Agni-Kuṇḍa

Agni-Kuṇḍa · agni-kuṇḍa, “the pit of fire”

Grammar: neuter noun; agni (fire) with kuṇḍa (pit).

Meaning: the fire-pit of a rite.

In the scriptures: In the rite of the gift of the Kalpavṛksha and the Kalpalatā, which Śrī Kṛshṇa tells Yudhishṭhira, a proper agni-kuṇḍa with its mekhalā is made in the agni-koṇa, the south-east, of the maṇḍapa (Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapters 178–179).

Related terms: Mekhalā · Maṇḍapa · Agni-koṇa · Kalpavṛksha-dāna

Sources

• Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapters 178–179