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'''Vedi''' is the term for "yajnika altar" in the Vedas. Such altars were an elevated enclosure, generally strewed wi *mahavedi, the great or entire altar

== यज्ञवेदी ॥ Vedic Fire Altar == ...he temple, in a sense, a permanent form of the Vedic fire altar, the Yajna vedi. Stella Kramrisch says:

...ajna or Yaga Shalas and it would be in the Yajna Shalas that the Chiti or altar would be constructed. Almost all scholars on temple architecture converge o ...the temple as well as its highest components are analogous to the Vaidika altar or chiti. The overall edifice of the temple appears like a huge pile. The

* to clean and level a plot on which the altar is to be constructed * to draw diagrams of specific sizes on the level ground on which the altar is to be constructed

...from the hooves. The middle portion of the animal's body became the yajna-vedi, the back of the Varaha changed into the yajnalaya; the penis converted int ...havis, offered by the Adhvaryu, in a standing position to the south of the altar accompanied by utterance of वषट्कार । Vashatkara followed

...[[File:Kalpa Sarwang.png|thumb|500x500px|'''Guru describing preparation of Vedi for Yajna''' Courtesy: Book "Sarwang" Published by Adivasi Lok Kala Evam Bo ...asutras, these sutras deal with measurements and construction of the yajna vedi to conduct shrauta yajnas. They are the earliest available texts of geometr

Kunda or वेदि ॥ Vedi (altar) also called as हवित्री ॥ Havitri<ref name=":022222222" />