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'''''Vedi''''' is the term for "sacrificial [[altar]]" in the [[historical Vedic religion|Vedas]]. Such altars were an elevated enclosure, generally strewed with [[Kusha grass]], and having receptacles for the [[sacrificial fire]]; it was of various shapes, but usually narrow in the middle.

'''''Vedi''''' is the term for "yajnika [[altar]]" in the [[historical Vedic religion|Vedas]]. Such altars were an elevated enclosure, generally strewed with [[Kusha grass]], and having receptacles for the [[yajnika fire]]; it was of various shapes, but usually narrow in the middle.

*''mahavedi'', the great or entire altar

*''mahavedi'', the great or entire altar

*''dhishnya'',  a sort of subordinate or side-altar, generally a heap of earth covered with sand on which the fire is placed

*''dhishnya'',  a sort of subordinate or side-altar, generally a heap of earth covered with sand on which the fire is placed

*''drona'', an altar shaped like a trough (Shulbas. 3.216)

*''drona'', an altar shaped like a trough (Shulbas. 3.216)

*''adhvaradhishnya'',  a second altar at the [[Soma sacrifice]]

*''adhvaradhishnya'',  a second altar at the [[Soma yajna]]

The ''uttaravedi'' was in the shape of a [[falcon]] (''alajacita'' = "piled up in the shape of the bird Alaja"), and was piled up with bricks in the [[Agnicayana]] ritual.

The ''uttaravedi'' was in the shape of a [[falcon]] (''alajacita'' = "piled up in the shape of the bird Alaja"), and was piled up with bricks in the [[Agnicayana]] ritual.

Vedic altars are described in the circum-Vedic texts dealing with [[Kalpa (Vedanga)|Kalpa]] (the proper performance of sacrifice), notably the [[Satapatha Brahmana]], and the [[Sulbasutras]] say that the [[Rigveda]] corresponds to an altar of mantras.<ref>BSS 7, ASS 14.</ref>

Vedic altars are described in the circum-Vedic texts dealing with [[Kalpa (Vedanga)|Kalpa]] (the proper performance of yajna), notably the [[Satapatha Brahmana]], and the [[Sulbasutras]] say that the [[Rigveda]] corresponds to an altar of mantras.<ref>BSS 7, ASS 14.</ref>

Fire altars are already mentioned in the Rigveda. According to [[Taittiriya Samhita]] 5.2.3., they are made of twenty-one bricks.

Fire altars are already mentioned in the Rigveda. According to [[Taittiriya Samhita]] 5.2.3., they are made of twenty-one bricks.