedic period, Vedic priesthood, Yajna, Yajurveda.

Brahmana

The Brahmanas (Sanskrit: ब्राह्मणम्, Brāhmaṇa) are a collection of ancient Indian texts with commentaries on the hymns of the four Vedas.

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Gupta Empire

The Gupta Empire was an ancient Indian empire, existing from approximately 240 to 590 CE.

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Soma (drink)

Soma (सोम) or haoma (Avestan) is a Vedic ritual drink of importance among the early Indians.

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Vedic period

The Vedic period, or Vedic age, is the period in the history of the northwestern Indian subcontinent between the end of the urban Indus Valley Civilisation and a second urbanisation in the central Gangetic Plain which began in BCE.

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Vedic priesthood

Priests of the Vedic religion are officiants of the yajna service.

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Yajna

Yajna (IAST) literally means "sacrifice, devotion, worship, offering", and refers in Hinduism to any ritual done in front of a sacred fire, often with mantras.

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Yajurveda

The Yajurveda (Sanskrit: यजुर्वेद,, from meaning "prose mantra" and veda meaning "knowledge") is the Veda of prose mantras.

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Agnicayana and Rigveda Comparison

Agnicayana has 13 relations, while Rigveda has 242. As they have in common 7, the Jaccard index is 2.75% = 7 / (13 + 242).

References

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