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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
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*''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.